Apr
26
7:00 PM19:00

SPLIT BILL: Olana Flynn & Madison Palffy

Over the past number of months Olana and Madison have each been working on new projects which will be presented at the end of this month in a split-bill studio showing. Olana has been working with Katherine Kain and Evelyn Kirby, building upon her recent solo investigations into sound and movement to develop a duet investigating resonance, memory, and proximal vibration. Madison has been working with Maghan Baptiste, Sonya Marx, and Mara Poliak--together they have been cultivating a series of practices/scores that disorient and dis-locate objects, beings, and bodies to generate new meanings and possibilities. 

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NIGHT MOVES
Apr
29
to Jun 3

NIGHT MOVES

TUESDAYS AT 7PM

Full session: $50 - $80

Drop in class: $10 - $20

NIGHT MOVES is:

An open level dance class: learning simple moves, getting sweaty, having fun.

(Think Jazzercise, zumba, line dancing…)

YOU CAN EXPECT:

A guided warm up 

Loose structures to generate heat / explore rhythm and flow

Some new fun low pressure choreography each week

A good playlist

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LOCULUS at Mayo Street Arts
Feb
28
to Mar 1

LOCULUS at Mayo Street Arts

Friday February 28th, 7pm

Split Bill performance with AJ Cornell

Saturday March 1st, 2pm

Movement Workshop

LOCULUS will share some of their methods of collaborative dance making. Their work together draws from contact improvisation, ensemble work, noise, authentic movement, ecology, and rhythmic puzzles. Participants will be led through a series of scores that alternate between moving, writing, and making.

Saturday March 1st, 7pm

Night Moves with special guest Rosie Borden

An open level dance class: learning simple moves, getting sweaty, having fun. (Think Jazzercise, zumba, line dancing…) You can expect: a guided warm up, loose structures to generate heat while exploring rhythm and flow, and some fun low pressure choreography.  After the class comes to a close, the evening will enter .... 
an open dance opportunity to the music of local pop icon Rosie Borden

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Jan
27
to Feb 17

Adult beginning modern at SCDT

  • School for Contemporary Dance & Thought (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

MONDAYS JANUARY 27 - FEBRUARY 17, 7PM-8:30PM

CLASS FEES:
STUDENT/LOW INCOME: $5-$25
EMPLOYED/FINANCIALLY STABLE: $15-$50
ARTS SUPPORTER/ABLE TO GIVE: $25-$500

Open to all who want to train together in a supportive environment.

This Modern dance class is oriented toward movers who are new or returning to dancing. Drawing from traditional and contemporary forms, dancers will expand their kinesthetic and proprioceptive awarenesses through practice of across the floor and center combinations, improvisation, and floor work. In an inclusive, body-positive atmosphere, we get suspend, release, sweat, and find the floor.

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NIGHT MOVES
Jan
7
to Feb 11

NIGHT MOVES

Full session: $50 

Drop in class: $10

NIGHT MOVES is:

An open level dance class: learning simple moves, getting sweaty, having fun.

(Think Jazzercise, zumba, line dancing…)

YOU CAN EXPECT:

A guided warm up 

Loose structures to generate heat / explore rhythm and flow

Some new fun low pressure choreography each week

A good playlist

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Oct
7
to Nov 18

Adult beginning modern at SCDT

MONDAYS OCTOBER 7, NOVEMBER 14 + 18, 7PM-8:30PM
LOCATION: 33 HAWLEY ST, NORTHAMPTON, WORKROOM

CLASS FEES:
STUDENT/LOW INCOME: $5-$25
EMPLOYED/FINANCIALLY STABLE: $15-$50
ARTS SUPPORTER/ABLE TO GIVE: $25-$500
SIX WEEK SESSION: $60-$120

Open to all who want to train together in a supportive environment.

This Modern dance class is oriented toward movers who are new or returning to dancing. Drawing from traditional and contemporary forms, dancers will expand their kinesthetic and proprioceptive awarenesses through practice of across the floor and center combinations, improvisation, and floor work. In an inclusive, body-positive atmosphere, we get suspend, release, sweat, and find the floor.

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Sep
20
to Sep 22

SIDEWAYS DOOR 3: a weekend of ecstasies & escape routes

LOCULUS presents SIDEWAYS DOOR 3: a weekend of ecstasies & escape routes an annual-ish festival celebrating multi-disciplinary performance, process, and practice.

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Sep
3
to Oct 8

NIGHT MOVES

Full session: $50 

Drop in class: $10

NIGHT MOVES is:

An open level dance class: learning simple moves, getting sweaty, having fun.

(Think Jazzercise, zumba, line dancing…)

YOU CAN EXPECT:

A guided warm up 

Loose structures to generate heat / explore rhythm and flow

Some new fun low pressure choreography each week

A good playlist

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Aug
8
to Aug 11

LOCULUS august shows

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Jul
14
6:00 PM18:00

LOCULUS at The Clark

Ximena Bedoya, an interdisciplinary artist and designer from Perú currently based in New York, explores transitional states of mind, body, and space through audiovisual experiences. Bedoya’s work teaches viewers to embrace life's fluctuating moments, following discomfort with inquiry alongside inevitability and absurdity. Bedoya is half of Lobby Art Editions, a record and cassette label with roots in Western Massachusetts. She received an MFA in Applied Craft & Design from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland.

LOCULUS opens. A dance collective founded in 2015 in Western Massachusetts by Five College Dance alumni, LOCULUS is the creative platform of Olana Flynn and Madison Palffy. LOCULUS's performances are site-specific and rooted in engagement with DIY artist communities, often taking place in bars, yards, and houses.

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. This program is presented in collaboration with Belltower Records, North Adams, Massachusetts.

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May
21
to Jun 11

NIGHT MOVES

Full session: $35 

Drop in class: $10

NIGHT MOVES is:

An open level dance class: learning simple moves, getting sweaty, having fun.

(Think Jazzercise, zumba, line dancing…)

YOU CAN EXPECT:

A guided warm up 

Loose structures to generate heat / explore rhythm and flow

Some new fun low pressure choreography each week

A good playlist

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Mar
12
to Apr 16

NIGHT MOVES

Full session: $50 

Drop in class: $10

NIGHT MOVES is:

An open level dance class: learning simple moves, getting sweaty, having fun.

(Think Jazzercise, zumba, line dancing…)

YOU CAN EXPECT:

A guided warm up 

Loose structures to generate heat / explore rhythm and flow

Some new fun low pressure choreography each week

A good playlist

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Jan
19
7:30 PM19:30

LOCULUS at Making Ground Live

  • 33 Hawley St Northampton, MA 01060 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This January 2024, A.P.E. will host a special two-day live performance event to celebrate the reopening of the Workroom at 33 Hawley after its extensive renovations. The event will echo the pre-renovation participatory ceremonies of MAKING GROUND, a public art + drawing project, in which the community covered the 3800 sq-foot floor of the Workroom with chalked drawings in an invitation to consider creative engagements with land, community, space, imagination, and stewardship.
For this January event, 16 artists and artist groups—dancers, musicians, performance + theater artists, writers, and poets—have been invited to create a performance offering of 6 minutes or less. Confirmed artists include: Frieda Kipar Bay and Jesse Olsen Bay, Javiera Benavente, Mary Beth Brooker, Roy Faudree, Julia Handschuh and Anna Hendricks, Hatchery Youth Performance Company, LOCULUS Collective (Olana Flynn and Madison Palffy), Trenda Loftin, Emrys Maxner, Rowyn Maxner, Jen Polins, Gabrielle Revlock, Ro Sigle, Jules Skloot, Batya Sobel, and Anne Woodhull.

Stay tuned for more details.


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Jan
9
to Feb 13

NIGHT MOVES

Full session: $50 

Drop in class: $10

NIGHT MOVES is:

An open level dance class: learning simple moves, getting sweaty, having fun.

(Think Jazzercise, zumba, line dancing…)

YOU CAN EXPECT:

A guided warm up 

Loose structures to generate heat / explore rhythm and flow

Some new fun low pressure choreography each week

A good playlist

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Nov
7
to Dec 19

NIGHT MOVES

Full session: $50 

Drop in class: $10

NIGHT MOVES is:

An open level dance class: learning simple moves, getting sweaty, having fun.

(Think Jazzercise, zumba, line dancing…)

YOU CAN EXPECT:

A guided warm up 

Loose structures to generate heat / explore rhythm and flow

Some new fun low pressure choreography each week

A good playlist

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Jun
23
to Jun 25

SIDEWAY DOOR II: a weekend of ecstasies & escape routes

SIDEWAYS DOOR II is the second semi-annual festival celebrating multi-disciplinary performance, process and practice organized by LOCULUS. The festival takes place at multiple venues throughout the Pioneer Valley and brings together local and regional dancers, sound and video artists, and poets for three days of performances, classes, and workshops.

For more information visit:

www.loculuscollective.com/festival

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Jun
5
to Jun 12

Adult Beginning Modern at School For Contemporary Dance and Thought

MONDAYS June 5th + 12th, 6:30PM-8:00PM
LOCATION: 33 HAWLEY ST, NORTHAMPTON IN THE DANCE STUDIO

CLASS FEES:
STUDENT/LOW INCOME: $5-$25
EMPLOYED/FINANCIALLY STABLE: $15-$50
ARTS SUPPORTER/ABLE TO GIVE: $25-$500
SIX WEEK SESSION: $60-$120

Open to all who want to train together in a supportive environment.

This Modern dance class is oriented toward movers who are new or returning to dancing. Drawing from traditional and contemporary forms, dancers will expand their kinesthetic and proprioceptive awarenesses through practice of across the floor and center combinations, improvisation, and floor work. In an inclusive, body-positive atmosphere, we get suspend, release, sweat, and find the floor.

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May
19
5:30 PM17:30

POSTPONED: OLANA FLYNN + MATT KREFTING LIVE AT THE SUNSPOT

The Sunspot, Sunburned Hand of the Man’s HQ, will host it's first live performance of the 2023 season with Marisa Anderson & Jim White Duo / Peter Gizzi / Olana Flynn + Matt Krefting.

Olana Flynn (LOCULUS) and Matt Krefting (Son of Earth, IFCO, Open Mouth Records, etc.) in duo formation utilizing unconventional instruments, objects, and strategies for doing the things that they want to.

Purchase tickets here!

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May
15
6:30 PM18:30

Adult beginning modern at SCDT

MONDAYS MARCH 20 + 27, APRIL 2 +10, MAY 15, 6:30PM-8:00PM
LOCATION: 33 HAWLEY ST, NORTHAMPTON IN THE DANCE STUDIO

CLASS FEES:
STUDENT/LOW INCOME: $5-$25
EMPLOYED/FINANCIALLY STABLE: $15-$50
ARTS SUPPORTER/ABLE TO GIVE: $25-$500
SIX WEEK SESSION: $60-$120

Open to all who want to train together in a supportive environment.

This Modern dance class is oriented toward movers who are new or returning to dancing. Drawing from traditional and contemporary forms, dancers will expand their kinesthetic and proprioceptive awarenesses through practice of across the floor and center combinations, improvisation, and floor work. In an inclusive, body-positive atmosphere, we get suspend, release, sweat, and find the floor.

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Nov
14
to Nov 28

Adult Beginning Modern at SCDT

MONDAYS NOVEMBER 14 + 28, 6:30pm-8:00pm
LOCATION: 33 Hawley St, Northampton in the WORKROOM

CLASS FEES:
Student/Low Income: $5-$25
Employed/Financially Stable: $15-$50
Arts Supporter/Able to Give: $25-$500
​SIX WEEK SESSION: $60-$120

Open to all who want to train together in a supportive environment.

This Modern dance class is oriented toward movers who are new or returning to dancing. Drawing from traditional and contemporary forms, dancers will expand their kinesthetic and proprioceptive awarenesses through practice of across the floor and center combinations, improvisation, and floor work. In an inclusive, body-positive atmosphere, we get suspend, release, sweat, and find the floor.

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May
7
7:00 PM19:00

LOCULUS at HUT

HUT is now located at the WorkRoom Theater at 33 Hawley Street in Northampton!

MASKS AND PROOF OF VAX REQUIRED

Tickets $10 online/ $15 at the door, pre registration recommended, limited seating
​
HUT- the interdisciplinary performance series presented by SCDT and co-curated by dancer Jennifer Polins, writer Jay Keery Weingarten, and sound artist Jake Meginsky. HUT showcases three artists in three short sets in an evening of music, words, and movement.

HUT's roster of local and internationally recognized contemporary artists including among others Caliph Ali, Steve Baczkowski, Shura Baryshnikov, Chris Corsano, Joy Davis, Paul Flaherty, Jacob Fried, Jenifer Gelineau, Steve Gunn, Sean D. Henry-Smith, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Ben Hersey, K.J. Holmes, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Matt Krefting, Jason Lesceleet, Emily Lukasewski, V. Manuscript, Carole Maso, Bill Nace, Samara Lubelski, Cori Olinghouse, Natalia Panzer, Andrea Pensado, Jennifer Nugent, Vic Rawlings, Zach Rowden, Luke Stewart, Mariana Valencia, Laura Warman, and Wendy Woodson....

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