Gowanus Guest Room

Curated by Brooklyn independent dancer/choreographer Erin Gottwald, this newest of Spoke the Hub’s concert series gathers artists and performers of all stylistic bents from cities beyond New York, providing a window into unknown dance territory. These out-of-towners have been invited to share their work in the artistically burgeoning industrial and residential neighborhood of the Gowanus in Brooklyn.

2011 Presenting Companies:

Erika Batdorf from Toronto, Ontario www.batdorf.org Erika Batdorf, an award winning alternative theatre artist, has created, performed, directed and choreographed original theater since 1983. Her work has appeared in Indonesia, South Korea, France, Switzerland, Copenhagen  and across the USA including many NYC, Boston and Toronto venues. She has four Dora nominations (Toronto’s Toni’s) and was the 2007 Summerworks’ Jury Prize winner. Her work made the top ten theatre productions of the year twice- 2010 and 2006 in NOW magazine. Batdorf is an Associate Professor of theatre at York University. Erika toured Mr. Raisin Head for years awhile back and it is terrific fun to revisit it- check out www.batdorf.org for a internet TV version coming soon!

Ego Art from Boston, MA Director: Nicole Pierce www.egoartinc.com Multimedia-Dance-Theater sailing the seas of installation, site-specific productions, formal concert dance and comedy. We present dance that is inspirational and transformative, and makes dance-going an active, visceral experience.

The Pillow Project From Pittsburgh, PA Director: Pearlann Porter www.pillowproject.org The Pillow Project is fully committed to the concept of igniting a new movement in dance; to begin a new method of physicality and musicality that brings the creation of dance expression into the present moment; to play the body as a jazz musician would play their instrument… “To play the body like jazz.”

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Past performances include:

Hole Dance Films (Jackson Hole, Wyoming)
Co-Directors: Carrie Noel and Kate Kosharek
holedancefilms.wordpress.com

Spank Dance Company (Austin, Texas)
Director: Ellen Bartel
www.spankdance.com

Nina Haft & Company (Oakland, California)
Director: Nina Haft
ninahaftandcompany.com

Caitlin Corbett Dance Company (Boston, Massachusetts)
Director: CaitlinCorbett
www.caitlincorbettdance.org

Paufve Dance (Oakland, California)
www.paufvedance.org
Artistic Director: Randee Paufve

Falling Flight Project
www.fallingflightproject.com
Artistic Director: Karen Murphy-Fitch

Dandelion Dance Theater (San Francisco, California)
www.dandeliondancetheater.org
Artistic Directors: Eric Kupers and Kimiko Guthrie

Jacques Poulin-Denis
www.ekumen.com/en/artist/jpd/?c=bio

Prometheus Dance Elders Ensemble
www.prometheusdance.org/elders.html
Artistic Directors: Tommy Neblett & Diane Arvanites

Hana van der Kolk (Los Angeles, California)
www.hanavanderkolk.com

Emily Beattie
www.emilybeattie.com

Turnpike Project
www.jpemassage.com/turnpikeproject
Artistic Director: Julie Pike Edmond

Jimena Bermejo-Black
www.jbermejo-black.com

Heidi Schweiker (San Francisco, California)

Kate Digby & Holly Jaycox (Boston/NYC)
www.digbydance.org
University of Wisconsin MFA Program

RAWdance (San Francisco, California)
www.rawdance.org
Artistic Directors: Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein

Weber Dance
weberdance.org
Artistic Director: Jody Weber

EgoArt Inc.
www.egoartinc.com
Artistic Director: Nicole Pierce

Liz Santoro
Paris/NYC