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Aug 18-21, 2009 Downtown Festival NYC "Venn Duet" choreographed by Stefanie Nelson and performed by Julian Barnett and Ofelia Loret de Mola will be presented as part of the Downtown Dance Festival on August 18th at noon and August 21st at 1pm at Chase Plaza. NYC. Jun 23, 2009 Jeep's Benefit Bowery Poetry Club ~ 1st Street and Bowery danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola will participate with a solo performed by Colleen Cintron. Other artists will perform as well. Apr 18, 2009 "The Mark Show" White Plains High School A benefit for the Mark Dolinsky Foundation. Mar 28-29, 2009 YDance Festival 2009 on March 28th at 7pm and March 29th at 1pm Tarrytown Music Hall. 13 Main Street, Tarrytown Evolve Dance will perform an excerpt from "The Seams" Mar 27, 2009 Evolve Festival 2009 The Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main Street, Tarrytown at 7:30pm Ofelia Loret de Mola will present two works: The acclaimed solo "Uninhibited" performed by Cori Kresge. This piece premiered at the Reverb Festival 2008 at the Ailey Citigroup Theater. Also, an excerpt of "The Seams" will be performed by the young company Evolve Dance . "The Seams" premiered at Joyce SoHo in March 2008. Other guest choreographers in the program include Nicholas Lechter. Mar 1, 2009 Open Audition Battery Dance 380 Broadway. 5th Floor. danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola Invites you to AUDITION for a performance in Mexico. Location: Battery Dance, 380 Broadway. 5th Floor Sunday, March 1, 2009 11:00 am to 1 pm Looking for men and women with a collaborative spirit, strong presence (not attitude), individualism….and an ability to move! REHEARSAL: Specific schedule will be available at the audition. PERFORMANCE DATE: April 21st 2009 (subject to change.) Please e-mail NYCMEX@gmail.com your bio (50 words that include training and career highlights) by Saturday February 28th. Please visit our website www.danscores.com if you would like to see a sample of the work. Please contact Risa Kantor at NYCMEX@gmail.com if you have any questions Feb 1, 2009 Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup City Center Studio 4 Ofelia Loret de Mola is honored to perform the work of Stefanie Nelson STEFANIE NELSON DANCEGROUP Presents: MASiiL, Reqiuem, & Venn Duet 3 New York Premieres @ City Center, studio 4 February 1, 2009 3pm & 5pm Performances by STEFANIE NELSON DANCEGROUP will take place on Sunday, February 1, 2009 at New York City Center, Studio 4, 130 West 56th Street, New York, NY (b/w 5th & 6th Ave.), shows at 3pm and 5pm. Tickets: $20. Reservations: info@sndancegroup.org or (347) 831-3384. "loopy charm" -NYTimes "movement as ragged and disturbing as Grace Slick´s voice…a wild and bumpy trip." -Dance Insider STEFANIE NELSON brings three new works to NY City Center, studio 4 following performances in NYC, Italy, and Mexico. These works were created and developed during recent choreographic residencies at the Baryshnikov Arts Center (NYC), The Yard (Chilmark, MA), and Fuoricentro, (Lucca, Italy), and will be performed by an international cast of dancers representing the U.S., Russia, Israel and Mexico. The performers are Nathanael Buckley, Hallie Dalsimer, Katie Federowicz, Jeff Jacobs, Stefanie Nelson, Matthew Oaks, Yarden Raz, Nile Russell, Valentina Savelyeva, with guest artists Julian Barnett and Ofelia Loret de Mola. Choreography by Stefanie Nelson in collaboration with the dancers. Music by Arvo Part, Anniki Tahti & Poutahaukat, Hugh Mann, Ayub Ogada, Giacomo Puccini, Serge Gainsbourg, Alberto Iglesias. Jan 30, 2009 Lecture Demonstration 10 am Warren Point School, NJ Showing of repertory that links Ofelia Loret de Mola with her Mayan roots. "The destruction of Chi Cheen Itza" and "Aktun Spukil" Performed by Colleen Cintron, Cori Kresge, Elisenda Nadal and Ofelia Loret de Mola Jan 7-8, 2009 Festival de la Ciudad 2009 Teatro Jose Peon Contreras. Merida, Yucatan, Mexico 9pm danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola offers a special performance with 5 interestingly different guest choreographers: Julian Barnett (Japan) Yung-li Chen (Taiwan) Ximena Garnica (Colombia) Belinda McGuire (Canada) Stefanie Nelson (USA) On this special night, Ofelia Loret de Mola will not be presenting her choreography but rather performing in three of the works. Dec 7, 2008 Free Arts Day (hosted by the Westchester Arts Council) S.U.N.Y. Purchase, Performing Arts Center, Upstairs Lobby 4pm-Variations from "The Seams" Dec 6, 2008 Y Dance Open House Family YMCA at Tarrytown, NY 2pm-A young professional company performs variations from "The Seams" by Ofelia Loret de Mola Nov 15, 2008 REVERB FESTIVAL 2008 @ 8pm Ailey Citigroup Theater The Joan Weill Center for Dance 405 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019 Sep 8-15, 2008 World Premiere of Available Space City Hall Park Intersections of Park Row and Center Street Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Sitelines with Mexico Now Festival presents danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola Sept 8th, 9th, 10th, & 12th at 12.30pm Sept 13th, 14th & 15th at 8pm Mexican choreographer Ofelia Loret de Mola and her company of 10 dancers collaborates with The Nerve Tank, two composers, and a visual artist to transform a narrow swath of City Hall Park into a carnival in Available Space. Inspired by the chess tables in City Hall Park, acrobats, jugglers, tight rope walkers, and a bearded lady evoke the grit and cheap sparkle of a Mexican circus. Together these characters perform a series of acts illustrating the political subtext in a game of chess. Led by a marching band, the audience travels with the performers from the west side of City Hall Park to the Brooklyn Bridge. Musicians perform alternative and punk rock. Exploring space and social interaction, Available Space uncovers the fantasies and secrets of our society. Choreography: Ofelia Loret de Mola in close collaboration with Cori Kresge Playwright: Chance Muehleck Theatrical Direction: Melanie S. Armer Composers: Nita Rae, Gerardo Abreu Sacramento Dancers: Colleen Cintron, Hannah Marie Corbin, Celia DeVoe, Marie Douesnard, Cori Kresge, Ana Marambio, Marie Fairbanks Morrow, Justin Ternullo, Brandon Whited, Rebecca Woods. Actors: Karen Grenke, Mike Timoney Live Band Musical Director: Neil Alexander Live Band Musicians: Jesse Martin, Emily Stark Scenic Design: Teresa Loret de Mola Costume Designer: Candida Nichols Production Designer: Solomon Weisbard Sound Designer: Betsy Rhodes Marching Band Director: Melissa Rodnon Sound Editing: Ken Kresge Audio Assistant: Sergio Laite Available Space Collaborators Bios The Nerve Tank is the exploratory and developmental wing of LIVE Theater Company. Founded in 2006 by Melanie S. Armer and Chance D. Muehleck, The Nerve Tank is an incubator for theatrical performance. We collaborate with actors and designers in a spirit of artistic adventure, and our rehearsal methods lie outside the traditional models. Based in New York, we have staged works at Theatre for the New City, Chashama, FringeNYC, Dixon Place, and Pittsburgh's Flux Festival. We are the resident company at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Melanie S. Armer (Theater Director) is Co-founder of The Nerve Tank, where she directed Chance D. Muehleck's In The Heart of a Chinese Curse at Dixon Place and The Attendants at chashama. Work with other companies includes EST, The Women's Project, New Georges, Theater for the New City, FringeNYC, and Circle East. Ms. Armer assisted Leonard Foglia on the Broadway revival of Wait Until Dark, and was Managing Director of Pittsburgh's Open Stage Theatre. She is a member of SSDC and an alumnus of The Lincoln Center Directors Lab. Chance D. Muehleck (Playwright) is an award-winning creator of play texts, theatre assemblies, and concepts for performance. His work has been developed or produced at Primary Stages, Circle Rep, EST, and FringeNYC. He is Co-founder of The Nerve Tank, an independent theatre that produces collaborative art for the twenty-first century. He's taught playwriting at Point Park University, and two of his monologues appear in the Audition Arsenal series published by Smith & Kraus. www.NerveTank.com Karen Grenke (Actor/Queen) For The Nerve Tank: The Attendants, In the Heart of a Chinese Curse. New York theatre includes performances at The Public, Women's Project, the Ontological Theater, The Chocolate Factory, HERE, chashama, Theater for the New City, GAle GAtes et al., BAX and Aisling Arts. She currently appears in Polly Frost's The Fold webseries. Film: Matt Lambert's "Rockville." Regional: Hangar Theater. She co-wrote the 80's teen dramady Wuthering High. Karen graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and trains with The SITI Company. She is a founder of Cagey Productions: www.cageyproductions.com Mike Timoney (Actor/King) a student of Vivian Matalon and Terry Schreiber. NYCity Opera: Lillas Pastia in CARMEN, Scott Ellis' A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, CANDIDE. SONDHEIM: A CELEBRATION AT CARNEGIE HALL. Stephen Belbers' TRANSPARENCY OF VAL at La Tea (NY). George in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY at Gretna Theater. Sir Robert in AN IDEAL HUSBAND (NY), Elyot in PRIVATE LIVES (San Diego). Film: THE PEACEMAKER, WE OWN THE NIGHT, THE DOLLMAKER, STAR TREK IV, LAST CHANCE (Dir.: Bryan Cranston). TV's KNIGHTS OF PROSPERITY, ED, SPECIAL UNIT (pilot). Solomon Weisbard (Production Designer/ Coordinator) New York collaborations with Alethea Adsitt Co., Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance, Brooklyn Mecca, Cardium Mechanicum, danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola, Fresh Ice, House Dance International, Lane and Co., Lincoln Center Director's Lab, LIVE Theater, Frank London, Small Pond, T. Lang. Regionally: Kitchen Theatre, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Tri-Cities Opera.www.solweisbard.com Teresa Loret de Mola (Visual Artist) The work I do is based on the spiritual substance. It goes from the essential lines of a drawing up to the recycle materials like bags, newspapers, little pieces of cotton I use to build sculptures with. The media is secondary but the inner language of the soul can interpret and translate the experience into a piece of art. Gerardo Abreu "Chenrry" (Composer/Musician) hails from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico and began his musical career at a very young age. He has welcomed a diverse group of musical concepts including alternative, rock, pop, electronic, jazz and experimental. In 2006, Chenrry was part of Jazz Band in Central College and toured Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. Currently he is a vocalist and guitarist for the project "Technicolor" which has toured in several states of Mexico. He has recorded four CD's and has been involved in the composition and production of each and every one. As a soloist, he brings an acoustic platform that imprints a fresh, nostalgic and melancholic sense to his melodies and lyrics. Candida Nichols (Costume Designer) is a freelance costume designer and photographer. She has worked as a designer in theater, film, opera, and dance. Her collaborations have included the world premiere of 'The Raven Odyssey' at the Perseverance Theatre, work with Williams College, The National Asian American Theatre Company, Gotham Chamber Opera, and Theater Mitu, who is currently in residence at The New York Theatre Workshop. She was the Associate Costume Designer over International Costumes on 'Light of the World' a cultural event held during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Candida holds an MFA in Theatrical Design from the University of Texas at Austin and is a recipient of the distinguished Roy Crane Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in the Performing Arts. Website: www.candidaknichols.com Elizabeth Rhodes (Sound Designer) New York credits include the world premiere of Steve Martin's adaptation of THE UNDERPANTS, the premieres of John Patrick Shanley's DIRTY STORY and SAILOR SONG. LAByrinth credits include Stephen Belber's A SMALL MELODRAMATIC STORY, Robert Glaudini's DUTCH HEART OF MAN and Erin Cressida Wilson's TRAIL OF HER INNER THIGH. Other New York credits include Chuck Mee's PARIDISE PARK with dir. Daniel Fish (Signature); PENALTIES & INTERESTS, and SWEET STORM (Public Lab); Future Me with original music by Stew (SPF); THE WINTER'S TALE with dir. Barry Edelstein (Classic Stage Company); TRIAL BY WATER (Ma-Yi); A SOLDIER'S WIFE (The Mint); Regional credits include Lee Blessing's WINNING STREAK (George Street Playhouse), STONES IN HIS POCKETS (Alley Theatre). Melissa Rodnon (Marching Band Director) teaches adult beginner ballet many, many times a week, plays percussion and sings backup with a busy wedding band, and accompanies singer-songwriter Eric Nicolas on original songs and cover gigs the rest of the time. She’s been teaching dance to children for 20 years at many schools including the 92nd St. Y, Alvin Ailey school, Adelphi, USDAN Center, Bridge for Dance. Melissa has been on the faculty of Ballet Academy East since 1993. She has a lifelong relationship with Dances...Patrelle ballet company and has been an asst. managing director, rehearsal director and performer for the company. In 1999 Melissa founded the Williamsburg Arts NeXus (WAX) with 3 other artist/administrators, establishing one of the most successful and beloved rehearsal/performance spaces in NYC. She experienced authentic marching bands at Carnaval 2008 in Recife, Brazil, with the popular Brooklyn-based percussion group Maracatu NY. Nita Rae (Composer) Nita Rae remembers always having music going on inside, doesn’t like categories and can usually find inviting qualities in all music. She composed and performed with Semper Fi, produced and engineered Cds for “Pdog Records” as well as composing, performing and recording music for short films and other incidental projects. Neil Alexander (Live Band Musical Director) has worked professionally for 30+ years as a performer, composer and producer and manages his own trio “NAIL.” He has worked with artists including Gunther Hampel and The Mahavishnu Project, and toured for 10 years with Pink Floyd Tribute "The Machine". His classical repertoire includes Stravinsky and Cage. Jesse D. Martin (Musician), multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, ran the late 80’s with Vernon Reid, and Percy Jones. He has been a member and conductor of Barry Harris Jazz Ensemble Chorus, and played with Unum, Poetic Notion Chorus, Dania Reid and the Sinnerman Band, and a personal project with violinist Tia Hann. Emily Willis (Musician) is a drummer/musician since age 14. A wanderer, wonderer, bicycle rider, train hopper, aero plane flyer, own two legs walker, hippy, hipster, hobo, crusty gutter punk, upper middle class, college educated, bourgeoisie white woman excited to bust loose with some situational jim jam on the drums for “Available Space”. Colleen Cintron (Executive Director/Dancer) grew up Iowa City, IA and is a BFA graduate of the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College. Since then she has had the pleasure of working with Rotem Tashach, Honor Gherman, Megan Williams, Esse Aficiando and is presently a company member of Von Ussar Danceworks and Rebudal Dance as well as Executive Director of danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola. She is also certified Pilates instructor and enjoys teaching in and around NYC. She has had the privilege of representing danscores and the US Dept. of Culture as a Cultural Envoy traveling and teaching in and around Pristina, Kosovo. Hannah Marie Corbin (Dancer) is originally from Portland, Oregon. She continued her training on scholarship at The Ailey School, ABT, School of Ballet Chicago, Ballet Austin, and Classical Ballet Academy. She received her acting training from Michael Howard Studios and Marymount Manhattan College. HM has performed for The American Dance Guild, Metropolitan Repertory Theatre, Jeremy McQueen at The Ailey Citigroup Theatre, NYC's Dance Makers and Pacific Festival Ballet. HM is an aerial artist/acrobat, faculty member at Ballet Academy East and a proud member of danscores . Celia DeVoe (Dancer) began her dance training at the American Theater Dance Workshop/Eglevsky Ballet in Long Island, NY. She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in 2007 with a BA in Dance, concentrating in Dance Education. Celia has studied and performed works by Helen Pickett, Elizabeth Higgins, Ryan McNally, Jocelyn Soulet, Beth Jucovy, Isadora Duncan and Paul Taylor. Celia DeVoe is a founding member of Andrea Gise & Dancers and was honored to join danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola in April 2008. Marie Douesnard (Dancer) was born in France where she started ballet at the age of 8. She graduated from the Conservatory of Nantes where she studied ballet, contemporary dance and had projects with French companies. Then, she moved in Paris to continue her studies in dance in the professional training program of "La menagerie de verre". Since 2007, she has been in NY taking classes at DNA and is a current member of Isabel Gotzkowsky and Friends Company and danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola. Cori Kresge (Co-Choreographer/Dancer) received a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase College. She has studied traditional Balinese dance in Indonesia. Cori is a founding member of danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola and a member of the Wendy Osserman Dance Company. Cori is also a writer, choreographer, and costume designer. Ana Marambio (Dancer) is from Chile where she studied Laban-Leeder technique at Centro Danza Espiral in Santiago. After moving to New York, she has continued her independent research in contemporary dance. She has performed her own choreography at New Steps Series at the Mulberry Theater, Dixon Place, and WaxWorks. She has appeared with Keigwin+Company at the Skirball Center, and has been a dancer with danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola since 2007. Marie Fairbanks Morrow (Dancer) has been working as a professional actor since the age of 12. In 2006 she got her BFA from SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Acting. In 2006 she was in the short play premiere series at Signature Theatre in New York City, and traveled to France to exhibit her multi media performance art piece "Perspectives". She collaborated with Ofelia Loret De Mola in the spring of 2008 on "The Seams: Am I that I Am", premiering at the Joyce SoHo theatre in New York City. Also in 2008 she traveled to Kosovo to teach voice to modern dancers as a representative of danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola. Justin Ternullo (Dancer) received his BFA from the Purchase Conservatory of Dance where he began collaborating with danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola as well as Nelly van Bommel's noa Dance. In 2004 he studied at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in the Netherlands. Justin has had the opportunity to perform works by Lucinda Childs, Buglisi/Foreman, Kevin Wynn, Paul Taylor, Urban Bush Women, and Doug Varone. Since moving to New York Justin has worked with Wendy Osserman Dance Company and Teri and Oliver Steele. He lives/works in Brooklyn, NY where he co-founded Design Brooklyn, a media services company that caters to the arts community.www.designbrooklyn.com Brandon Whited (Dancer) was born in Poughkeepsie, NY, and began dancing at the age of ten upon moving to North Carolina. While earning both his High School diploma and BFA from the NC School of the Arts, he had the privilege of working with a talented and inspiring faculty as well as dancing works by Murray Louis, George Balanchine, Mark Morris, Doug Varone, Alex Ketly, and Kevin Wynn; among others. Since moving to New York City Brandon has danced for Randy James Dance Works, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, and Teri and Oliver Steele. Brandon joined danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola in the winter of 2007. Rebecca Woods (Dancer) received her training from the University of Colorado in Boulder, and Marymount Manhattan College where she graduated with a degree in Dance and Communications. She has performed with the Juilliard Opera Company, LKB Dance, Chasla, Stephen Kaplowitz, Ali Kenner dance, and Eidolon Ballet in Concert. She is working with Adele Myers, and is grateful for Ofelia's friendship. Rebecca teaches Kundalini yoga through out the city. She is on faculty at Ballet Academy East. May 19, 2008 Fielday at DTW @ 7:30pm Dance Theater Workshop danscores will perform the visually stunning Canonicemos a las Putas. Apr 20-30, 2008 danscores as Cultural Envoys in Kosovo! Pristina, Kosovo danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola will be teaching a two week long workshop in Kosovo. Apr 4, 2008 Evolve Dance Festival Tarrytown, New York Evolve Dance Festival at 7:30pm Tarrytown Music Hall Mar 14-16, 2008 Joyce SoHo Season March 14th-16th at 8pm Joyce SoHo, 155 Mercer Street (Between Houston and Prince) Tickets can be purchased at www.joyce.org/212-352-3101 danscores by Ofelia Loret de Mola in association with Joyce SoHo presents the world premiere of The Seams (am I that I am) and the New York premiere of TALE. Ofelia Loret de Mola’s newest dance-centered performance piece explores human nuance and the effect it has on perception. Conceived within the structural limits of a palindrome, The Seams (am I that I am) is a multidisciplinary piece examining the filters we use in order to co-exist. This piece was co-directed by Marie Fairbanks Morrow, in collaboration with Set Designer Solomon Weisbard and Video Artist Nick D’agostino. Accompanying this world premiere will be the New York premiere of TALE, inspired by the fantastic reality of Guillermo del Toro to the original score of international concert pianist Tian Jiang. R to Prince, B/D/F/V to Broadway-Lafayette, 6 to Bleecker Press Contact: Colleen Cintron 347-834-4299 Jan 8, 2008 Festival Internacional de las Artes Merida, Yucatan Nov 30, 2007 Radburn School Lecture Demonstration Fairlawn, New Jersey Nov 9, 2007 Reverb Festival 2007 November 9th, at 8PM The Ailey Citigroup Theater The Ailey Citigroup Theater The Joan Weill Center for Dance 405 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019 Nov 3, 2007 Open Rehearsal @ 4:30 Joyce SoHo Get a sneak preview of our new work in progress! Please join us for an open rehearsal. Discussion will follow viewing. Due to limited space, please RSVP by emailing info@danscores.com Oct 27, 2007 Please Join Us for an Outdoor Date @ 2pm McCarren Park Williamsburg, Brooklyn October 27th Please join us for an outdoor date! Come hang out, bring friends, have a picnic and watch or be a part of our spontaneous performance. Take the L train to Bedford or Lorimer. The park is accessible from Nassau Ave, Bayard St., Leondard St. and N 12th Sts. We will be near 12th and Bedford *IF RAINED OUT-event will be postponed until further notice Jun 30, 2007 Fielday @ the Henry Du Jur Playhouse New York City Jun 6, 2007 Audition @ Harkness Dance Center 92nd st Y, NYC Mar 3, 2007 Oaxaca Festival Oaxaca Feb 2, 2007 Radburn School Lecture Demonstration Fairlawn, New Jersey Jan 27, 2007 A Benefit for Leanne Schmidt and Company New York City Jan 20-23, 2007 Association of Performing Arts Presenters New York City Jan 7, 2007 Festival Internacional de las Artes Merida Yucatan Dec 14-15, 2006 Reverb Festival 2006 New York City Nov 1-5, 2006 Wave Rising Festival Brooklyn, New York Oct 21, 2006 2006 DUMBO Dance Festival/Gala Benefit Brooklyn, New York Oct 21, 2006 d.u.m.b.o Dance Festival Brooklyn, New York Oct 7, 2006 Fieday @ the Harry De Jur Playhouse New York City Oct 1, 2006 Studio 111 Williamsburg, New York Sep 19, 2006 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City Sep 14-16, 2006 Joyce SoHo Season 2006 New York City Sep 9, 2006 Upclose @ DTW New York City Sep 6, 2006 Fall Kick Off Party @ Pier 63 New York City Jul 15, 2006 Fielday at Pier 63 New York City Jun 23, 2006 Valladolid Valladolid, Yucatan Jun 21, 2006 Oxutzkab Oxkutzkab, Yucatan Jun 20, 2006 Izamal Izamal, Yucatan Jun 19, 2006 Teatro de La Ciudad Campeche, Mexico Jun 15-17, 2006 La Galeria Merida, Yucatan Jun 3, 2006 Fielday @ HERE New York City May 28, 2006 Choreographers Showcase, Preludes to Dance Williamsburg, New York May 21, 2006 WAXworks @ University Settlement New York City May 18-20, 2006 Joyce SoHo Presents New York City May 5-6, 2006 Choreographers Showcase at the Puffin Room NYC |
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