The Brain Piece (in-development) -PLUS- Get in the Pot The Jody Oberfelder Projects plus Emie Hughes Dance

About This Show

The Brain Piece (in-development)
by The Jody Oberfelder Projects

15-04-29 Jody Oberfelder, Jim Coleman

Photo Credit Jim Coleman

A choreographed experience bridging art and science meant to inspire connections within the thinking body. Examining how neurons that wire together, fire together, Jody Oberfelder Projects invites audiences to shine a light on their own thinking process. Science and art lead us to connect with and experience the world.

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Get in the Pot (pictured, main)
Emie Hughes Dance

A collaborative exploration of space in which static, everyday objects meet dynamic, moving bodies. Drawing from the choreographer’s experiences as a two-year-old climbing into cooking pots on the kitchen floor, this dance work-in-progress strives to capture the sense of play that comes alive in process.

About the Artists

Jody Oberfelder has choreographed an array of boldly physical dances including Social Dances, Tangram/Moved, and The Story Thus Far (all of which were Dixon Place Mondo Cane Commissions.) Other commissions include Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale  (Brooklyn Philharmonic) and Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas (Orchestra of St. Luke’s.) Honors include residencies and performances of her immersive work 4Chambers in an historic home on Governors Island and in Brooklyn at Arts@Renaissance. She has been awarded a Joyce Residency, a NYFA BUILD Grant, and funding from DCA, NYFA, and NEA. Oberfelder has taught at Middlebury College, Wayne State University, Moravian College, and Alfred University.  Oberfelder has directed eight films, screened in The Dance on Camera Festival (NY), Cinedans (Amsterdam), Indie Fest USA, Art Basel Festival (Miami), VideodanceBA (Buenos Aires), InShadow (Lisbon), among others. Oberfelder choreographed a 2014 Prada Commercial.

Emie Hughes is a dance-maker, performer, and visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Originally from PA, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dickinson College with her B.A. in Dance. At Dickinson, she was awarded the Weiss Prize for her choreography. In addition to making work, she works in production and arts administration.

Wednesday, Apr. 29 at 7:30pm

General Admission
$12 in advance
$15 at the door

Students/seniors
$10

Estimated Runtime
75 minutes

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Credits

THE BRAIN PIECE
Performed by
Mary Madsen
Ben Follensbee
Jody Oberfelder
Madeline Wilcox
Jordan Holland,
Madison Krekel
Jule Jo Ramirez
Lindsey Mandolini
Hannah Wendel
Megan Bascom

Musicians
Daniel Wohl
Vicky Chow

Visuals by 
Eric Siegel
Ioannis Oikonomo

Consulting Neuroscientists
Weiji Ma
Susan Dikker
Ed Lein
Roozbeh Kiani
Gary Marcus

GET IN THE POT
Choreographer
Emie Hughes

Performer/Collaborator
Lydia Mokdessi

Performer/Collaborator
Alexandra Pinel

Collaborator (not performing)
Stormy Budwig

Photo credit
Shannon Elizabeth O’Brien

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