Take a Breath

The past year has been another whirlwind, and I finally have a chance to catch my breath, a little.

Jennifer Mellor Dance Project has been busy with new work - Love/Lost - as well as performances of existing rep, Les Muses and Libretto (duet). We have performed twice as guest artists with the Tulsa Ballet in their Creations at Studio K program in the 2012 and 2013 seasons. We performed Les Muses in the first-of-its-kind live streaming arts festival seen world-wide, the WiredArts Fest presented by VirtualArts.tv. Also, we performed in DUMBO Dance Festival, Wave Rising Series (right after Hurricane Sandy, with featured preview on PBS Channel 13's NYC-ARTS program), CoolNY Dance Festival, EXCHANGE Dance Festival, with Movement Research, Triskelion Arts, and Dance New Amsterdam. We were also commissioned to choreograph and dance in Andy Byers' film-based performance "Goodbye Brooklyn". Whew!

Now we have one more performance of Love/Lost (excerpt) at Dixon Place in NYC on June 26. I've intentionally kept the schedule clear after that, except for a long weekend residency in Pennsylvania in October. It's actually really tough not trying to fill up the calendar with shows, not sending in applications. But the plan is to create some dance for camera work instead of focusing on live performance for the next several months. Okay, there, I've put it out there, so that means we better find a videographer to work with and actually do it.

I'm in brainstorming mode with the composer about the new project and new music. Right now, all I'll say is that it has to do with beginnings. Also, I might do a better job of blogging about the process. But we'll see. I'm a fan of the big reveal when things are done.