May 2010

The best hour you'll spend today

May 28, 2010

There is a fascinating documentary on one of Pilobolus’ foremothers on Hulu right now, “Martha Clarke: Light and Dark.” As one of the original women of Pilobolus, Martha Clarke played a crucial role in our early development and collaborated on some classic Pilobolus works, including “Ciona” (1973), “Monkshood’s Farewell (1974), and “Untitled” (1975).  In fact, [...]

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Weekly Wrap: Egypt canceled, but Portsmouth was a go

May 23, 2010

This past week: P7 performed to an energetic, nearly sold out house in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Friday evening.  Our performance even inspired an audience member to write about us on her own blog. Earlier that day they taught a master class at the Great Bay Academy of Dance, which was documented in an article [...]

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Pilobolus at the Pyramids of Giza

May 20, 2010

Shadowland was in Egypt earlier this week, scheduled to perform at a private function for Etisalat in front of the Pyramids of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonder of the Ancient World still relatively intact.  If you follow our Facebook page, then you probably already know that the show got canceled at the [...]

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Weekly Wrap: Princeton, Virginia Beach, and Egypt

May 17, 2010

This past week: P7 performed on Tuesday in Princeton, New Jersey at the McCarter Theater to a sold-out crowd of 1000.  This weekend, we performed at Virginia Beach at the Sandler Center on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.  Next week, P7 will be performing in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Poughkeepsie, New York.  For those who [...]

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Profiles: Molly Gawler

May 13, 2010

Last week, having made our way through all the P7 dancers, we interviewed Lauren Yolango.  This week, we continue with our interviews of Shadowland dancers and talked with Molly Gawler. Backstage with Molly Gawler, Dancer Molly began dancing as a child in Belgrade ME and continued her training in the Bossov Ballet program at Maine [...]

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Weekly Wrap: Programming and Shadowland Dancers

May 10, 2010

This past week: P7 spent a few days in the studio with Dan Zanes before heading out on tour to Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio.  Our Cleveland performance garnered a positive review in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. A loyal Twitter follower, lrinderknecht, tweeted the following photo from Saturday night’s packed Cleveland show: In another fan mail [...]

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Profiles: Lauren Yolango

May 7, 2010

I last interviewed Winston Dynamite Brown of P7, Pilobolus’ main touring company.  This week, having interviewed all of the P7 dancers, I moved on to the cast of Shadowland and spoke with Lauren Yolango. Backstage with Lauren Yolango, Dancer Lauren Yolango was born in New York and began her dance training at the Jacksonville Ballet [...]

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Mailbag #8: Programming

May 5, 2010

Fan mail, answered by Pilobolus! If you have a question that you’d like answered, email it to jhuang+mailbag@pilobolus.org

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Weekly Wrap: the Pilobolus Project and Kids Day Camp

May 2, 2010

This past week: P7 was in the studio working with Dan Zanes this week.  On Friday, P7 had a kids show and an evening performance at the Shubert Theater in New Haven, Connecticut. Over 70 participants from the Pilobolus Project, a collaboration between Pilobolus, the Shubert Theater, and New Haven schools, attended the Friday morning [...]

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Pilobolus Kids Day Camp

May 1, 2010

In addition to our adult summer workshops, we are happy to announce our seventh season of summer camp workshops for children with two 5-day sessions from June 12-16 at our studio in Washington, Connecticut. Much of Pilobolus’ creative work has emerged from a response to nature, and this year’s summer camp will take its inspiration [...]

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