Megan Bridge in the Krakow Choreographic Centre!
We have a spontaneous but very interesting meeting with Megan Bridge in the Krakow Choreogaphic Centre. Feel free to come!
1. We invite you to see two solo performances of Megan Bridge and join the talk after on Wednesday 27 November at 7 p.m. in the KCC Studio, Nowa Huta Cultural Centre
MORPHIC RESONANCE / MEGAN BRIDGE
PERFORMANCE / DISCUSSION
tickets: 25 PLN
Megan Bridge (<fidget>, Philadelphia) presents two solo works, followed by an informal talk on the lineages of improvisation and experimentation in post-Judson American Dance.
Morphic Resonance is a solo improvisation performed by dancer/choreographer Megan Bridge, with original music by Peter Price.* In this research-based performance project, a solo dancing body is set into resonance with the sound and space that surround it. Price’s ambient, droning electronic soundscapes are punctuated by percussive loops. Bridge builds movement worlds like architectures that are both kinesthetically expansive and minutely precise.
Bridge also presents her newest solo work, (Un)Locking McClary. In 1987, feminist musicologist Susan McClary likened Beethoven’s music, and in particular his 9th Symphony, to rape. This dance proposes a counter-argument.
Following these two dances, Bridge will lead a discussion on improvisation and experimentation in post-Judson American Dance. Bridge has worked closely with Steve Paxton and Lisa Nelson, has performed the works of Lucinda Childs and David Gordon, and has studied with Deborah Hay. In this informal chat, Bridge brings her experience with these experimental artists into the room, sharing her observations about their approaches to task-based movement, embodiment, and presence.
*Peter Price will not play live for this performance
2. We invite you for the open class with Megan on Wednesday, 10:00-12:00 in the KCC Studio, entrance: 30 PLN
Widening the Circle: Somatic Composition: an improvisation workshop with Megan Bridge
Megan Bridge is a dancer, choreographer, producer, educator, and dance writer based in Philadelphia. She co-directs <fidget>, a platform for her collaborative work with composer/musicologist Peter Price; together they also run thefidget space, an experimental research laboratory and performance venue. Bridge is currently pursuing an MFA in Dance at Temple University, where she taught a variety of studio and lecture classes as adjunct faculty from 2016-2018. She is an editor and occasional contributor for thINKingDANCE, and has published articles in Dance Magazine, Pointe, and The Dance Chronicle. She has been an artist in residence and guest teacher at Haverford College, West Chester University, Franklin & Marshall College, and University of Arizona. In 2013 she was named “Best of Philly” for stage performance by Philadelphia Magazine. As a professional dancer Bridge has worked with choreographers and companies such as Group Motion, Steve Paxton and Lisa Nelson, Jerome Bel, Willi Dorner, Lucinda Childs, David Gordon, Susan Rethorst, and Headlong Dance Theater, and has studied with Deborah Hay, Xavier LeRoy, Miguel Gutierrez, and Jan Fabre. She has toured as a dancer and choreographer to cities throughout the US and abroad in Austria, Bulgaria, Colombia, Cyprus, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, South Africa, and Switzerland.
Website link: www.thefidget.org
