Aaron McGloin Dance and Katy Orthwein Dance Set for Dec Lineup at Green Space

By: Nov. 06, 2015
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Green Space is pleased to offer a diverse roster of new/emerging artists in December. Fertile Ground will present new work by various artists and Take Root will present an evening of work by Aaron McGloin Dance and Katy Orthwein Dance Projects.

TAKE ROOT, now in its 7th season, aids in the continued development and performance of new dance work of various aesthetics by providing choreographers with the opportunity to be produced in a paired evening of work. This once a month series supports dance makers by providing our venue, Green Space, with full technical and marketing support.

December 4th & 5th at 8:00pm. Admission: $15. Tickets are available at the door or online at www.GreenSpaceStudio.org.

About the Work

Aaron McGloin Dance: THE HARD WAY is an autobiography told through solo dances created over the past 10 years. Utilizing solos (made in response to pivotal moments in life) as the raw materials for a collage, this piece is a highly-physical recounting of a personal history. From life as an ugly duckling, to finding and defining new homes, failed attempts at love, and building a strong sense of self, the realization emerges that the only way to truly learn the lessons that life has to teach is the hard way.

Katy Orthwein Dance Projects: This premiere is the first phase of an ongoing project, featuring dancers Jean Freebury, Minna Liimatainen, Katy Orthwein and Jessica Weiss. The work features an original score composed and performed live by internationally acclaimed artist Cynthia Hopkins and costumes by Joy Havens. From gestural specificity, nuance and delicacy to full, dynamic movement, a unique vocabulary reflects form that crystallizes and dissolves, as individuals are drawn together or repelled apart within their shared world. Exploring how time can seemingly suspend then cascade, the dancers vacillate between steadiness and abandon, seeking and assessing, as they test the waters, each other and themselves.

Company/ Choreographer Biographies

Aaron McGloin Dance: Aaron McGloin was born and raised in Arizona and graduated from Arizona State University with a BFA in Choreography. Over the past few years he has had the privilege of performing with companies throughout Phoenix, Chicago and NYC including CONDER/dance, Arial Dance Chicago, Bryn Cohn + Artists, Christopher Williams Dance, and Project 44. He formed his own company, Aaron McGloin Dance, in 2007 with a mission to create honest and ambitious art through joyous, athletic movement and an eclectic sensibility. His choreography has been presented in NYC at Joyce Soho, Dance New Amsterdam, Chez Bushwick/Center for Performance Research, Dixon Place, The Irondale Center, Triskelion Arts and the 92nd St Y, and you can catch him teaching classes at Gibney Dance and Broadway Dance Center.

Katy Orthwein Dance Projects: Katy Orthwein is a New York City based choreographer, dancer and Artistic Director of Katy Orthwein Dance Projects. Her work has been presented at Joyce SoHo Presents, Dance New Amsterdam's RAW Directions Series, the 92nd St. Y Fridays at Noon series, Green Space Blooms, Triskelion Arts, Cherylyn Lavagnino's Salon Series, and Tribeca Cinemas in New York City, at Studio 303 in Montreal, and Sentry Theater in Wisconsin. She was awarded a Creative Development Residency from Mount Tremper Arts in 2009, as well as having subsidized residencies there in 2010 and 2015. Ms. Orthwein was the Co- Artistic Director of RedShift Dance with Kelly Hayes from 2003 to 2008, producing three full evenings of work in New York City and performing throughout New York City and nationally. She holds a BFA in Dance from The Ohio State University. Ms. Orthwein is also a licensed massage therapist, a biodynamic craniosacral practitioner and mama to Vivienne.

FERTILE GROUND is a monthly new works showcase for emerging and established artists now in its 10th season, producing the work of over 50 choreographers each year. This non-curated performance event features five or six choreographers each evening and includes a post-performance discussion with wine and cheese, moderated by Green Space's Artistic Director, Valerie Green.December 6th, 20157pm. Admission: $12. Tickets are available at the door or online at www.GreenSpaceStudio.org.

Featuring:

Gabriella Carmichael

Harlem Dance Club

Kimberleight Costanzo

Muliebris

NYC Dance Arts Professional Dance Company

Ydhelca Perez Dance

DANCE ENTROPY / GREEN SPACE
Dance Entropy Inc. created its company home base, Green Space, in Long Island City, in November 2005. Green Space is a spacious 2000 sq. foot venue housed in a former silk factory with magnificent views overlooking Manhattan. Green Space offers choreographers, dancers and the local community an affordable professional dance rehearsal, class, and performance space in New York City.

DIRECTIONS
By Subway: N, Q, or the 7 to Queensboro Plaza, the first stop outside Manhattan. Take the North pedestrian bridge to the street. Look to your right, you will see Crescent St., turn right on Crescent and walk to 38th Ave. Turn left on 38th Ave. Walk one block to 24th street. Green Space is in the red brick, four-story building. (Approximately a ten-minute walk.)

Photo Credits: Ben Mobley and Ian Shand


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