2.18.2008

Moment's Notice Feb. 23: Performer's bios!

The next Moment's Notice is this weekend:

Saturday,
February 23 @ 8pm
Tickets: $8-15 (sliding scale)

Western Sky Studio

2525 8th Street, Berkeley

featuring:

Harmony Gates & TraceyJoy Miller - InterPlay
Cheryl E Leonard -
Music

Rhonda Morton
- Voice & Movement

Andy Strain & Andrew Wass
- Music & Dance

TumbleHeart -
Motion Theater

for info & reservations: email momentsnoticeinfo@gmail.com

More information about this month's performers:

Cheryl E. Leonard will present musical improvisations with pendulums, water, and natural objects from the sea. Cheryl is a composer, performer, and improviser of music and interdisciplinary works. Her interests include finding and building instruments, working with natural materials, collaboration across artistic disciplines, and site-specific work. Many of her pieces explore very quiet phenomena and the intricacies of sounds not generally considered musical. Cheryl received a BA from Hampshire College and an MA from Mills College. She has been awarded grants from the ASCAP Foundation, Meet the Composer, and the American Composers Forum; and artist residencies at the Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Engine 27, and Villa Montalvo. Recordings of her music are available from Great Hoary Marmot Records, Pax Recordings, 23five Incorporated, Apraxia Records, Old Gold Records and the Lab. When not playing with sound, she might be found climbing in the mountains, studying aikido or collecting pinecones with handles. http://www.allwaysnorth.com

Harmony Gates & Tracey Joy Miller will draw on their life experience and body wisdom to create improvisational storytelling and movement. Harmony is a pioneer exploring the correlation between how our bodies move and how we relate to life and to each other. She is a seasoned contact dancer, body worker and movement collaborator. She teaches Body-centered self-awareness and relationship skills, most recently working with individuals facing the challenge of dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADD, ADHD or Autism. Tracey Joy Miller is an improvisational healer, facilitating body-centered approaches to Spirit. A long-time Interplayer.

Rhonda Morton is a poet, performance artist, dancer and singer with a particular interest in improvisation in all those roles. Equally at home working as a soloist, as an ensemble member, or as a producer/performer, Rhonda uses the transformational power of creativity-in-the-moment, often integrating the audience and/or the site into performances. In 2005, she formed Alligator Mouth Improv, a multi-disciplinary improvisational collective based in Corning, NY. Browse their website for more information and videos: www.rhondamorton.com/alligator.html For the Moment’s Notice performance, Rhonda will either do solo work or perhaps invite some friends to play!


Andrew Wass has danced in work by Scott Wells, Shelley Senter, and Jess Curtis. His performance work has been shown in San Diego, New York, Tijuana, San Francisco and Marfa, Tx. (http://www.andrewwass.com.) For Moment’s Notice, he’ll be collaborating with trombonist Andrew Strain (http://www.myspace.com/andrewstrain.)


Tumbleheart is a 2 yr-old improvisational autobiographical improv ensemble in the Motion Theater style.

Beth Sperry is founding member. She's performed as actor and dancer in Michigan, New York and Los Angeles, and began studying Motion Theater with Nina Wise five years ago. She says, "Autobiographical improv has liberated me in a way scripted and choreographed work never did. It's an artistic and spiritual practice that will be with me for the rest of my life. And Tumbleheart is a creative collaboration I never dreamt I'd have."

Evan Specter is also a founding member of Tumbleheart, and he is also developing a solo show about eating too much at the spiritual smorgasbord (please visit http://DragonTree.weebly.com). He has been singing and making theater since grade school in New York, and was introduced to autobiographical improvisation through a chance meeting at a mountaintop monastery. Evan has been studying movement, writing and improvisation with Nina Wise and Corey Fisher for ten years.

Jonathan Walker is the third founding member of Tumbleheart who will be performing at Moment’s Notice. For the past six years he has been studying Motion Theater, with Nina Wise and Corey Fisher. In high school, he found his first love for theatrical performance as Bottom in Midsummer’s Night Dream and as Tom in Tom Jones. Several years ago, he was asked to invent a male character and costume for the Mayday festivities for his 11-year old daughter’s Waldorf School. He now embodies the Greenman whenever he can, which is a role of gleeful exuberance and playful mischief that he enjoys very much.

2.03.2008

Our next show is on Feb. 23 -- and it'll be great!

Logistics for the next Moment's Notice are the same as usual:

Saturday, February 23 @ 8pm

Tickets: $8-15 (sliding scale)
Western Sky Studio
2525 8th Street, Berkeley (between Dwight Way & Parker)

This month's perfomers are:

Harmony Gates & TraceyJoy Miller - InterPlay

Cheryl E Leonard - Music
Cheryl is a sound artist -- check out her website: www.allwaysnorth.com

Rhonda Morton - Voice & Movement
Rhonda is visiting us again from the East Coast. She's a multi-disciplinary improv artist: http://www.rhondamorton.com

Andy Strain & Andrew Wass - Music & Dance
Andrew Wass's performances are always memorable. This time he'll be performing with Andy Strain on trombone. For more info on Andrew, check out http://www.andrewwass.com

TumbleHeart - Theater - Improv in the style of Nina Wise: http://www.tumbleheart.org

for more info & reservations: momentsnoticeinfo@gmail.com

1.24.2008

Program, January 19 2008

Program, January 19, 2008

Catherine Debon has created and produced dance and theater pieces since 1983. She has enjoyed improvising Action Theater with others, and tonight will do her first solo playing with the form. She's also a drama therapist who leads yoga groups for adults and teenagers. She'll give a lecture later this month on teaching yoga to at-risk youth and will be teaching at JFK university March 1st.

“Not More than 21 Facts about this Dance”performed by NoNo Dance Unit music by Alvo Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto with soundscore by NoNo Dance UnitRosemary Hannon & Vitali Kononov have been dancing together for 5 years and have come to the point in their dance relationship in which they are giving birth to a performance collective. Their child was born in 2007. The birth was delayed, dramatic and challenging. The name of their child is NoNo Dance Unit. According to Astrology and Tarot readings it will be a talented and healthy baby with lots of creativity and success.

Melissa Margolis has been tinkering with sound since childhood. A classically trained pianist, she spent her early adulthood studying indigenous instruments of various countries while traveling abroad, such as Indonesian gamelan. She has collaborated with the local eclectic noise group Big City Orchestra for the past four years. She has also performed as an Odissi dancer, the classical temple dance form of eastern India. This is her first solo improv performance on the accordion.

INTERMISSION

Lately, dancer Katarina Eriksson has been haunted by the character Dr Eugenia Frank. Tonight she explores the story of Ms Frank through the form of solo improvisation, and to music by Kamtakta College of Percussion.

Claire Peaslee will perform an Action Theater solo as part of an on-going celebration of nature and laughter. Having first encountered Ruth Zaporah in performance about 26 years ago - instantly becoming a student of the form, and of Ruth - Claire considers Action Theater a life practice. She is a naturalist and writer/editor whose home is greater Point Reyes, and Claire invites you out to beautiful West Marin on Saturday, February 16th, for an Action Theater matinee that will also feature Deanna Anderson. Fliers are in the lobby and details at dancepalace.org.

Rosemary, Vitali and Katarina join forces in a trio to music by Psychic TV.

1.03.2008

Details about the January 19 Moment's Notice


Moment's Notice

- a monthly performance series
devoted to improvised music, dance & theater -


Saturday, January 19 @ 8pm

Tickets: $8-15 (sliding scale)

Western Sky Studio

2525 8th Street, Berkeley


This month's performers:

Catherine Debon - Action Theater
Katarina Eriksson, Rosemary Hannon & Vitali Kononov - Dance
Melissa Margolis - Music
Claire Peaslee - Action Theater

January's show will include three dance pieces:
  • a solo improv by Katarina Ericksson,
  • Rosemary Hannon & Vitali Kononov in a dance duet,
  • and all three together in a dance trio.

January, February & March...

It's official -- here are the dates for the next three Moment's Notice shows:

  • January 19, 2008
  • February 23, 2008
  • March 22, 2008

As usual, the shows will combine improvised music, theater and dance at Western Sky Studio in West Berkeley, Saturday nights at 8pm.

We hope you can come!

11.14.2007

No Nov Mo No

Hi everybody!

There's no Moment's Notice in November. We're taking time off to travel, rehearse, see shows, etc. Moment's Notice will be back in December with a new ensemble experiment:



Moment's Notice
- a monthly performance series devoted to improvised music, dance & theater -


Saturday, December 15 @ 8pm

Tickets: $8-15 (sliding scale)
Western Sky Studio
2525 8th Street, Berkeley


THe Moment's Notice Ensemble:
Kim Criswell, Cathleen Daly,
Katarina Eriksson, Andrew Marine, Owen Walker & Rajendra Serber

An evening-length improvisation combining performers from a variety of disciplines - a mix of dance, music, theater and collaborative experimentation.

for info & reservations email MomentsNoticeInfo@gmail.com

10.15.2007

Our next show is Halloween weekend - come in costume!


Moment's Notice

Saturday, October 27 @ 8pm


Tickets: $8-15 (sliding scale)

Western Sky Studio

2525 8th Street, Berkeley


Performers:

Abhay Ghiara & Kim Criswell & Krista Gullickson - Physical Theater

Andrej Hostynek - Vocals

Deanna Anderson - Action Theater

Katarina Eriksson & Cathie Caraker - Dance

&

You?!*


(*Anyone who comes in costume will be invited to perform in a group score at the end of the night. You don't have to choose between seeing a show vs. going to a Halloween party - you can do both! Costumes and participation are both optional. We'll provide a simple score that will be fun to do or to watch.)