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It’s back and under the stars! The Motion State Dance Film Series is only year-long, traveling short film festival in New England devoted to showcasing the diversity of contemporary creative voices exploring choreography for the camera. With films from Hakim Zziwa (Uganda), Alfonso Sales (Philippines), David Comeaux (US), Ali Kenner Brodsky and Andy Russ (US), Genevieve Shultz (US), Jessi Stegall (US), Lindsay LaPointe and Peter DiMuro (US), and John and Susan Mann (US). Produced by Motion State Arts. Big thanks to our sponsors, Mind 2 Body Fitness!

Hot off the presses, check out this fabulous video of Two Person Operating System Type 2—a collaboration between choreographer Susan Marshall and visual artist Martha Friedman. It was an absolute pleasure to help bring this performance to fruition, in person at Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts in June 2021. Can’t wait to bring it to NYC in Spring 2022!

There was—and continues to be!—so much support (and hard work) swirling around New England Foundation for the Arts’ Regional Dance Development Initiative: New England Now, held last week at Bates College during the legendary Bates Dance Festival. Honored to be on faculty with rockstar colleagues supporting 12 inspiring dance artists.

Gestation. Heat. Rocks. Disco! Read Meg Foley’s latest thoughts on process as she builds her performance project, Blood Baby.

It was a total pleasure to present Two Person Operating System Type 2, a collaboration with Studio Susan Marshall and artist Martha Friedman, with collaborating dancers Ching-I Chang, Oluwadamilare Ayorinde, Miriam Gabriel and Luke Miller, at Princeton University’s Hurley Gallery this week. Cannot wait to get this work to the masses in the very near future!

Thanks to Jon Sweeney and Lewis Center for the Arts for this feature—with some great photos and video!—about the premiere.

Big thanks to New England Foundation for the Arts for supporting the development and sharing of New York-based choreographer Edisa Weeks/Delirious Dances’ 3 RITES: Liberty project at Providence’s WaterFire Arts Center in 2022, in partnership with Motion State Arts! Stay tuned for more info on this community-centered project that digs into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of liberty in America, through storytelling, communal art-making and visceral dance.

We love helping spread the word about the benefits of the Feldenkrais Method®. And woot! A new Awareness Through Movement teacher training starts in Brattleboro soon! Check it out to learn more.

We are so thankful to the National Endowment for the Arts for their continued support of Studio Susan Marshall. We can’t wait to share our upcoming project with you!

It was more than a pleasure to honor Bebe Miller at Danspace Project’s Rebel Angels Gala! We feel exceedingly lucky to have worked with Bebe for the past 7+ years on many, many incredible projects, and look forward to many more!

Thanks to the Kelly Strayhorn Theater for hosting a fantastic artist talk with Meg Foley, creator/director of Blood Baby, and dramaturg Michèle Steinwald. Watch the recording!