MARCH—APRIL 2016
This dynamic, forward-thinking company furthered its deep commitment to collaboration across artistic disciplines in Indonesia, Laos, and the Philippines.
MARCH—APRIL 2016
This dynamic, forward-thinking company furthered its deep commitment to collaboration across artistic disciplines in Indonesia, Laos, and the Philippines.
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY
Dance Heginbotham brought a mixture of athleticism, humor, and theatricality to their work with communities in Indonesia, Laos, and the Philippines. In Laos, the group led workshops at the Disabled Women Development Center, and met and danced with b-boys and b-girls. They traveled to the Philippines and led dance and music classes for high-schoolers and college students. And in Indonesia, they participated in a joint performance with local dancers amidst a rainstorm of epic proportions.
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY
Dance Heginbotham brought a mixture of athleticism, humor, and theatricality to their work with communities in Indonesia, Laos, and the Philippines. In Laos, the group led workshops at the Disabled Women Development Center, and met and danced with b-boys and b-girls. They traveled to the Philippines and led dance and music classes for high-schoolers and college students. And in Indonesia, they participated in a joint performance with local dancers amidst a rainstorm of epic proportions.
FROM THE TRAVEL BLOG
“Members of the local West Halmahera government spontaneously and generously agreed to open the Bupati’s office building to house our performance... military vehicles transported our 40 dance participants, and around 150 audience members, to the new venue.”
—John Heginbotham on performing in Jailolo, Indonesia
FROM THE TRAVEL BLOG
“Members of the local West Halmahera government spontaneously and generously agreed to open the Bupati’s office building to house our performance... military vehicles transported our 40 dance participants, and around 150 audience members, to the new venue.”
—John Heginbotham on performing in Jailolo, Indonesia
DANCE HEGINBOTHAM
DANCE HEGINBOTHAM
Image courtesy: Liza Voll / Jacobs Pillow Dance
ABOUT THE COMPANY
The mission of Dance Heginbotham (DH) is to move people through dance.
Founded in 2011, DH is a New York-based contemporary dance company committed to supporting, producing, and sustaining the work of choreographer John Heginbotham. With an emphasis on collaboration, DH engages with national and international communities through its unique blend of inventive, thoughtful, and rigorous dance-theater works. DH has worked with a variety of collaborators, including Alarm Will Sound, Brooklyn Rider, Ethan Iverson, Gabriel Kahane, and Shara Nova, puppeteer Amy Trompetter, and visual artist and author Maira Kalman.
DH had its world premiere in January of 2012 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and has since been commissioned and presented by Arts Brookfield, Bard College, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carolina Performing Arts, Harkness Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Vail International Dance Festival, among others.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
The mission of Dance Heginbotham (DH) is to move people through dance.
Founded in 2011, DH is a New York-based contemporary dance company committed to supporting, producing, and sustaining the work of choreographer John Heginbotham. With an emphasis on collaboration, DH engages with national and international communities through its unique blend of inventive, thoughtful, and rigorous dance-theater works. DH has worked with a variety of collaborators, including Alarm Will Sound, Brooklyn Rider, Ethan Iverson, Gabriel Kahane, and Shara Nova, puppeteer Amy Trompetter, and visual artist and author Maira Kalman.
DH had its world premiere in January of 2012 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and has since been commissioned and presented by Arts Brookfield, Bard College, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carolina Performing Arts, Harkness Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Vail International Dance Festival, among others.
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