Sep
8
to Nov 3
Mar
4
4:00 PM16:00
Mar
31
5:00 PM17:00
Trans Body III
Trans Body III
A dance making process that celebrates the transgender experience.
The project asks the questions: How do we embody and perform our own history? How do we tell stories about ourselves through movement? How can we express trans identity through dance?
Trans Body III is presented in partnership with New Haven Pride Center and sponsored by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.
The live sharing is virtual and FREE!
You can stream on March 31st @ 5pm on Facebook or YouTube
Apr
18
4:00 PM16:00
National Water Dance 2020
On April 18, 2020 at 4pm (Location TBD) ECDC will participate (for the second time) in the National Water Dance. National Water Dance is an artist- driven collective of dancers and educators confronting critical water issues facing the United States. National Water Dance participants create simultaneous, site-specific dance performances with people of all ages and experience around the nation. Artists participating in the National Water Dance believe that our environment is the most pressing issue and needs immediate attention.
Who will we serve and where? Our National Water Dance project services the community in two ways. One, it is a performance opportunity for any body who would like to participate in bringing attention to the fragility of our waters and the severity of climate change through dance. Two, the audience, passersby, attendees, hikers, walkers and Friends of East Rock Park will witness dance as activism through performance. We will bring together a large and diverse community of non-movers and movers alike, professional artists and at least one community partner. We hope to engage people with the help of our influential community leaders who are committed to inclusion and social justice.
Nov
19
6:00 PM18:00
Trans Body 2
ECDC and the New Haven Pride Center in partnership with the Ely Center for Contemporary Art present:
TRANS BODY 2
ECDC and New Haven Pride Center have collaborated on a month-long process workshop with a community of trans folx to explore meaning, making and movement within the context of identity, history and corporeality. The project asks: How do we embody and perform our own history? How do we tell stories about ourselves through movement? How can we express identity through dance? The participants will share what they made with choreographers, Lindsey Bauer and Kellie Ann Lynch on Tuesday, Nov 19 @ 6pm.
The performance is open to the public and *FREE*
May
26
3:00 PM15:00
Contact Improvisation Workshop (All Levels)
Photo credit: Frédéric Arthur Chabot
CONTACT IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP: Connection and Spontaneity
with Jonathan Lilly
MAY 26 2019: 3-6PM
ALL LEVELS (beginners welcome)
Trinity Lutheran Church | 292 Orange St New Haven
$35
***REGISTER at elmcitydance@gmail.com***
CLASS DESCRIPTION: Connection and Spontaneity in Contact Improvisation
At the heart of contact improvisation is the connection between ourselves and our partner. When this connection is open and grounded yet sensitive and fluid, it becomes the starting point for the unfolding of spontaneity and surprise. Through games, exercises, and explorations, this workshop examines connection in contact improvisation and its role in unlocking a kaleidoscope of possibilities. From this foundation, we will work our way into lifts and descents with an emphasis on both safety and spontaneity. Dancers of all levels are welcome, including complete beginners.
Jonathan Lilly came to contact improvisation in 2013, after twenty years of training in aikido, a martial art that can be said to be a direct ancestor of this dance form. His movement and teaching styles are deeply informed by his experience with the Feldenkrais method of somatic education, as well as by a daily meditation practice in the Tibetian Buddhist tradition. He has taught workshops or classes in contact improvisation at a half-dozen locations in the US and Canada. In his day job, he studies ocean physics.
Mar
30
2:00 PM14:00
TRANS BODY // MARCH 30th @ 2pm
Photo by Joel Callaway
JOIN US
March 30th at 2pm for a showing of what we’ve been working on for the last month. This is not a finished product but rather a sharing of ideas, process and ways of storytelling.
FREE and open to the public.
*LOCATION*
United Church Parish House — 323 Temple St | New Haven
*A commission by New Haven Pride Center in Partnership with Nasty Women CT*
Nov
17
8:00 PM20:00
TINY SHORTS
Tiny Shorts $25 | Birthday Party $15 | Donate $10 for 10 years
JOIN US after Tiny Shorts to Celebrate ECDC’s 10 year Anniversary! Music, Light bites and good conversation at Lyric Hall!
ONLINE TICKET SALES BEGIN OCTOBER 28
Oct
26
to Oct 28
Through the Echoes
ECDC & Friends are performing in City Wide Open Studios’ Alternative Space Weekend at Yale West Campus!
Through the Echoes
ECDCD & Friends: Conceived and directed by Kellie Ann Lynch
This visually evocative performance will reflect on notions of humanity and pay homage to Yale West Campus, the site of this year’s Alternative Space. The performers will embody the essence of wellbeing through a movement score inspired by contemplative practices and ritualistic ways of being in and being with community. The performance will begin on the second floor glass walkway, and move outside onto the circular stone plaza. Soundtrack by Brian Eno. Performers: Jackie Malka Ryan, Lara Marcin, Giulia Gouge, Julien Kanor, Caitlin Kossmann, Emilia VandenBroek, Kellie Ann Lynch, Alicia White, Stellar Levy, Raven Nee, Emilie Steinnagel, Erika Martin, Alexis Robbins
Performance Schedule
Friday, Oct 26: 4:45pm
Saturday, Oct 27: 1pm and 3pm
Sunday, Oct 28: 12:45pm and 3pm
MORE INFO & DIRECTIONS HERE
Photo by Daniel Eugene Photography
Mar
9
to Mar 10
If You Knew You Then | Boston
"If You Knew You Then", is a patchwork reconstruction of circumstances evolved from revisiting past behaviors and memories of the dancers' younger selves. Emerged from themes such as leader and follower, aggression, tension and support, and peer influence, the 60-minute work builds a robust movement landscape where the performers are challenged with negotiating group chemistry and social constructs as they move through a social and solitary terrain.
3 shows!
March 9 @ 8pm | March 10 @ 7pm & 9pm
Join us for a reception after the 9pm show!
Tickets HERE
Feb
7
6:00 PM18:00
We Love: an ECDC Board Bash
Join ECDC for a pre-Valentine's Day bash! Learn more about the dance company and its upcoming plans for 2018. See videos of past performances, meet some of the dancers, and find out how you can help the organization in the future. Drinks, food, and fun will abound at this February 7 event!
ADVANCED TICKETS $25 | HERE
Door $30
Mar
31
to Apr 8
If You Knew You Then
"If You Knew You Then", is a patchwork reconstruction of circumstances evolved from revisiting past behaviors and memories of the dancers' younger selves. Emerged from themes such as leader and follower, aggression, tension and support, and peer influence, the 60-minute work builds a robust movement landscape where the performers are challenged with negotiating group chemistry and social constructs as they move through a social and solitary terrain.
Choreography by Kellie Ann Lynch in collaboration with dancers: Luis Antonio, Lindsey Bauer, Tara Burns, Nikki Carrara, Kellie Lynch, Samantha Russell and Alicia White.
World Premiere 2017: March 31 & April 1, 7, 8 | Fri & Sat | Shows at 7pm & 9pm
Tickets available on the Lyric Hall website & calendar HERE