Arts Lab Desert Peaks ofrece un taller inmersivo de dos semanas para 14 bailarines profesionales y preprofesionales, mayores de 18 años, en el hermoso paisaje desértico del Valle de Mesilla.
El programa permite a los artistas participar en un proceso de creación con el coreógrafo JOSHUA L. PEUGH, capacitarse con el fundador y codirector artístico del Boston Dance Theatre JESSIE JEANNE STINNETT, aprender repertorio y desarrollar el arte individual mientras construye una comunidad profesional que promueve el crecimiento y autorreflexión.
El programa incluye una caminata opcional a las Montañas Organ y una visita al Parque Nacional White Sands.
El proceso de creación de dos semanas finalizará con una presentación informal gratuita y abierta al público en el escenario al aire libre de la Plaza de Las Cruces. Los participantes recibirán imágenes gratuitas de la proyección final.
Arts Lab Desert Peaks offers an immersive two-week workshop for 14 professional and pre-professional dancers, ages 18+, in the beautiful desert landscape of the Mesilla Valley.
The program allows artists to participate in a creation process with in-demand choreographer JOSHUA L. PEUGH, train with Boston Dance Theater Founder and Co-Artistic Director JESSIE JEANNE STINNETT, learn repertory, and develop individual artistry while building a professional community that promotes growth and self-reflection.
The program includes an optional hike into The Organ Mountains and a White Sands National Park visit.
The two-week creation process will end with a free and open-to-the-public informal showing on the outdoor stage at Plaza de Las Cruces. Participants will receive free footage of the final showing.
“Arts Lab Desert Peaks brought me forever friends and collaborators. The artists I met the year I attended hold a very special and specific place in my heart. Beyond experiencing beautiful movement, Arts Lab Desert Peaks is the perfect place to run away to— to explore, heal, meet amazing people and soak up the hot Las Cruces sun.”
$1,500 (El alojamiento y el desayuno están incluidos, además del estacionamiento, Wi-Fi y el uso de una piscina y un gimnasio. No se proporcionan transporte ni otras comidas. Hay becas limitadas disponibles para los solicitantes que necesitan ayuda financiera).
$1,500 (Housing and breakfast are included along with parking, Wi-Fi, and use of a pool and fitness center. Transportation and other meals are not provided. Limited scholarships are available to applicants needing financial aid.)
Monday - Friday Week 1 & 2
09:00 - 10:30 - Company Technique Class
10:45 - 12:30 - Rehearsal for New Creation
12:30 - 01:30 - Lunch
01:30 - 04:30 - New Creation and Repertory
04:30 - 05:00 - Professional development Q&A
Saturday Week 2
TBD Company Class
TBD Showing
DCCDUSA does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or genetic information.
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DESERT PEAKS ARTISTS 2023
DESERT PEAKS ARTISTS 2022
DESERT PEAKS ARTISTS 2021
Joshua L. Peugh
Joshua L. Peugh is the Founder and Artistic Director of Dark Circles Contemporary Dance and Co-founder of Fair Assembly. A graduate of Southern Methodist University, he has created work for festivals in Asia, Europe, and North America, winning awards for his choreography in South Korea, Japan, Canada, and the USA. He was the recipient of the Grand Prize at the McCallum Theatre's 18th Annual Choreography Festival and was chosen as one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch." Joshua served as choreographer for legendary soprano Kathleen Battle’s concert Underground Railroad - A Spiritual Journey and was the 2018 recipient of the Natalie Skelton Award for Artistic Excellence. He has created over 40 new works for BalletX, Ballet Memphis, The Big Muddy Dance Company, BODYTRAFFIC, Bruce Wood Dance Project, Company E, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Dance Lab NY, DanceWorks Chicago, Eisenhower Dance, Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, MADCO, METdance, Tulsa Ballet, WaterTower Theatre, and Whim W'Him, among others.
Jessie Jeanne Stinnett
Jessie Jeanne Stinnett is a Climate Reality Leader trained by former US Vice President Al Gore as well as a dancer, choreographer, and the founder and co-artistic director of Boston Dance Theater (BDT). Her current project, SURGE, is created in collaboration with ocean scientist Dr Larry J. Pratt of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the dance artists of Boston Dance Theater. SURGE addresses the crisis of sea level rise, and the role that arts + science collaboration can play in creating a sustainable future.
She received a BFA in Dance Performance from The Boston Conservatory and an MFA in Creative Practice: Dance Professional Pathway from Trinity Laban Conservatoire, in conjunction with Independent Dance/Siobhan Davies Dance. Most notably Jessie has performed for the Metropolitan Opera, Tate Britain (UK), Prometheus Dance, Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (Vienna), The Boston Baroque Opera, and Bard College’s SummerScape Festival.
Her choreographic work has been described by Hannah Chanatry of WBUR as “conceptually driven performance that unpacks the complexities of being female, and pushes the academic boundaries of choreography” and has been sustained in part by grants from National Endowment for the Arts, The MAP Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, and Mellon Foundation, NH State Council for the Arts, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, The Boston Foundation with support from The Barr Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts, Assets4Artists at MASS MoCA, and Fidelity Charitable.
Some of Jessie’s recent teaching and choreography credits include: Harvard University, Nazareth College, Newport Contemporary Ballet, Seattle International Dance Festival, The Trustees of Reservations, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, TEDxCambridge, Boston Ballet School, Concord Academy, Dean College, Keene State University, Providence College, Endicott College, Goethe Institut Boston, Museum of Fine Arts with Jewish Arts Collaborative, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, and Emmanuel Music. She was the recipient of the 2020 Boston Dancemakers Residency grant award and the 2020 Choreographer in Residence at Boston Center for the Arts and Boston Dance Alliance. In 2023 Jessie is serving as a Visiting Lecturer in Harvard University’s Theater Dance & Media Department.