2021 Events and Programming
Photos, left to right: Video still from work by Rebecca Pappas; Jasmin Agosto; Moving Water Project by Serious Play Theatre Ensemble
A.P.E.@Hawley provides, to artists and researchers, affordable access to the dance studio, Flex Space, Mezzanine and Workroom/Theater (unfinished) at 33 Hawley. Our programming and rental structure strives to create the conditions for rich exploration and a maximizing of creative potential. We encourage inquiry-based processes and the open exchange of ideas towards the development of new, experimental, and challenging projects and works. A.P.E. welcomes inquiries and requests and reviews proposals on a first come/first serve basis. A.P.E.@Hawley partners with The School for Contemporary Dance & Thought, SCDT and Historic Northampton to create dynamic programming at 33 Hawley.
APE@Hawley is now renting space at 33 Hawley—if you're in need of space for individual rehearsals, remote classes, or podded movement sessions, please contact: meredithbove@apearts.org or jenscdt@gmail.com for rates and availability.
photo: dance artist Lailye Weidman in the Workroom space, July 2020.
Current & Upcoming Projects
CONTACT QUARTERLY LIBRARY AT 33 HAWLEY
APE@Hawley is excited to announce that the dance library that was acquired and stewarded for years by our friends at Contact Quarterly is now housed at A.P.E.'s office in 33 Hawley! Since the closing of CQ's office down the road in Florence, MA, we have accepted their generous gift of hundreds of books, periodicals, and DVDs on dance practice and performance, as well as a full CQ back issue set. Once COVID restrictions allow, we will be making this reading library available to the public for using and perusing while at 33 Hawley. Also on the horizon is the use of a public computer, gifted to us by CQ, for research and browsing of CQ's back issue archive.
We can't wait to read and research together!"
For more information and to access the library contact: meredithbove@apearts.org
APE@Hawley is excited to announce that the dance library that was acquired and stewarded for years by our friends at Contact Quarterly is now housed at A.P.E.'s office in 33 Hawley! Since the closing of CQ's office down the road in Florence, MA, we have accepted their generous gift of hundreds of books, periodicals, and DVDs on dance practice and performance, as well as a full CQ back issue set. Once COVID restrictions allow, we will be making this reading library available to the public for using and perusing while at 33 Hawley. Also on the horizon is the use of a public computer, gifted to us by CQ, for research and browsing of CQ's back issue archive.
We can't wait to read and research together!"
For more information and to access the library contact: meredithbove@apearts.org
Serious Play Theatre Ensemble and KO Festival of Performance team up to present: MOVING WATER
This July, Serious Play and KO Festival of Performance present the premiere of MOVING WATER in the Workroom at APE@Hawley. This live, in person production will take place on July 22, 23, 24 at 8pm and July 25 at 4pm. Special live, in-person post-show discussion with a water expert following the July 25, 4pm matinee!
WEB: July 30–Aug 1; Fri. & Sat. at 8pm, Sun.at 4pm via online through Ko Festival of Performance. Multi-camera recording by Northampton Open Media.
Directed by Sheryl Stoodley with collaborating artists & collaborative playwright Eric Henry Sanders, MOVING WATER is a devised physical theatre production centered on the global water crisis, with highly visual staging, a diverse ensemble, choreographed movement, video environments, and original music. This poetic, absurdist and often humorous work brings audiences into a deeper appreciation for, and understanding of, our human relationship to water.
Acting Ensemble includes: Kermit Dunkelberg, Ximena Salmerón, and Will Swyers.
For more information see Present Collaborating Artists.
Tickets for both the MOVING WATER LIVE and WEB performances are available at Ko Festival
This July, Serious Play and KO Festival of Performance present the premiere of MOVING WATER in the Workroom at APE@Hawley. This live, in person production will take place on July 22, 23, 24 at 8pm and July 25 at 4pm. Special live, in-person post-show discussion with a water expert following the July 25, 4pm matinee!
WEB: July 30–Aug 1; Fri. & Sat. at 8pm, Sun.at 4pm via online through Ko Festival of Performance. Multi-camera recording by Northampton Open Media.
Directed by Sheryl Stoodley with collaborating artists & collaborative playwright Eric Henry Sanders, MOVING WATER is a devised physical theatre production centered on the global water crisis, with highly visual staging, a diverse ensemble, choreographed movement, video environments, and original music. This poetic, absurdist and often humorous work brings audiences into a deeper appreciation for, and understanding of, our human relationship to water.
Acting Ensemble includes: Kermit Dunkelberg, Ximena Salmerón, and Will Swyers.
For more information see Present Collaborating Artists.
Tickets for both the MOVING WATER LIVE and WEB performances are available at Ko Festival
Creating A Choir:
Getting Our Hands & Feet Wet in Sound Creation
Serious Play’s Live Community Workshop-Demonstration -Creating a Human Touch Activated-Water Activated Choir.
This workshop is part of a public phase of development for composing sound using “Playtronica” (www.playtronica.com) for our upcoming July devised production premiere of Moving Water & funded in part by our NET Exchange grant. Thank you NET!
For the musical score of Moving Water, composer Jonny Rodgers is developing choral compositions (& other aesthetic goodies) using a “Playtronica” device, so that actors can “play” the set, water & each other in real time & improvise with elements of musical compositions or sound design at will during the performance.
The public is welcome to join us this June 19th, learn about how this happens & try this technique out for themselves!
When: SATURDAY June 19 / 2-3:30pm
Where: Well Ventilated Flex Space at the Arts Trust Complex, 33 Hawley St, Northampton
With All Covid Protocols: Social Distancing, Masks, Hand Sanitizer
Limited Number of Participants: 16 yrs & up
Please Contact Serious Play & Register:
Phone 413-588-7439 or Email seriousplaytheatre@gmail.com
Open to anyone interested in musical discovery- musician or not!
Workshop Free (no one turned away for lack of funds)—with a suggested donation of $15
Getting Our Hands & Feet Wet in Sound Creation
Serious Play’s Live Community Workshop-Demonstration -Creating a Human Touch Activated-Water Activated Choir.
This workshop is part of a public phase of development for composing sound using “Playtronica” (www.playtronica.com) for our upcoming July devised production premiere of Moving Water & funded in part by our NET Exchange grant. Thank you NET!
For the musical score of Moving Water, composer Jonny Rodgers is developing choral compositions (& other aesthetic goodies) using a “Playtronica” device, so that actors can “play” the set, water & each other in real time & improvise with elements of musical compositions or sound design at will during the performance.
The public is welcome to join us this June 19th, learn about how this happens & try this technique out for themselves!
When: SATURDAY June 19 / 2-3:30pm
Where: Well Ventilated Flex Space at the Arts Trust Complex, 33 Hawley St, Northampton
With All Covid Protocols: Social Distancing, Masks, Hand Sanitizer
Limited Number of Participants: 16 yrs & up
Please Contact Serious Play & Register:
Phone 413-588-7439 or Email seriousplaytheatre@gmail.com
Open to anyone interested in musical discovery- musician or not!
Workshop Free (no one turned away for lack of funds)—with a suggested donation of $15
SCDT partners with A.P.E.@Hawley to offer a wide range of classes and programming. For SCDT's Current and Upcoming events and full class offerings, visit their website: www.scdtnoho.com.
We welcome your proposals and ideas for projects at 33 Hawley—please contact Meredith Bove (meredithbove@apearts.org), Lisa Thompson (lisathompson@apearts.org) or Jen Polins (jenscdt@gmail.com) if you'd like to discuss!
THE WORKROOM@33Hawley
Help us OPEN THE WORKROOM/THEATER@33HAWLEY
It’s the perfect time to build the future together!
Fundraising efforts continue at 33 Hawley to open the Workroom/Theater. Donate today!
It’s the perfect time to build the future together!
Fundraising efforts continue at 33 Hawley to open the Workroom/Theater. Donate today!
- The Northampton Community Arts Trust recently received its fourth matching grant from the Mass Cultural Council Cultural Facilities Fund! This matching grant of $100,000 will to help open The Workroom/Theater@33Hawley.
- To open this 3,800 square foot creative space we must raise an additional $400,000 to cover HVAC, acoustic walls, electrics and subfloor construction.
- A sprung floor for dancing is an additional $100,000. Learn More and Donate to the Build a Floor Project in honor of Nancy Stark Smith, hosted by Andrea Olsen.
ARTIST RETROSPECTIVES
APE@Hawley and SCDT are offering an online retrospective of the artists that have shared work at 33 Hawley over the past two years. The full retrospectives are HERE
APE@Hawley and SCDT are offering an online retrospective of the artists that have shared work at 33 Hawley over the past two years. The full retrospectives are HERE
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RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITIES
In theater, music, performance art, dance...at 33 Hawley ARTIST RESIDENCIES AVAILABLE Artist Residencies of varying lengths can be accommodated in the Workroom at 33 Hawley. Where space and scheduling allows, APE@Hawley offers a residency package of the following: • 20 hours of rehearsal space • One evening for a work-in-progress showing • Informal, no tech showing either in the Dance Studio or the Workroom at the end of your residency period. FEE: $300 Residency Rental Fee OTHER RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE in the short and long term. Please contact us for scheduling, availability, and more info. meredithbove@apearts.org jenscdt@gmail.com |