ON THE RISE
APRIL 21-27, 2025
FUNDRAISING FESTIVAL FOR NEW SEATING IN THE WORKROOM
Celebrate with Words / Movement / Film / and A WHALE
The Northampton Community Arts Trust and members of the A.P.E. Workroom Cooperative invite you to a multi-generational, multi-arts fundraising festival to support safe moveable risers and 175 chairs for comfortable audiences
in The Workroom at 33 Hawley.
This inspiring 3800-square-foot, multi-arts space, has supported hundreds of artists and their research, inquiry, teaching, and performance this past year, reaching thousands of audience members, students, and participants. Since 2020 multi-generational movement artists have danced on the sprung floor honoring Nancy Stark Smith; NOW we are outfitting The Workroom for more comfort & inspiration.
Join us as we continue to create an inviting space for all!
33 Hawley is a project of the Northampton Community Arts Trust. The Workroom is stewarded by A.P.E.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LIVE PERFORMANCE AND CREATIVE MAKING!
--Andrea Olsen (WRC) and Lisa Thompson (NCAT)
The Northampton Community Arts Trust and members of the A.P.E. Workroom Cooperative invite you to a multi-generational, multi-arts fundraising festival to support safe moveable risers and 175 chairs for comfortable audiences
in The Workroom at 33 Hawley.
This inspiring 3800-square-foot, multi-arts space, has supported hundreds of artists and their research, inquiry, teaching, and performance this past year, reaching thousands of audience members, students, and participants. Since 2020 multi-generational movement artists have danced on the sprung floor honoring Nancy Stark Smith; NOW we are outfitting The Workroom for more comfort & inspiration.
Join us as we continue to create an inviting space for all!
33 Hawley is a project of the Northampton Community Arts Trust. The Workroom is stewarded by A.P.E.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LIVE PERFORMANCE AND CREATIVE MAKING!
--Andrea Olsen (WRC) and Lisa Thompson (NCAT)
A WEEK OF CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, PERFORMANCES (and THE WHALE!)
all to support the ongoing outfitting of THE WORKROOM
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Be a STAR DONOR!
When you tap the button below and make a tax-deductible donation of $200 or more
you will receive 2 free tickets to ALL Festival offerings, no registration required!
Just choose **WORKROOM EQUIPMENT** when you donate and you will be added to the list.
Be a STAR DONOR!
When you tap the button below and make a tax-deductible donation of $200 or more
you will receive 2 free tickets to ALL Festival offerings, no registration required!
Just choose **WORKROOM EQUIPMENT** when you donate and you will be added to the list.
CLASSES
For the week of April 21-27 ALL SCDT class fees support our FUNDRAISING effort.
THANK YOU SCDT!
Check out their schedule and sign-up here.
MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: 7-8:30 PM (Ellie Goudie- Averill)
FRIDAY SOMATICS: 9-10 AM (Melinda Buckwalter)
SATURDAY BALLET: 10-11:30 AM (Russell Janzen)
SUNDAY MODERN: 2-3:30 (Gabby Carmichael)
For the week of April 21-27 ALL SCDT class fees support our FUNDRAISING effort.
THANK YOU SCDT!
Check out their schedule and sign-up here.
MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: 7-8:30 PM (Ellie Goudie- Averill)
FRIDAY SOMATICS: 9-10 AM (Melinda Buckwalter)
SATURDAY BALLET: 10-11:30 AM (Russell Janzen)
SUNDAY MODERN: 2-3:30 (Gabby Carmichael)
FESTIVAL EVENTS • View full festival registration info HERE
FRIDAY, APRIL 25; 10:15am - 12pm
CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUE with Ellie Goudie-Averill
A dynamic movement class for intermediate-level dancers.
$15 • REGISTER AND DONATE HERE
We will come together in an investigation of presence and anatomical organization. We will breathe in and out of initial somatic floor work, warming from proximal to distal, and make use of momentum and form through crossings, scores, and sequences.
Ellie Goudie-Averill is a dance artist and educator who works with dancers of all ages on technique and performance. Since graduating with her MFA in Dance Performance from the University of Iowa, she has served as a professor at Temple University, Bucknell University, the University of Kansas, Franklin & Marshall College, Keene State College, and Connecticut College. In the past, she has danced professionally for Susan Rethorst, Lucinda Childs, Bronwen MacArthur, Group Motion, and Sara Shelton Mann. Ellie is currently working on new projects with Beau Hancock and Barbie Diewald and is a regular collaborator and dancer with Tori Lawrence + Co. in dance films and site-specific works. She often teaches ballet and contemporary at Smith and Mount Holyoke Colleges and at School for Contemporary Dance and Thought in Northampton, MA.
CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUE with Ellie Goudie-Averill
A dynamic movement class for intermediate-level dancers.
$15 • REGISTER AND DONATE HERE
We will come together in an investigation of presence and anatomical organization. We will breathe in and out of initial somatic floor work, warming from proximal to distal, and make use of momentum and form through crossings, scores, and sequences.
Ellie Goudie-Averill is a dance artist and educator who works with dancers of all ages on technique and performance. Since graduating with her MFA in Dance Performance from the University of Iowa, she has served as a professor at Temple University, Bucknell University, the University of Kansas, Franklin & Marshall College, Keene State College, and Connecticut College. In the past, she has danced professionally for Susan Rethorst, Lucinda Childs, Bronwen MacArthur, Group Motion, and Sara Shelton Mann. Ellie is currently working on new projects with Beau Hancock and Barbie Diewald and is a regular collaborator and dancer with Tori Lawrence + Co. in dance films and site-specific works. She often teaches ballet and contemporary at Smith and Mount Holyoke Colleges and at School for Contemporary Dance and Thought in Northampton, MA.
from FAULTLINE, dance film by Tori Lawrence (dancer: Anthony Pucci)
FRIDAY, APRIL 25 • Open 4-6pm
FILM INSTALLATION by Tori Lawrence
An immersion in site-specific films
$0-$15 donations at the door
Come immerse yourself in dance films by choreographer and filmmaker Tori Lawrence. There will be multiple viewing surfaces installed within 33 Hawley, featuring analog and digital films. The works tune both viewer and dancer deeply into the natural world as a means of navigating and moving within its expansiveness. Each film engages in research on how to make sound and movement to help the body adjust, situate, and orient into a place. This exhibition is a culmination of many years of research into site-specificity and dance film brought into one space.
FILM INSTALLATION by Tori Lawrence
An immersion in site-specific films
$0-$15 donations at the door
Come immerse yourself in dance films by choreographer and filmmaker Tori Lawrence. There will be multiple viewing surfaces installed within 33 Hawley, featuring analog and digital films. The works tune both viewer and dancer deeply into the natural world as a means of navigating and moving within its expansiveness. Each film engages in research on how to make sound and movement to help the body adjust, situate, and orient into a place. This exhibition is a culmination of many years of research into site-specificity and dance film brought into one space.
Wendy Woodson in Drift. Photo: Eric Poggenpohl
FRIDAY, APRIL 25 • 7pm
ON THE RISE GALA PERFORMANCE:
WORDS/FILM/DANCE
$15-$30 • REGISTER AND DONATE HERE
Featuring Workroom Co-Op Artists, Guests, and Surprises: Ellie Goudie-Averill, Mary Beth Brooker, Sarah Konner/Angie Hauser/Jake Meginsky, Maya LaLiberté /Ashley Shey, Jennifer Polins, Lailye Weidman, Wendy Woodson. Film installation by Tori Lawrence, Lighting by Olana Z. Flynn.
Limited Seating/doors open at 6:30pm
ON THE RISE GALA PERFORMANCE:
WORDS/FILM/DANCE
$15-$30 • REGISTER AND DONATE HERE
Featuring Workroom Co-Op Artists, Guests, and Surprises: Ellie Goudie-Averill, Mary Beth Brooker, Sarah Konner/Angie Hauser/Jake Meginsky, Maya LaLiberté /Ashley Shey, Jennifer Polins, Lailye Weidman, Wendy Woodson. Film installation by Tori Lawrence, Lighting by Olana Z. Flynn.
Limited Seating/doors open at 6:30pm
FAULTLINE, dance film by Tori Lawrence (dancer: Anthony Pucci)
SATURDAY, APRIL 26 • 9:30-11:30am
CHOREOGRAPHY FOR THE CAMERA:
A screendance workshop with site-specific filmmaker Tori Lawrence
$20-$40 • REGISTER AND DONATE HERE
In this introductory dance film workshop, students will learn the pre-production basics of composing movement for the camera.
The workshop will consist of short exercises designed to build foundational skills in cinematography, specifically camera movement. Students will learn various tools for image design as well as deepen their understanding of dance film. Participants are welcome to bring their cameras, but there will be cameras to work with, so no need to bring anything you don't already have.
Co-sponsored with NORTHAMPTON OPEN MEDIA
Tori Lawrence is a Western Massachusetts based choreographer and dancer who creates site-specific multimedia performances and dance films. She has been a guest professor at Bennington College, Smith College, Middlebury College, and will teach at Keene State College 2025-26. Tori received her MFA in Dance from the University of Iowa, where she was a recipient of the Iowa Arts Fellowship. Her choreographic work has recently been awarded artist residencies in Norway at LKV and USF Verftet. Other residencies and fellowships include: Yaddo, Djerassi, Playa, Brunakra, Chez Bushwick, Ucross, Charlotte Street Foundation, Dance Ireland, and Budapest's Workshop Foundation. Tori performed and collaborated with choreographer Sara Shelton Mann from 2020-22 in San Francisco and Berlin. Tori has worked as a freelance filmmaker for Movement Research, Ponderosa, Bates Dance Festival, NYU Skirball, New York Live Arts, Triskelion, Smith College, Drexel University, and many individual artists. Tori is the co-founder of Atland Residency, a new artist space in the hilltowns of Western MA: atlandresidency.org
CHOREOGRAPHY FOR THE CAMERA:
A screendance workshop with site-specific filmmaker Tori Lawrence
$20-$40 • REGISTER AND DONATE HERE
In this introductory dance film workshop, students will learn the pre-production basics of composing movement for the camera.
The workshop will consist of short exercises designed to build foundational skills in cinematography, specifically camera movement. Students will learn various tools for image design as well as deepen their understanding of dance film. Participants are welcome to bring their cameras, but there will be cameras to work with, so no need to bring anything you don't already have.
Co-sponsored with NORTHAMPTON OPEN MEDIA
Tori Lawrence is a Western Massachusetts based choreographer and dancer who creates site-specific multimedia performances and dance films. She has been a guest professor at Bennington College, Smith College, Middlebury College, and will teach at Keene State College 2025-26. Tori received her MFA in Dance from the University of Iowa, where she was a recipient of the Iowa Arts Fellowship. Her choreographic work has recently been awarded artist residencies in Norway at LKV and USF Verftet. Other residencies and fellowships include: Yaddo, Djerassi, Playa, Brunakra, Chez Bushwick, Ucross, Charlotte Street Foundation, Dance Ireland, and Budapest's Workshop Foundation. Tori performed and collaborated with choreographer Sara Shelton Mann from 2020-22 in San Francisco and Berlin. Tori has worked as a freelance filmmaker for Movement Research, Ponderosa, Bates Dance Festival, NYU Skirball, New York Live Arts, Triskelion, Smith College, Drexel University, and many individual artists. Tori is the co-founder of Atland Residency, a new artist space in the hilltowns of Western MA: atlandresidency.org
SATURDAY, APRIL 26 • 3-4pm
HATCHERY OPEN REHEARSAL
Meet the Artist: TRISTAN KOEPKE and JEN POLINS
$5-$15 • REGISTER AND DONATE HERE
A conversation about dancing and dance-making with teens, hosted by SCDT with dynamic artist & educator Tristan Koepke. Creating a new work with SCDT’s Hatchery Young Artist Project. Tristan is Assistant Professor of Dance at Bates College and Associate Director of the Young Dancers Intensive at the Bates Dance Festival.
Save the Date for Hatchery’s spring show: WONDERLAND - an experimental performance event inspired by Alice in Wonderland - June 13-14 at 6 PM and June 15 at 2 PM.
Tristan Koepke (he/him) is a dancer, choreographer, and educator based in Portland, ME. His creative works, collected as Big Boy Dance, have been presented by SPACE Gallery, CANDYBOX Dance Festival, Patrick’s Cabaret, Bryant Lake Bowl, Bates College, Bates Dance Festival, The Wooden Floor, Point Dance Ensemble, The 1419 Collective, and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. He has performed in contemporary and experimental dance works by Chris Schlichting, Vanessa Anspaugh, Luciana achugar, Cally Spooner, Doug Varone, Mathew Janczewski, Kendra Portier, Heidi Henderson, Matthew Cumble, Annie Kloppenberg, and was a member of Zenon Dance Company from 2011-2019. He holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is currently Assistant Professor at Bates College and Associate Director of the Young Dancers Intensive at the Bates Dance Festival.
HATCHERY OPEN REHEARSAL
Meet the Artist: TRISTAN KOEPKE and JEN POLINS
$5-$15 • REGISTER AND DONATE HERE
A conversation about dancing and dance-making with teens, hosted by SCDT with dynamic artist & educator Tristan Koepke. Creating a new work with SCDT’s Hatchery Young Artist Project. Tristan is Assistant Professor of Dance at Bates College and Associate Director of the Young Dancers Intensive at the Bates Dance Festival.
Save the Date for Hatchery’s spring show: WONDERLAND - an experimental performance event inspired by Alice in Wonderland - June 13-14 at 6 PM and June 15 at 2 PM.
Tristan Koepke (he/him) is a dancer, choreographer, and educator based in Portland, ME. His creative works, collected as Big Boy Dance, have been presented by SPACE Gallery, CANDYBOX Dance Festival, Patrick’s Cabaret, Bryant Lake Bowl, Bates College, Bates Dance Festival, The Wooden Floor, Point Dance Ensemble, The 1419 Collective, and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. He has performed in contemporary and experimental dance works by Chris Schlichting, Vanessa Anspaugh, Luciana achugar, Cally Spooner, Doug Varone, Mathew Janczewski, Kendra Portier, Heidi Henderson, Matthew Cumble, Annie Kloppenberg, and was a member of Zenon Dance Company from 2011-2019. He holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is currently Assistant Professor at Bates College and Associate Director of the Young Dancers Intensive at the Bates Dance Festival.
SUNDAY, APRIL 27 • 1-3pm
A WHALE RISES
FOR KIDS, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND ALL WHALE LOVERS
$5-15 for adults;
kids free (must be accompanied by an adult)
REGISTER AND DONATE HERE
Come inside a life-size model of a Fin Whale, the second largest animal on Earth!
Meet Fred Morrison, the whale’s creator
and learn about the natural history of whales and how he built this inflatable model.
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Whale Tales: Storytime for children (ages 3-10): 1:30-2:00pm and 2:30-3:00pm
Readings by Katherine Sanderson, Mary Beth Brooker and others
Spouting Art Projects
Art supplies will be on hand to draw and create art about Whales (all ages)
Final event of the “On the Rise Fundraising Festival”
A WHALE RISES
FOR KIDS, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND ALL WHALE LOVERS
$5-15 for adults;
kids free (must be accompanied by an adult)
REGISTER AND DONATE HERE
Come inside a life-size model of a Fin Whale, the second largest animal on Earth!
Meet Fred Morrison, the whale’s creator
and learn about the natural history of whales and how he built this inflatable model.
++++PLUS++++
Whale Tales: Storytime for children (ages 3-10): 1:30-2:00pm and 2:30-3:00pm
Readings by Katherine Sanderson, Mary Beth Brooker and others
Spouting Art Projects
Art supplies will be on hand to draw and create art about Whales (all ages)
Final event of the “On the Rise Fundraising Festival”
Can't make it to the Festival but want to support our efforts! Just click the donate button above.
All proceeds after expenses go to The Northampton Community Arts Trust for risers and chairs for The Workroom.
THANK YOU!
A.P.E. @ HAWLEY
A.P.E. at Hawley Street continues its core mission to support contemporary artists working in all disciplines, by preserving and supporting the spaces in which they create, perform and exhibit their work.
By initiating the development of a community ARTS TRUST, A.P.E. seeks to ensure creative spaces in the heart of community, with 33 Hawley Street as a first significant project.
Using the Land Trust model, the ARTS TRUST preserves what is essential for a thriving community and serves as a template for others wanting to sustain creative vitality through the arts. Learn more
All proceeds after expenses go to The Northampton Community Arts Trust for risers and chairs for The Workroom.
THANK YOU!
A.P.E. @ HAWLEY
A.P.E. at Hawley Street continues its core mission to support contemporary artists working in all disciplines, by preserving and supporting the spaces in which they create, perform and exhibit their work.
By initiating the development of a community ARTS TRUST, A.P.E. seeks to ensure creative spaces in the heart of community, with 33 Hawley Street as a first significant project.
Using the Land Trust model, the ARTS TRUST preserves what is essential for a thriving community and serves as a template for others wanting to sustain creative vitality through the arts. Learn more