June 2010

Weekly Wrap: Remembering Jonathan and Dartmouth

June 27, 2010

This past week: We posted on YouTube a sneak peek video of our collaboration with Art Spiegelman, “Hapless Hooligan in ‘Still Moving,’” which just had its world premiere at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College.  We performed for three sold-out audiences, three evenings in a row.  Dartmouth posted the highlights on their [...]

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Jonathan Remembered: The Sushi Principle

June 24, 2010

We’ve been thinking about an idea that Jonathan Wolken often referred to in his teachings:  The Sushi Principle.  Working with Jonathan in the studio, he would often remind us during an improvisation exercise that less is more.  In Jonathan’s words: In the crush of ideas and individual efforts in our work lives and certainly in [...]

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Sneak Peek: "Hapless Hooligan in 'Still Moving'"

June 23, 2010

Tomorrow our collaboration with Art Spiegelman, “Hapless Hooligan in ‘Still Moving,’” premieres at Dartmouth College’s Hopkins Center for the Arts.  “Still Moving” is a noirish love story in the style of early comics following the tragicomic tale of Hap and Lulu, separated in life and reunited after death.  Check out the sneak peek video we [...]

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In memoriam Jonathan Wolken

June 16, 2010

It is with great sorrow that we mourn the death of Jonathan Wolken, one of our founders and artistic directors.  Jonathan passed away on Sunday night at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York after suffering sudden complications from a stem cell transplant.  Jonathan is survived by his wife JoAnne and his four daughters Sarah, Alyssa, [...]

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Weekly Wrap: Arthur Ganson, Damon Honeycutt, and baby balancing

June 13, 2010

This past week: P7 has been in the studio all week finishing up the Art Spiegelman collaboration Hapless Hooligan in “Still Moving”, which premieres at our shows at The Hopkins Center in Hanover NH on June 24th, 25th, and 26th. Dance Captain Jun Kuribayashi modeled his Hapless Hooligan costume, designed by Liz Prince, on TwitPic: [...]

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Profiles: Damon Honeycutt

June 12, 2010

Backstage with Damon Honeycutt Damon is a transdisciplinary artist whose work involves the intersection of many traditions.  He holds an MA in Conscious Evolution and Integral Studies from The Graduate Institute and a BFA from California Institute of the Arts in Music Composition. Starting his training in martial arts at the age of 11, he [...]

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Pilobolus dancers in the making

June 8, 2010

Andy Herro, a Pilobolus veteran and proud father of two, recently sent us this glorious photo of him balancing his 5-month old daughter, Wilhelmina: Shortly after, Matt Kent, Pilobolus Creative Director, shared this photo of himself and his son, Owen: If you think baby balancing is only for Pilobolus families, check out another photo Andy [...]

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Little inspirations: Arthur Ganson and his incredible kinetic sculptures

June 6, 2010

Whimsy and profundity stand in equal measure in the extraordinary work of Arthur Ganson.  If you are unfamiliar with his unique vision of dance, please watch these two short videos. Ganson sees himself as a combination of “mechanical engineer and choreographer.”  In a TED Talks video, he speaks of the cycle he propagates with his [...]

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Weekly Wrap: Back in the studio

June 1, 2010

Last week: After performing in Poughkeepsie, New York last Sunday, P7 had a few days of much needed R&R.  However, as the saying goes, “There’s no rest for the wicked.”  The dancers were back in the studio on Thursday and Friday with Creative Director Matt Kent and Artistic Associate and Rehearsal Director Renee Jaworski to [...]

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