Next Stop for TDP: Philadelphia!

The TDP 2013-2014 season is wrapping up with a stop in Philadelphia, PA and it'll be a full weekend May 8-10. There are so many dance opportunities to take advantage of that weekend, from taking class to partying to taking in one of the performances.  

Without further ado, here are the TDP-Approved activities:


TDP's Salon-Style Show
Drinks, snacks, dancing, performances, and more, featuring Joy Davis, Loren Groenendaal/Vervet Dance, Antonia Z Brown, and the Telephone Dance Project! 

When: Friday, May 9, 2014
           Doors open at 8:00 p.m. - performances will happen throughout the evening. 
Where: Mascher Space Co-op, 155 Cecil B. Moore Ave. Philadelphia, PA
Cost: $5-$10 sliding scale

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H-O-T Series at Mascher
This monthly series features improvisational dance, music, and other experimental performance from local and touring artists curated by Loren Groenendaal and flandrew fleisenberg.  TDP will perform an origibal improvisational score with accompaniment by local experimental musicians.

When: Saturday, May 10, 2014, time: sometime around 8?  
Where: Mascher Space Co-op, 155 Cecil B. Moore Ave. Philadelphia, PA
Cost: $5 or $10 dance pass
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4 Countertechnique Classes with Joy Davis

• Thursday, May 8, 2014 from 6-8p at Mascher Space Co-op, 155 Cecil B. Moore Ave. 

• Friday, May 9, 2014 from 9a-11a at fidget space, 1714 N. Mascher. 

• Saturday, May 10, 2014 from 10a-12p at Mascher Space Co-op

• Sunday, May 11, 2014 from 10a-12p at Mascher Space Co-op

Joy Davis is a dance-artist and certified Countertechnique® Teacher. Originally from Nashville, she has spent the last ten years between Knoxville, Chicago, and Amsterdam creating, performing, and studying contemporary dance and improvisation. Joy received her BA in Performing Arts through the College Scholars Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She then served as interim Artistic Director of Circle Modern Dance, taught and choreographed as adjunct faculty at the University of Tennessee, and presented many works independently. While in Chicago, she received the Chicago Dancemakers Forum (CDF) Greenhouse Grant for emerging choreographers; danced with Erica Mott, Redmoon Theatre, and Striding Lion Performance Group. Joy also collaborated extensively with Meg Anderson to produce four original evening-length works and jump-started frequent gatherings for artists to share information. She had the honor of receiving her yoga teacher training from renowned center for yoga in Chicago, yogaview. Joy continues to train and study Countertechnique® with Anouk van Dijk. After completing the 2012 Countertechnique Teacher Training®, as only one of 14 teachers worldwide, she teaches classes and workshops all over the US. Joy is now a MFA Teaching Fellow at Smith College in the Department of Dance.

Save The Date for Washington D.C.

The Telephone Dance Project's next stop on the tour Washington D.C. and we want you to dance with us!

Friday, March 28th 

Improvisation Workshop with TDP 
at Dance Place 
3/28 at 6:30pm-8:30pm
$20 general/$15 students and seniors
Register HERE.
We'll explore some of the ideas we use to create our long-distance works.  Workshop participants will also get a chance to try out some of the movement we'll be using for Saturday's Site-Specific Dance Exploration at the National Portrait Gallery.

Saturday, March 29th

Self-Guided Tour of Dancing the Dream and 
Open Rehearsal of the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company
at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery 
3/29 at 11:00am-3:00pm
FREE
Join us any time between 11 and 3pm to take in the National Portrait Gallery's special exhibition honoring American dance throughout the 20th century as well as a glimpse into the preparations for Dana Tai Soon Burgess's newest work to be premiered in the spring.

Kogod Courtyard, National Portrait Gallery

Site-Specific Dance Experience with TDP
National Portrait Gallery's Kogod Courtyard 
3/29 at 3:00-4:00pm
FREE - let us know you're coming HERE
We'll take inspiration from what we've just seen, and some of TDP's methods of improvisation to create a work of art on the spot.  Join in the fun or watch as we lead a series of dances that you can be a part of by giving just a few simple directions.  Look, listen, and move your way into a deeper understanding of the art that exists all around you.


Salon-Style Performance with TDP and Guests
Brookland Artspace at 3305 8th St. NE 
3/29 at 7:30pm-8:30pm 
Invite with any donation
Put on your evening look, enjoy a glass of wine (donations encouraged), see the art provided by Catholic University Art Students and watch performances by TDP, Mountain Empire and more guest artists.  Performances will happen in an informal setting with dialogue encouraged.

You must be on the invite list to enter, but that's easy!  Simply donate below to our Indiegogo campaign, contact us personally, or join our Facebook Event.

We can't wait to see you!


Thanks for making this all happen through your generous donations.  Consider sharing or donating the price of a ticket for someone who otherwise could not right here:

Birthday Salon in Florence, MA on January 19th

Come see the Telephone Dance Project in a special Birthday Salon! 

When: Sunday, January 19 at 7:30pm

Where: Florence Arts and Industry Bldg, Studio 301, 221 Pine St, Florence, MA

Who: TDP, Mountain Empire, Joy Davis, Shaina Cantino, Guest DJ

Why: It's cheap, it's fun, there'll be drinks, art, dancing, and you!

The Telephone Dance Project turns the classic game of "telephone" (also known as "whisper down the alley") into a long-distance dance collaboration tool. Katie Drake (DC), Eliza Larson (MA), Rachel Rugh (VA) and Barbara Tait (PA) send dances through the mail, interpret them from writing into movement, write them down again, and pass their version on to the next person. These phrases are used to create an improvisational score, directed by each participant in their own home state. The dance will change with each performance and each new location.

Performances in MA, NC, and PA are set!

The project that turns the classic game of "telephone" into a long-distance dance collaboration tool has performances happening across the East Coast, starting on January 18 in the Workbench Series in Northampton, MA.  

We’ll perform again the following night on January 19th in a Salon Performance at 7:30pm at Studio 310 in the Florence Arts and Industry Building in Northampton, MA in a shared evening of performance with Joy Davis, and Shaina Cantino. For more information email eliza.larson@gmail.com.

TDP has also been invited to perform on April 5th as part of {Re}HAPPENING, a fantastic improvisational evening of art and performance at the historic Black Mountain College in Black Mountain, NC.  We’re excited to share a night of installation and art making with over 80 artists from around the country.

Additional performances will take place on May 10th for the H-O-T Series in Philadelphia, PA, and TBD in Washington, DC.

See what we’re about HERE: https://vimeo.com/83334697

Save the Date: January 16-19th

TDP's tour will have it's first stop in Northampton, MA on January 16-19th.

Come see what choreographing across state lines and through the mail produces in this innovative multi-state collaboration that uses the classic game of "telephone" as a collaborative tool.

Location: Amherst College and Smith College
Time: TBA
Tickets: TBA