Susan Hess Modern Dance

05/07/2014

Marcel Williams Foster, cast member in our recent "POLITICAL SHENANIGANS" Workshop with David Gordon, has given us a wonderful reflection on storytelling - from Brecht through Gordon and all around us.

Philadelphia choreographer, theater-maker, and performer Marcel Williams Foster considers the power of storytelling: in Brecht, in Gordon, in society.

05/03/2014

SHMD thanks University of the Arts Dance Director Donna Faye Burchfield for her "multiverse travels" through David Gordon's "POLITICAL SHENANIGANS"!

Donna Faye Burchfield, director and professor at University of the Arts School of Dance, probes Brecht's and Gordon's slippage through the "multiverse."

05/03/2014

Germaine Ingram and Dawn Falato, among the cast-member participants in the March "POLITICAL SHENANIGANS" Workshop with choreographer/director David Gordon, got together to reflect on performance aspects of the experience. Read Germaine's account at the Workshop Web site - with more to come.

Philadelphia tap dancer, choreographer, and attorney Germaine Ingram reflects on the David Gordon workshop experience with actor Dawn Falato.

03/21/2014

We're having some FB sharing problems, but we don't want you to miss Germaine Ingram's insights on "gesture," in David Gordon's Workshop and in other performance forms. So ignore the weird description and just read the post. :)

http://dgwkshp.hessdance.org/voices-from-the-stage-ingram-gesture/

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03/21/2014

Marcel Williams Foster gives us an entertaining insight into the challenges of performing in David Gordon's Workshop - great reading for the Open Rehearsal tomorrow!

Philadelphia choreographer, theater maker, and performer Marcel Williams Foster on a conundrum in David Gordon's "POLITICAL SHENANIGANS" Workshop.

03/14/2014

A huge thank-you to Amanda Miller, Kate Watson-Wallace, and David Gordon for their Masters Exchange engagement yesterday! We hope it was useful for participants; it was very helpful to SHMD as we plan more exchanges, and we love those opportunities.

03/09/2014

Registration of the 2nd Open Rehearsal on March 15 is posted!

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03/09/2014

Today's open rehearsal of the "POLITICAL SHENANIGANS: dancing w/ Brecht & Eisler" workshop was excellent. It was very exciting to see all the performers, after only three days of working with Gordon, bring this material to life together. And what a timely piece! Great job, everyone - more, more, more!

03/05/2014

Well worth a read is this 2002 essay on David Gordon, "on loan" to SHMD from Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival - for MARCH only. We thank them!

Dance critic and historian Suzanne Carbonneau's 2002 PillowNotes essay on David Gordon for Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

02/24/2014

Biographies of most participants in the David Gordon "POLITICAL SHENANIGANS: dancing w/ Brecht & Eisler" Workshop are now up! Welcome to the workshop to:

- Gordon's Philadelphia assistant, Megan Bridge
- Workshop cast Dawn Falato, Germaine Ingram, Rhonda Moore, Jumatatu Poe, and Marcel Williams Foster
- Workshop ensemble Melissa Amilani, Kelsey Holley, Kalila Kingsford Smith, Ibrahim Miari, Mikaela Saccoccio, and Hannah Sandler

The workshop starts March 5 - stay tuned for open rehearsal announcements!

http://dgwkshp.hessdance.org/

WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS CHOSEN David Gordon has chosen participants for the March "POLITICAL SHENANIGANS" Workshop. Announcements

02/21/2014

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