Past Events, A.P.E. @ Hawley Street
2021
A.P.E.@HAWLEY and THE SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE & THOUGHT present
FEET TO THE FLOOR
FUNDRAISER AND FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 3, 2021
IN-PERSON and ONLINE
A FUNDRAISING FESTIVAL to support opening the Workroom Theater at 33 Hawley and create a resilient floor for dancing, honoring movement artist Nancy Stark Smith. This inspiring 3800-square-foot, multi-arts space, with programming by A.P.E. and SCDT, is a project of the Northampton Community Arts Trust. Join us as we move this project forward!
Featuring classes, workshops, performances and events with dance and visual artists, cultural historians, and poets Chris Aiken, Doug Anderson, Miguel Castillo, Trish Crapo, Rosalyn Driscoll, Angie Hauser, Paul Jacobs, Rachel Jenkins, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Margaret Lloyd, Henry Lyman, Cameron McKinney, Richard Michelson, Missy-Marie Montgomery, Cameron McKinney, Paul Matteson, Andrea Olsen, Bill O’Connell, Claudia-Lynn Rightmire, Laurie Sanders, Peter Schmitz, Simon Thomas-Train, Anne Woodhull, HATCHERY and MORE!
Photo by William Frederking
FEET TO THE FLOOR
FUNDRAISER AND FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 3, 2021
IN-PERSON and ONLINE
A FUNDRAISING FESTIVAL to support opening the Workroom Theater at 33 Hawley and create a resilient floor for dancing, honoring movement artist Nancy Stark Smith. This inspiring 3800-square-foot, multi-arts space, with programming by A.P.E. and SCDT, is a project of the Northampton Community Arts Trust. Join us as we move this project forward!
Featuring classes, workshops, performances and events with dance and visual artists, cultural historians, and poets Chris Aiken, Doug Anderson, Miguel Castillo, Trish Crapo, Rosalyn Driscoll, Angie Hauser, Paul Jacobs, Rachel Jenkins, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Margaret Lloyd, Henry Lyman, Cameron McKinney, Richard Michelson, Missy-Marie Montgomery, Cameron McKinney, Paul Matteson, Andrea Olsen, Bill O’Connell, Claudia-Lynn Rightmire, Laurie Sanders, Peter Schmitz, Simon Thomas-Train, Anne Woodhull, HATCHERY and MORE!
Photo by William Frederking
Serious Play Theatre Ensemble and the Ko Festival of Performance present: MOVING WATER, devised by Serious Play and written by Eric Henry Sanders.
Serious Play and the 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 the creative team following the July 25, 4pm matinee!
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.
Serious Play and the 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 the creative team following the July 25, 4pm matinee!
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.
ACCESS/AXIS 2021
ACCESS / AXIS: a month long program at 33 Hawley Street in January 2021, created to honor and support the value of artists' process by offering short residencies that provide space to work and opportunities to connect with others. This project was curated via "distributed curation," where we invite artists in residence to invite other artists who may have not worked with A.P.E. before, thus widening our networks and supporting more inclusivity in our programming.
"Access Points" are artist-shaped engagements that offer the public insight into each artist’s process.
These events may take the form of conversations, work-in-progress showings, readings, or any type of sharing of process. The engagements are shaped during and in response to each artist’s residency time.
Artists in residence include: Jasmin Agosto, Rebecca Pappas, mayfield brooks, Tatyana Tenenbaum & Hadar Ahuvia, Doug LeCours, Amir Hall, Willie Filkowski, Sara Smith, and María José Giménez.
Plus: Motion State Dance Film Series
Thursday January 14, 2021
6:30 PM–8:00 PM
Presenting highlights from the first two seasons of the Motion State Dance Film Series! Streaming direct to your cozy living room. Tune in for a talk with co-founders of Motion State Arts (along with Lila Hurwitz and David Henry) Ali Kenner Brodsky and Andy Russ about the artists and project prior to the screening.
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This project was supported by a Local Cultural Council grant from The Northampton Arts Council. |
2020
DARK TIMES
Solstice Installation by Christopher Janke
In the Workroom at 33 Hawley St.
Viewing on Sunday & Monday, December 20 & 21: 11:30-3:30
No reservations needed. Masks and physical distancing required.
Dark Times is low-tech temporary installation, a sketch of sorts. Intended to create a meditative space for the darkest day of a very dark year: the COVID winter solstice, when currently there is a death due to the disease about once every eight seconds.
The Fever, by Wallace Shawn,
October 31-November 1, 2020 at 33 Hawley
Performed by Peter B. Schmitz & Directed by John Hellweg.
10/31 & 11/1, 2pm sharp—no late seating will be permitted.
This is an in-person, limited capacity, socially distant performance. Attendees are required to wear masks, though the performer will not be masked. Seating will be 6 feet apart and attendance will be capped at 15 people. Show run-time is 1 hour, 45 minutes, no intermission.
The Fever was awarded an Obie for Best New American Play in 1991.
From The New York Times: “Mr. Shawn exposes the contradictions and compromises of the urban liberal mind with a mercilessness that is sly and at times hilarious.”
Photo by Joey T. Schmitz.
October 31-November 1, 2020 at 33 Hawley
Performed by Peter B. Schmitz & Directed by John Hellweg.
10/31 & 11/1, 2pm sharp—no late seating will be permitted.
This is an in-person, limited capacity, socially distant performance. Attendees are required to wear masks, though the performer will not be masked. Seating will be 6 feet apart and attendance will be capped at 15 people. Show run-time is 1 hour, 45 minutes, no intermission.
The Fever was awarded an Obie for Best New American Play in 1991.
From The New York Times: “Mr. Shawn exposes the contradictions and compromises of the urban liberal mind with a mercilessness that is sly and at times hilarious.”
Photo by Joey T. Schmitz.
A.P.E. and SCDT present Practicing Presence 2020, September 24-27:
PRACTICING PRESENCE FESTIVAL 2020 features four days of on-line classes, workshops, talks, and performance events offering opportunities for clearing, calming, energizing, and focusing the body-mind for the challenges at hand.
Hosted by SCDT and A.P.E. in Northampton, MA, the full festival is available globally by Zoom. This year we honor our dear friend and inspirational dance artist Nancy Stark Smith as well as activating/mobilizing toward issues central to our time.
On site artists: Chris Aiken, Kathy Couch, Sha Harrell, Angie Hauser, Jen Nugent, Jen Polins, Jenna Riegel, Peter Schmitz, Batya Sobel, plus Zoom connections: Scotty Hardwig, Julie Larisoa, Andrea Olsen, and Lisa Thompson.
PRACTICING PRESENCE FESTIVAL 2020 features four days of on-line classes, workshops, talks, and performance events offering opportunities for clearing, calming, energizing, and focusing the body-mind for the challenges at hand.
Hosted by SCDT and A.P.E. in Northampton, MA, the full festival is available globally by Zoom. This year we honor our dear friend and inspirational dance artist Nancy Stark Smith as well as activating/mobilizing toward issues central to our time.
On site artists: Chris Aiken, Kathy Couch, Sha Harrell, Angie Hauser, Jen Nugent, Jen Polins, Jenna Riegel, Peter Schmitz, Batya Sobel, plus Zoom connections: Scotty Hardwig, Julie Larisoa, Andrea Olsen, and Lisa Thompson.
Serious Play Theatre Ensemble's MOVING WATER Project
This year-long development of the ensemble piece Moving Water is moving ahead via Skype, as musician Jonny Rodgers dials in from Oregon to work with playwright Eric Sanders and the cast, scattered around the Valley.
VIDEO PROJECT BY
SERIOUS PLAY THEATRE ENSEMBLE
MOVING WATER
AUGUST 22-30
Walk by the A.P.E. window at 126 Main Street, Northampton between August 22 and 30 to view the video loop displayed on the TV screen to share Serious Play Theatre Ensemble's first two short but fanciful storefront window experiments: Water Window One- Balloons, and Water Window Two-Sergei’s Daydream.
Water Window Videos at APE Gallery-Creative Performance Projects for the In Between.(The In Between refers to the time when we can be together as an ensemble in a small group, but before theatre spaces can re-open.) These video
experiments follow water themes and allow for an actor’s total physical expressiveness. Their creation has challenged us to stretch our ensemble’s artistic abilities as we try our hand at recording live window moments exploring: framing,
stylized movement, character investigations, point of view, scale, use of perspective and toy theatre techniques.
This year-long development of the ensemble piece Moving Water is moving ahead via Skype, as musician Jonny Rodgers dials in from Oregon to work with playwright Eric Sanders and the cast, scattered around the Valley.
VIDEO PROJECT BY
SERIOUS PLAY THEATRE ENSEMBLE
MOVING WATER
AUGUST 22-30
Walk by the A.P.E. window at 126 Main Street, Northampton between August 22 and 30 to view the video loop displayed on the TV screen to share Serious Play Theatre Ensemble's first two short but fanciful storefront window experiments: Water Window One- Balloons, and Water Window Two-Sergei’s Daydream.
Water Window Videos at APE Gallery-Creative Performance Projects for the In Between.(The In Between refers to the time when we can be together as an ensemble in a small group, but before theatre spaces can re-open.) These video
experiments follow water themes and allow for an actor’s total physical expressiveness. Their creation has challenged us to stretch our ensemble’s artistic abilities as we try our hand at recording live window moments exploring: framing,
stylized movement, character investigations, point of view, scale, use of perspective and toy theatre techniques.
Lailye Weidman
DISTRIBUTED CURATION
JULY RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT 33 HAWLEY
This month, the A.P.E. curatorial team has invited core artists into mini-residencies in the Flex Space at 33 Hawley St, during which the space is made available for any kind of creative exploration, process, or development. Each core artist was also responsible for inviting one additional local artist to also have a mini-residency of their own at some point during the month. We asked core artists to consider other artists who may not have worked at A.P.E. before, and who, in their own considerations, would benefit from access to creative space. Through this model, we hope to begin to address some of our concerns around access and inclusivity, and bridge increased connections with local artists in order to widen our creative networks.
Residency Artists include:
Lauren Horn, Meredith Bove, Nick Verdi, Sha Harrell, Lailye Weidman, Aamari Green, Deborah Goffe
JULY RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT 33 HAWLEY
This month, the A.P.E. curatorial team has invited core artists into mini-residencies in the Flex Space at 33 Hawley St, during which the space is made available for any kind of creative exploration, process, or development. Each core artist was also responsible for inviting one additional local artist to also have a mini-residency of their own at some point during the month. We asked core artists to consider other artists who may not have worked at A.P.E. before, and who, in their own considerations, would benefit from access to creative space. Through this model, we hope to begin to address some of our concerns around access and inclusivity, and bridge increased connections with local artists in order to widen our creative networks.
Residency Artists include:
Lauren Horn, Meredith Bove, Nick Verdi, Sha Harrell, Lailye Weidman, Aamari Green, Deborah Goffe
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AUTHOR by a canary torsi
At the Bodies in Motion Festival from Jan. 17-31 AUTHOR is a participatory video installation that invites each visitor to interact with the 15 performers through a text-based computer game. Forming a poetically mediated stream-of-conscious between visitors and the text and video recordings generated by the project’s 15 performers, visitors navigate their relationship to the performers' language and images on the topics of performing, representation and casting. Resulting in strangely on-point, absurd exchanges, or non-sensical random connections, the algorithm of the game invites the author to discover their own voice inside the machine, to construct their own meaning in "conversation" with the personal material of 15 performers. MORE |
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BODIES IN MOTION
JANUARY 4 - 31, 2020 PERFORMANCES • WORKSHOPS • CLASSES A.P.E. @ HAWLEY, in collaboration with SCDT, is proud to be continuing the historic January movement series. The Bodies In Motion Festival is modeled after A.P.E.'s 15 year movement series in the Thornes Market building, 3rd Floor. A monthlong series of weekend workshops and performances, this year's festival offers a TEEN DANCE WEEKEND, hosts over 15 Artists in Residence, and focuses on diverse approaches to dance as a performative art, including improvisation, contemporary performance, hip hop, and modern. Presented by local, national, and internationally acclaimed artists, these performances and workshops provide students and professionals alike with the unique opportunity to engage with highly regarded and innovative artists in the field of dance today. MORE |
2019
SOMATICS FESTIVAL 2019 ARCHIVAL WEBSITE
http://www.somatics2019.com/
Celebrating The Work of
JANET ADLER, BONNIE BAINBRIDGE COHEN, NANCY STARK SMITH and the 45-year Heritage of Contact Quarterly
THE FESTIVAL WAS HELD SEPTEMBER 19-23, 2019
IN NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS
HOSTED BY A.P.E. @ Hawley and the School for Contemporary Dance & Thought, in collaboration with the Smith College Dance Department, Historic Northampton, & Northampton Open Media. Festival and website curator, Andrea Olsen, Website, editing, and media archiving, Scotty Hardwig. Photo by Robert Tobey
http://www.somatics2019.com/
Celebrating The Work of
JANET ADLER, BONNIE BAINBRIDGE COHEN, NANCY STARK SMITH and the 45-year Heritage of Contact Quarterly
THE FESTIVAL WAS HELD SEPTEMBER 19-23, 2019
IN NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS
HOSTED BY A.P.E. @ Hawley and the School for Contemporary Dance & Thought, in collaboration with the Smith College Dance Department, Historic Northampton, & Northampton Open Media. Festival and website curator, Andrea Olsen, Website, editing, and media archiving, Scotty Hardwig. Photo by Robert Tobey
The Leafies, You Gave Me, Album Release Concert, November 23, 2019, Flex Space
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The ArtSalon, Red Dot Dash, November 22, 2019
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Collective Ground, Mount Holyoke College Senior and Advanced Studio Arts Program, November, 2019
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Real Live Theater presents Athena by Gracie Gardner, October, 2019
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Serious Play Theatre Ensemble presents Wading In/Phase Two of Moving Water, October, 2019
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A.P.E. @ Hawley and SCDT 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
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Vectors, Harriet Brickman, featuring Gordon Thorne, Herb Ferris, Kristina Madsen, Bill Arnold, Katherine Sanderson, Harriet Brickman, Philip Buller, Rosalyn Driscoll & Stephen Petegorsky, September 19-23, 2019
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Eight, curated by Kevin Pomerleau, with work by Madeline Chmielinski, Samson King, Jae Matthews, Beyon Wren Moor, Kevin Pomerleau, Valentina Sarfeh, Max Handelman-West & Esther S White, July 10-August 28, 2019
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What We See: Theater Works at 33 Hawley Street and SCDT, July 7 – August 4, 2019
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Serious Play Theatre Ensemble presents 'The Wall' by Jessica Litwak, June 2019
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Practicing Presence Festival, May 24-26, 2019
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Serious Play presents Jonny Rodgers and Cindertalk, April 26 & 27, 2019
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A Poetry Reading, Group 18, March 24, 2019
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The Fever by Wallace Shawn, performed by Peter B. Schmitz, directed by John Hellweg, March 22 & 23, 2019
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Historic Northampton, Film and Public Talks, February 21-23, 2019
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Bodies in Motion Festival, A.P.E. @ Hawley in collaboration with SCDT, January 10 - February 3, 2019
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Bodies in Motion: Visual Artists in Residence, image by Jil Crary-Ross, January 10 - February 3, 2019
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2018
Local Filmmakers Showcase, December 3, 2018
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The Storied Tellers' performance works by Mary Beth Brooker, Kathy Couch, Karinne Keithley Sayers, and Lailye Weidman, November 10, 2018
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The ArtSalon, Red Dot Dash, November 9, 2018
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For information on additional past A.P.E. @ Hawley events, please contact A.P.E. Gallery.