Dancers doing good...

Here at expandance we are so proud of Alicia for running the Dublin City Marathon this year. This from a girl who had never been jogging just a year ago, and who trained herself up to do it. Her fundraising target was €1,000, and she far surpassed that, raising €1,795 in total for Aware. Here she is being held up by her Dad at the end of the race :)

Alicia gets her run on

Alicia is taking part in the Dublin City Marathon, October 26th 2009. After training herself for the last year, running through Queens, NYC, and the on the roads and hills of Wicklow, Ireland, Alicia is currently up to her 20 mile mark in training. We at expandance are pretty much in awe of her. She is running in aid of Aware and you can sponsor her here.

Trio with Invisible Third at Project Brand New

Excerpts from Trio with Invisible Third - the 1st installment / Dublin footage
Premiere performance, Project Brand New, The Project Theatre, Dublin, Ireland 2008
Choreography: Rachel Wynne & dancers
Edit: Lauren Aurrichio

Making Change is ONLINE

The video for Making Change - the original solo - is now watchable online here.

Thanks to Lauren Auricchio for her editing.

Musings

Rachel was recently asked to write a response to the rather vague question 'What is dance?' for online arts magazine Burgeon.

Her piece is here.

Rollercoaster rides

The great news:

At the beginning of May, 'Making Change' was accepted by Dublin Fringe Festival 2009. This is an honour: expandance are big fans of DFF. However...

The sad news:

After months of deliberation, we had to concede that without funding, it is not possible to put this show on as part of DFF. It's the first time I (Rachel) have turned down a performance opportunity because of finances in over a decade of making dance. It was a tough decision, but one which we, as a company, came to mutually. We hope that 'Making Change' will have it's chance in the near future, and we thank those of you who made the first couple of performances in New York so magical, especially Christina, Carlos Cruz, and those at BAX.

In other news, Alicia has a busy summer of expandance workshops coming up in Ireland, and we'll be posting those dates soon.

Making Change at DNA

Coming up - NEXT PERFORMANCE

Missed the premiere of Making Change?

Here's your second chance:

As part of DNA's VISA VOICES

A studio showing of Making Change, the newest piece from expandance

Saturday April 25th 6pm At Dance New Amsterdam
280 Broadway, 2nd Floor (entrance on Chambers)
New York, NY 10007

212.625.8369 for more info

THIS WEEK! Next two NYC performances

'Making Change'

A new piece by Rachel Wynne about change and making it, involving lots of coins. Performed by the incredibly talented Christina Noel Reaves

Saturday April 4th 2009 8pm
Brooklyn Arts Exchange 421 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn NY As part of BAX Upstart Festival.

For tickets go here: http://www.bax.org/tickets.php

60X60 Dance
at Galapagos Arts Space, Brooklyn

Come see Rachel & Christina do their 60 seconds of heaven! With video footage by Rachel Wynne.

Tuesday April 7th at 8pm
For tickets go here: http://www.galapagosartspace.com/events.html

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.