Lola Lola
a multi-media dance theatre comapny
Ectospasms is a collaboration in-progress between Lola Lola Dance Theatre and The Institute for the Study of Performance & Spirituality.
This dance theatre work can be adapted and developed for many situations, ranging from a media/peformance installation to a site-specific performance to a traditional theatrical venue. Performances can be accompanied by a wide range of educational workshops in theatre, movement and creative process.
For information about bringing Ectospasms to your community contact us at:
heylolalola@gmail.com
Performance Repertory:
Highlights include performances at La Mama, Etc. as part of FAB! Fest and The Heat is On, as well as 60x60 Dance, Galapagos Arts Space, Public Assembly, Chashama, Williamsburg Arts neXus, Manhattan Theatre Source, Green Space, HATCH, SWEAT and SWEAT Outdoors.
The Site of Circumscription, or Trapped in a Miniature Clawfooted Bathtub (2010), is a slightly existential, humorously dark duet for two men (and one skirt) that challenges gender stereotypes. Original sound score by Nate May. The only short work currently in repertory.
The Site of Circumscription, or Trapped in a Miniature Clawfooted Bathtub (2010), is a slightly existential, humorously dark duet for two men (and one skirt) that challenges gender stereotypes. Original sound score by Nate May. The only short work currently in repertory.
1848. The dead contact the Fox sisters of Hydesville NY and Spiritualism is born. Trance-driven mediums and disembodied spirits move within a supernatural soundscape, illuminated by textures of light and otherworldly projections in this multi-media dance theatre piece.
Written & Directed by Edmund B. Lingan
Choreographed & Directed by Jessica Bonenfant
Ectospasms is a colaboration between Lola Lola Dance Theatre and
The Institute for the Study of Performance and Spirituality
See images from the production here.
See rehearsals videos from the long distance (Brooklyn to Ohio) creative process here.
See rehearsals videos from the long distance (Brooklyn to Ohio) creative process here.
Tethered (2007 – 2010), a melding of poetry, movement and Victorian perspectives on femininity, Tethered was shown in various stages of development at the Estrogenius Festival, Micro Museum, FAR Space, Fertile Ground, Hatch, Dance New Amsterdam, Public Assembly, White Wave’s Dumbo Dance Festival and was also adapted to be a six-hour multimedia installation piece performed in a loading bay for the 2007 Fashion District Arts Festival presented by Chashama. Odonata received a rehearsal space grant from the Field, which greatly contributed to the development of Tethered. In October 2010, Brooklyn Indie Market commissioned a new twenty-five minute version of the work to be presented in conjunction with the Steampunk Day Fashion Show in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Lola Lola hopes to present Tethered and Secret Poets as an evening length program in 2011.
See images from Tethered at Dumbo Dance Festival here.
Etymology of a Person (2007), was the company’s first foray into aerial performance and video projections, which premiered at BRIC Studio in Brooklyn, NY and subsequently traveled to the Boulder International Fringe Festival. This work was created collaboratively with director Jessica Bonenfant, the nine performers, set designer Susanna Conaway, costume designer Lisa Renee Jordan and composer Avery Brooks.
See images from BRIC Studio here.
Aspiration: Housewife (2006), was Odonata’s dance theatre narrative work about femininity and feminism, created for the New York International Fringe Festival. Choreography by Jessica Bonenfant and text by Carolyn Siegel.
Aspiration: Housewife (2006), was Odonata’s dance theatre narrative work about femininity and feminism, created for the New York International Fringe Festival. Choreography by Jessica Bonenfant and text by Carolyn Siegel.
See promotional & dress rehearsal images here.
Selective Memory (2005), premiered at the Merce Cunningham Studio and was comprised of eight works - six by Jessica Bonenfant and one each by Amy Capomacchio and Errin Delperdang.
See images from various works here.
Greenfield & Bon: Purveyors of Fine Dance Theatre Repertory
All works created by Sara Greenfiled & Jessica Bonenfant
Lost to View (2010), an installation about disappearance and reinvention commissioned by Jennifer Jane Gallery for New Haven's ARTWALK. Later adapted for Arts in Bushwick's Open Studios.
Swimming Upstream (2009), was developed during a residency at The Field's FAR Space. This work about nesting and migration began as an installation commissioned by Jennifer Jane Gallery for New Haven's ARTWALK. Exploration continued at Arts in Bushwick's Open Studios and it was subsequently reworked as a stage performance presented by The Field at Dance Theater Workshop.
Junk Drawer (2008-2009), an evening length work, was created for the 2008 Boulder International Fringe Festival and presented by University of Toledo in January 2009. It was further developed for Arts in Bushwick's SITE Festival. it consists of a series of vignettes interconnected by the theme of dressing and undressing, and the relationship between the two performers.