Making Change in rehearsal

We are currently working on 'Making Change' for BAX Upstart Festival NYC. A couple of photos of Alicia and Christina in rehearsal at Keystone Studio.

'Making Change' at BAX, 4th April 2009

We're delighted that guest artist Christina Reaves will be performing Rachel Wynne's 'Making Change' at BAX Upstart Festival on April 4th.

expandance met Christina through a recent piece by Krista Racho-Jansen that Rachel and Alicia danced in, and we felt she was perfect to take Alicia's place in 'Making Change', which was originally choreographed on her.

About Christina: After a BFA in Music: Voice Performance from Georgia State University, and an MFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Christina Noel Reaves pursues dance and voice performance, instruction, and composition. In addition to singing in operas and musicals, she has had the privilege of dancing for Doug Elkins, Ellis Wood, David Dorfman, Ivy Baldwin, Curt Haworth, Gary Abbott, Christopher Williams, Gus Solomons Jr., Kay Cummings, Candess Giyan, Melanie Lynch-Blanchard, Kelly Hayes, Patrycja Noworol, Yue Yin, and Carlos Cruz.

BAX Upstart Festival

We are delighted to post that our newest work in progress has been accepted to Brooklyn Arts Exchange's 'Upstart Festival' - a festival showcasing work by choreographers who are new to showing their work in New York City.

'Making Change' is choreographed by Rachel Wynne and will be performed on

Saturday 4th April at 8pm at BAX.

More details to follow.

www.bax.org
421 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn

Trio - the second installment

The second installment of our highly successful Trio With Invisible Third is this week!


In DUBLIN:

Thursday 8th January 2009 1am

Laurie Schneider dances
Cois Ceim Dance studio
2nd Floor, 14 Sackville Place, Dublin 1 (just off O Connell St)
www.coisceim.com

Free / donations accepted

For more info please e-mail mrslschneider@gmail.com

And simultaneously, in NEW YORK CITY:

Wednesday 7th January 2009 8pm

Alicia Christofi-Walshe and Rachel Wynne dance
Dance Theater Workshop, Robbins studio
219 West 19th Street
(Subway: 1/9 to 18th Street or F/L/A/C/E to 14th Street)

www.movementresearch.org - Open Performance Series

Free / donations accepted

For more info please e-mail rachelwynne@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you at one of these performances. Trio with Invisible Third is a piece about friendship and connection, even when those we are close to are thousands of miles away. It is a piece that will open your heart, and remind you that distance is only physical.

Photo by Viktor / www.viktorsphotography.com

'Pina Bausch' -esque smile

Thought you might like to see the smile that the New York Times felt was worth a mention!

New York Times Review of 60x60

Thank you to those of you who came to support us at 60x60 Dance at the World Financial Center Winter Garden, New York on Friday. Despite my initial fear around presenting this piece, Alicia and I both enjoyed the experience, we received some great feedback from other choreographers, and met some lovely people.

Yesterday's New York Times had something to say about us too.

(or copy & paste this...)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/arts/dance/18wint.html?_r=1

Next NYC performance

The next performance from the expandance family is coming up!

As part of 60x60

14th November 2008
World Financial Center Winter Garden stage
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm & 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Free admission


We are part of an hour long performance which will be shown twice on the 14th November which brings together 60 composers and 60 choreographers.

"Short attention sp..."
will be danced by Alicia Walshe
and choreographed by Rachel Wynne

For more info see these:

http://www.worldfinancialcenter.com/ae/default_new.asp?id=24
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/60x60_Dance.htm

Photos from Greenspace

A few photos from the dress rehearsal of our as yet untitled piece performed at Greenspace Studios last week. Thanks to those of you who gave us such wonderful, and constructive feedback on the night. We both thouroughly enjoyed this one!

Showing tomorrow in New York

expandance in New York!

We will be performing the beginnings of a new work this weekend and would love the support and feedback of our New York friends.

This piece is in some ways a continuation of themes touched on with Trio with Invisible Third, and looks at the difference in energies in Dublin and New York. We are using music from Coirn na hEireann, a tone from an ancient Irish horn made in the 1st Century BC.

Choreographed and performed by Rachel Wynne and Alicia Christofi-Walshe
As part of Greenspace's Fertile Ground Series

Sunday September 21st 7pm
Cost: $1O (free wine afterward)

Greenspace is located in Long Island City, Queens at 37-24 24th St, a short walk from the R and 7 trains. Check out www.greenspacestudio.org for directions.