Regeneration promo video

 I continue to be impressed by the people who are around me. 

JCWK Dance Lab artists have mad skills on and off the dance floor. 

Shout out to JCWK Dance Lab Arielle Ridley who created this awesome promo video for our upcoming show, Regeneration. 

JCWK Dance Lab creates joy and healing

 Breaking news! 

JCWK Dance Lab creates joy and healing in "Regeneration". 

Click here to read the preview article for JCWK Dance Lab's latest creation/ performance/ adventure/ collaboration. 

Thanks, George Hatza for writing it and BCTV.org for publishing it! 

(I'm so excited about this!!) 

Click here to read more about the journey and get tickets. 

Music, Movement, and Poetry create a mosaic March 28

It's coming quickly! The collaborative of me, Dr. Mara Parker and Dr. Jessica Guzman takes the stage at Widener University's Kapelski Recital Thursday, March 28th at 4pm. 

Read the article on PhiladelphiaDance.org here. 

Read the article on BroadwayWorld here. 

Join us! 

February Fringe Drop

 For the past 9 years, Reading Theater Project has presented the 5-Minute Fringe Festival. It's an opportunity for the community around RTP to create something and receive feedback during the process. It's a chance to take a risk and try something "bite-sized" in a low-stakes, but high-respect experience. 

I've been participating since 2019, when I took a chance and asked during a snowy January night, "does this make sense as a journey?"

"This" became "Shed" and began my appreciation for RTP as an organization of individuals invested in community, communication, and artistic integrity.

Since 2019, I've invited a plethora of dancers to join me in the journey. Here's a bit of the most recent process of JCWK Dance Lab, RTP's 5-Minute Fringe, and my latest work: 

Greater Reading Area Dance Exchange - dance and pt combine

Dance training provides a host of transferrable skills, and one career dancers pursue outside of performance is physical therapy. I saw down with dancer and physical therapist Morgan Giannini to talk about her journey to develop a balance of being a physical therapist and active dancer in Berks County. Thanks, Morgan for making the GRADE (Greater Reading Area Dance Exchange)!

Save the Date - March 28

 

Save the date! Dr. Mara Parker and I are collaborating again in 2024! Poet Jessica Guzman will be joining us in this mosaic of performance and art. 

When: Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 4pm

Where: Kapelski Recital Hall on Widener University's campus. 

Cost: Free and open to the public

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Here's a behind the scenes pic of one of our collaborative zoom meetings: 

January slow down

When was the last time you took a moment to slow down?

January is a time when we often feel pressure to "start." 

New Year Resolutions. Habits. Work projects. Summer planning. 

JCWK Dance Lab has a lot happening in the next few months. 

The Fine and Performing Arts Department at Alvernia is also celebrating some important milestones. 

We're not quite through the first month of the year, and it feels like time is FLYING!

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During my research this week, I stopped and asked myself just to slow down. 

Here's 8 minutes of slow movement work, focused on weight shifting and balance, sped up to 25 seconds. 

Yes, I recognize the irony. 

Perhaps, you'll take this short video as inspiration to slow down, too.