Palms down, roderick jackson, ulali, international electro union, nina simone, m.i.a, miles davis, toshi reagan & biglove, angelique kidjo, lou reed, dj rheka, beth orton, ryan adams, thelonious monk quartet, lucinda williams, emmylou harris, john coltrane, dolly parton, dar williams, john legend, gram parsons, led zeppelin, neil young, banghra anything, al green, aretha franklin, janis joplin, anything with a good beat, ethan lipton, blue grass, willie nelson, becca ayers, prince, todd and reena project, little embers, vic thrill and the saturn missile, j dilla, patti griffin, jen chapin, wilco, prince, karsh kale, my pet dragon. THS music director is Roderick L. Jackson www.palmsdown.com. We love music!
Awarded, “Best of Manhattan” by New York Press , Treehouse Shakers, Inc., a non-profit dance and theater company, was co-founded in 1997 by lifetime friends Mara McEwin writer/actor/director & Emily Bunning choreographer/dancer/producer www.treehouseshakers.com in NYC. We make true to form original Dance-Theater, melding both creative worlds simultaneously. Rebecca Longworth of Offoffoffbroadway.com wrote of our work, “Emily and Mara create dance-theater that can legitimately call itself both. They are artists who clearly cherish the fullness of their hybrid medium as well as their own friendship and collaboration.”
Since our inception we have created and performed works for adults and children in many established performance venues, as well as schools, theaters and community centers throughout the nation. In 1999 we created our first work for young audiences, Flying Through Rainbows, which premiered in New York City at the Nino Nada festival. Flying Through Rainbows was featured in the New York Times to a rave review. Since that time we have created five works for young audiences. Currently, three of our original shows are on a rotating tour for young audiences including; Coyote's Dance, Animal Rhythms & Desert Travels. All three shows integrate theater, modern dance and live music and received reviews in Time Out New York, New York Press, New York Family, Big Apple Parent and more. Laurel Graeber of The New York Times raved about Coyote's Dance, " In the captivating Coyote's Dance, an interactive spectacle, the proud. clever coyote of Indian legend, is being imaginatively reincarnated by the Treehouse Shakers."
This past June we premiered our original adult dance-play, Lost Arroyos, at HERE Arts Center, NYC. Lost Arroyos , follows several characters as they explore class struggles, race boundaries and blurred identities woven within the American cultural tapestry. We are currently booking 2008-2009 tour dates with Lost Arroyos for both adult and mature teen audiences. Lost Arroyos marks our tenth original dance-play premiere.
Treehouse Shakers was named for the wonders of nature, the power of imagination and the excitement of dance. The treehouse, like the theater, is a sacred space where imagination is the most potent currency and stories are the roots of the world.
To Find out more about the Treehouse, or to book any of our performances, check us out at www.treehouseshakers.com.
Company Members : Emily Bunning, Mara McEwin, Roderick Jackson, Kristy Kuhn, Elise Smith, Sarah Young, Michael Mustafa Ulmer, Karen Oughtred, Jim French, Larissa Laurel, Caroline Edelen, Amber Ford, Jess Anthony.....
The Craic Festival 2009 has invited FairplayCollective to play at this years Festival. All members will be playing in the round. The show is at The Mercury Lounge, March 14th at 8pm. This is the last night of the festival and Foy Vance is also on the bill.
What more can I say, a great night for music and film, with the odd star thrown in. Come show your support.
Hey Friends, Mark Dignam will be playing
one of his rare New York shows at
The Scratcher (one of his favorite rooms).
We wish to see you there for songs and singing.
Sunday evening November 30th at 7.15pm
Please come and support LIVE music.
209 East 5th Street, Manhattan.
Happy Birthday gang! Please go to my profile and listen to "The Birthday Song" in your honor. :) Cheers! Uncle Moondog P.S. For an extra special animated birthday treat, go to www. unclemoondog. com/birthday. html and crank up your speakers!
Hey there! It’s Joanne from Jann Klose’s Street Team letting you know that Jann will be playing at Mexicali Live (www. mexicalilive. com) on September 4th. Hope you can make it! Thanks.
From one Alternet fan to another — thanks for adding me. ¶ People hear only what they want, so facts alone won't wake them; they need inspiration too. ¶ This world's evils have a common root: Bullies, liars, thieves, & murderers — whether in school, home, government, or elsewhere — believe we're all separate, motivated only by self-interest, by greed & fear. They want us to share that belief; they use it to justify themselves and to discourage us from uniting. They use it to shape the world's political & economic systems that perpetuate war & poverty. Their real power comes not so much from secret conspiracies as from propaganda that we all hear every day and that we hardly notice. ¶ But you & I have found something better inside ourselves & our friends. It's in everyone, if we can just wake them; we're all one flesh & blood. Let's spread that vision, for until we do our other advances will be minor & temporary. ¶ The outcome of the ideological struggle is not yet determined, so no one can afford to be just a spectator. Join the movement, if you haven't already: get involved in whatever way feels right for you. Question authority. Keep fighting, loving, hoping, singing. Hand in hand, we may still be able to heal this world. ¶ I'm impressed with ideas of Lakoff & Waldman about *how* to spread the vision, so I'm trying to promote their ideas via comments like this one and the essay on my MySpace page. It's free (I'm not selling anything). ¶ The real war is between classes, not nations; so I'll picnic on July 14, not July 4. CLOSE GUANTANAMO BY BASTILLE DAY; PASS IT ON. ¶ Peace, love, hope, and revolution — Eric
"Treehouse Shakers is a dance-theater company committed to creating work that encourages people to experience their feelings and their connection to the greater community."
Perfect--thanks for the add, and for shaking those treehouses.
FairplayCollective will be playing an exclusive and rare collaborative performance-in-the-round at Joe's Pub on March 6th. All members -- Michael Brunnock, Mark Dignam, Jenna Nicholls and Brendan O'Shea -- will be combining talents for an amazing night of collective music. NOT TO BE MISSED!
Get Your Tickets Now by clicking here for Joes Pub online ticket store.
If you voted for us in the first round at Ideablob this month, thank you - we are in the finals! We need to ask you to login one last time to re-vote for us in the finals between now and Dec 31st, as the vote tallies were wiped clean for the 8 competing finalists. If you didn't vote yet, please consider doing so now to help us win $10K to build a new series of free web tools to serve the performing arts. Below is a link to a blurb describing our idea - if you have a context to share this with others, we would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your consideration and thanks for your support for our work in the past!
Just a heads up that Brendan will be performing at this years Crown Point Festival on November 13th at 7pm.
Abrons Art Center, LES, New York City
466 Grand Street.
For more information www.crownpointfestival.org
The Crown Point Festival is a three week festival of the best
emerging and pioneering artists in film, theater and music
from around the world showcased in the Lower East Side of
New York City. Crown Points is organized with the belief that
the current state of downtown culture offers tremendous
opportunities for growth to those willing to embrace the
challenge by making a commitment to excellence. Every
performance is tailor-made to transport the audience on a
unique unforgettable emotional experience.
Happy Birthday gang! Please go to my profile and listen to "The Birthday Song" in your honor. :) Cheers! Uncle Moondog P.S. For an extra special animated birthday treat, go to www.unclemoondog.com/birthday.html and crank up your speakers!
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