A.P.E.@Hawley Street
2019 Programming
A.P.E.@Hawley provides, to artists and researchers, affordable access to the dance studio, Flex Space, Mezzanine and Black Box (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.
If you are interested in proposing a project or renting space at 33 Hawley Street please contact A.P.E.
If you are interested in proposing a project or renting space at 33 Hawley Street please contact A.P.E.
Current and Upcoming Events & Projects
A.P.E.@Hawley and SCDT
In collaboration with Historic Northampton, NCTV,
and the Smith College Department of Dance present:
Somatics Festival
Celebrating The Work of Janet Adler, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, and Nancy Stark Smith and the 45-year Heritage of Contact Quarterly
September 19-23, 2019
Full Schedule and Registration: www.scdtnoho.com
Welcome to our festival.
Our intention is to create a gathering which celebrates the emergence and confluence of these bodies of work in this unique place of Northampton, while marking the present moment and encouraging new connections. Main events will be documented for inclusion in the archives of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. “Somatics” references bodies of work that call forth an inherent experience of the intelligent moving/dancing body. The spaces that support creative work and somatic processes in our community are also being celebrated: the Smith College Crew House, SCDT at STUDIO4, and the new arts facility 33 Hawley Street.
Please note that event fees are offerings to make the whole gathering possible. Workshop sizes and audience capacity are limited by the facilities and the needs of presenters. On-line registration reserves your place and is non-refundable. The Saturday “conversations” are in a large auditorium at Smith College that can host all of us together. Within these parameters, the festival format offers time and space for movement, discussion, and gathering with colleagues. Appreciation to all who are helping to make this possible, including the presenters who enthusiastically said "yes" to the possibility of gathering.
Andrea Olsen, Festival curator for A.P.E.@Hawley
With Lisa Thompson/A.P.E. & Jen Polins/SCDT
In collaboration with Historic Northampton, NCTV,
and the Smith College Department of Dance present:
Somatics Festival
Celebrating The Work of Janet Adler, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, and Nancy Stark Smith and the 45-year Heritage of Contact Quarterly
September 19-23, 2019
Full Schedule and Registration: www.scdtnoho.com
Welcome to our festival.
Our intention is to create a gathering which celebrates the emergence and confluence of these bodies of work in this unique place of Northampton, while marking the present moment and encouraging new connections. Main events will be documented for inclusion in the archives of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. “Somatics” references bodies of work that call forth an inherent experience of the intelligent moving/dancing body. The spaces that support creative work and somatic processes in our community are also being celebrated: the Smith College Crew House, SCDT at STUDIO4, and the new arts facility 33 Hawley Street.
Please note that event fees are offerings to make the whole gathering possible. Workshop sizes and audience capacity are limited by the facilities and the needs of presenters. On-line registration reserves your place and is non-refundable. The Saturday “conversations” are in a large auditorium at Smith College that can host all of us together. Within these parameters, the festival format offers time and space for movement, discussion, and gathering with colleagues. Appreciation to all who are helping to make this possible, including the presenters who enthusiastically said "yes" to the possibility of gathering.
Andrea Olsen, Festival curator for A.P.E.@Hawley
With Lisa Thompson/A.P.E. & Jen Polins/SCDT
Visual Arts Exhibition as part of the Somatics Festival. One week only.
VECTORS
curated by Harriet Brickman
featuring the work of Nine Artists: Gordon Thorne, Herb Ferris, Kristina Madsen, Bill Arnold, Katherine Sanderson, Harriet Brickman, Philip Buller, Rosalyn Driscoll, Stephen Petegorsky
This is a gathering of artists, all of whom were working as these somatic practices were developing. Some of the relationships between images and practices are literal, others are less tangent. All of them reference the body, or the architecture of the space through which the body moves. Movement is key.
We were friends, colleagues, and in a less literal way, collaborators. Intimacies evolved and dissolved, reshaped themselves and set over decades. Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen’s work gave us a language to address how the body works; Janet Adler’s work gave us a means to a creative lexicon; Nancy Stark Smith’s leadership at CQ furthered the conversation beyond our individual spaces. Sometimes, not often, we converged, as on the 3rd floor of Thornes, or in the pages of Andrea Olsen’s books.
Those of us whose work is gathered in this corner have been privileged to move in and out of each other’s lives in ways that the images manifest. Our work, our concerns, our lives overlapped, and without force or intent, or even consent, we colored each other. This is but a glimpse of the vectors which trace what we have learned, what we continue to explore, what we have come to understand.
VECTORS
curated by Harriet Brickman
featuring the work of Nine Artists: Gordon Thorne, Herb Ferris, Kristina Madsen, Bill Arnold, Katherine Sanderson, Harriet Brickman, Philip Buller, Rosalyn Driscoll, Stephen Petegorsky
This is a gathering of artists, all of whom were working as these somatic practices were developing. Some of the relationships between images and practices are literal, others are less tangent. All of them reference the body, or the architecture of the space through which the body moves. Movement is key.
We were friends, colleagues, and in a less literal way, collaborators. Intimacies evolved and dissolved, reshaped themselves and set over decades. Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen’s work gave us a language to address how the body works; Janet Adler’s work gave us a means to a creative lexicon; Nancy Stark Smith’s leadership at CQ furthered the conversation beyond our individual spaces. Sometimes, not often, we converged, as on the 3rd floor of Thornes, or in the pages of Andrea Olsen’s books.
Those of us whose work is gathered in this corner have been privileged to move in and out of each other’s lives in ways that the images manifest. Our work, our concerns, our lives overlapped, and without force or intent, or even consent, we colored each other. This is but a glimpse of the vectors which trace what we have learned, what we continue to explore, what we have come to understand.
Serious Play Theatre Ensemble
WADING IN/Phase Two of Moving Water
October 25 and 26
Open Rehearsals each evening for public/ 6pm to 7pm, limited audience
More info coming soon
WADING IN/Phase Two of Moving Water
October 25 and 26
Open Rehearsals each evening for public/ 6pm to 7pm, limited audience
More info coming soon
ATHENA by Gracie Gardner
Directed by Ellen Morbyrne
Starring Rachel Hall (Tilly in She Kills Monsters 2017 & 2018) and Syl Simmons (Natalie in When Last We Flew 2018)
Stage managed by Ezekiel Baskin
Two young fencers. One dedication to training. Endless opportunity for connection and collision.
“Wily and entertaining.” - Village Voice
“A deadly serious comedy about ambition, success, and owning your superiority. In its delicate ferocity, it shows a playwright who is full-throttle funny and wise beyond her years.” - The New York Times
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24-SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 7PM
MATINEE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 1PM AT
(in the Flex Space )
TICKETS COMING SOON!
Directed by Ellen Morbyrne
Starring Rachel Hall (Tilly in She Kills Monsters 2017 & 2018) and Syl Simmons (Natalie in When Last We Flew 2018)
Stage managed by Ezekiel Baskin
Two young fencers. One dedication to training. Endless opportunity for connection and collision.
“Wily and entertaining.” - Village Voice
“A deadly serious comedy about ambition, success, and owning your superiority. In its delicate ferocity, it shows a playwright who is full-throttle funny and wise beyond her years.” - The New York Times
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24-SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 7PM
MATINEE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 1PM AT
(in the Flex Space )
TICKETS COMING SOON!
The Art Salon presents the return of the RED DOT DASH
Friday, November 22
Stay tuned for details
http://www.theartsalon.com/
Friday, November 22
Stay tuned for details
http://www.theartsalon.com/
The Leafies You Gave Me
Saturday, November 23
Flex Space
The Leafies You Gave Me is a 10-piece theatrical avant-garde rock band from Holyoke, MA that combines lush harmonies and orchestration with a do-it-yourself spirit. They invite you into their own surreal world where they use minimalist props to tell a dream-like story with fragmented narratives. Here you'll find anything between an absurdist lounging singer donning a gas mask and an all out B-movie style giant monster showdown. From pop to metal, punk to doo-wop, and jazz to avant-garde experiments, Leafies creates a musical collage that captivates audiences young and old through personal stories and fantastical vignettes."
MORE on The Leafies HERE
Saturday, November 23
Flex Space
The Leafies You Gave Me is a 10-piece theatrical avant-garde rock band from Holyoke, MA that combines lush harmonies and orchestration with a do-it-yourself spirit. They invite you into their own surreal world where they use minimalist props to tell a dream-like story with fragmented narratives. Here you'll find anything between an absurdist lounging singer donning a gas mask and an all out B-movie style giant monster showdown. From pop to metal, punk to doo-wop, and jazz to avant-garde experiments, Leafies creates a musical collage that captivates audiences young and old through personal stories and fantastical vignettes."
MORE on The Leafies HERE