We're taking a brief winter slumber to meditate on our future endeavors. Stay tuned for new projects by joining our mailing list below!
|
We're thrilled to announce the following Guest Artists, who will be joining our ensemble for our upcoming production of 'by wing, fin, hoof or foot.'  Raphael Anastas is a current senior at New York University, pursuing a degree in Vocal Performance with a minor in Media, Culture, and Communications. Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Raphael is a versatile performer with a passion for theatre, social justice activism, health and wellness, and youth development. He believes in using his education in the performing arts to drive sustainable positive impact and is very grateful for his opportunities to travel to Europe, Africa, and Central America to engage in various volunteer and leadership programs. Favorite past NYU Steinhardt performances include Men with Money (Frenchy), The Boys From Syracuse (Duke/Tailor), The Secret Garden (Major Shelley), Grand Hotel (Rohna), The Drowsy Chaperone (Aldolpho), and Man of La Mancha (Juan). He has also been featured in New York Lyric Opera Theatre’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (Valletto), and Loft Opera’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Chorus). When not on stage, Raphael enjoys practicing yoga, watching Seinfeld, and eating all types of delicious foods.  Fiamma Piacentini is a New York City based Actress, Performance Artist, Director and Photographer from Mexico City, Mexico. She received her core acting training at the prestigious Maggie Flanigan Studio in NYC under Maggie Flanigan and Charles Sandlan, and trained in Lloyd Williamson Movement Technique under Nate Flower and Julia Crockett. She has appeared on stage in various Off Broadway productions, including Through the Looking Glass, Symphony of the Fourth Dimension, Andromache, and The Insanity of Mary Girard. She has also appeared in various short and feature length independent film projects. Fiamma is thrilled and grateful to be a new Guest Artist at the Ume Group!  Samantha DeSimone is a graduate of Wagner College with a BA in theatre and speech. While in college Samantha studied commedia dell’arte and masque work with Teatro Punto and established a relationship with Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids through the production and direction of cabarets on behalf of the school. Post-graduation Samantha has done work with the Rising Sun Performance ensemble, performing in numerous devised works all over Manhattan, one that won her a best supporting actress award at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. In addition, Samantha also works with abunDANCE with Keo, a brooklyn based "twerk out" company that promotes self love and empowerment across the boroughs.  Angela Bilkić is so excited to join the Ume Group as a Guest Artist this season. Angela is an acclaimed theatre and film actress and has recently moved to NYC to have a go at it. Selected regional credits: Masha in Three Sisters (Independent Reviewers of New England Nomination for Best Actress in a Play), Myra Arundel in Hay Fever (IRNE Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Play), and Linda Seton in Holiday (IRNE Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Play). Angela is originally from northern Serbia and grew up in Boston, MA. She received her B.A. from Wellesley College in Theatre Studies and Anthropology.  Andrea Aranguren has recently joined The Ume Group as a Guest Artist. Andrea’s theater career includes, in New York, Marisol and Suburban Motel, both Brooklyn College productions; in Washington DC, As If It Were Tonight, Teatro de la Luna; in Buenos Aires, Yerma, Enrique Larreta Museum, The Moon is Looking for Him, tribute to Federico Garcia Lorca, Teatro Picadilly, The Future is in the Eggs, Escuela Municipal de Artes Dramaticos; Rise and Shine, solo performance, Universidad de Belgrano; Death and The Blacksmith, Universidad de Belgrano. Andrea graduated as a Master in Fine Arts in Theater/Acting at CUNY, Brooklyn College. She is also a Teaching Artist devoted to youth empowerment through education and arts, utilizing drama methods to bridge compassion, understanding, self-confidence, respect and authenticity. Andrea teaches Acting, Theater and Theater for Social Change to undergraduate students at Brooklyn College. She is also a teaching artist at ENACT INC., facilitating workshops through a unique method that combines drama therapy and interactive theater. Andrea has over fifteen years of management experience, leading international social initiatives in non-profits in education. She holds a B.A. in Finance from Universidad de Belgrano, a M.B.A. in Social Enterprises/Non-Profit Management from the University of Cape Town/New York University.
We are thrilled to announce The Ume Group's Core Ensemble for the 2016-2017 season. This year's company includes a mix of Ume-veterans and previous performance apprentices, with backgrounds ranging from martial arts to puppetry, clown to Irish dance, butoh to Lecoq and lots in between. We can't wait to see what we'll create together.            From top left: Miles Butler, Karina Sindicich, Clara Kundin, Fabio Motta, Laura Aristovulos, Yokko, Brantley Ivey, Jennifer Marinelli, Jorge Luna, Annie McCoy, Keelie Sheridan.
The Core Ensemble will be the driving force behind our performance and educational initiatives this season, but we are currently on the lookout for more rockstars to join our ranks. We'll be holding auditions for Guest Artists for the upcoming season on September 27th. We're looking for physical performers with a willingness to share their skills, learn new techniques and create big, bold new works. Email: keelie@theumegroup.org with a headshot and resume to request an audition appointment, no later than September 21st. Enjoy this sampling of photos by Chris Carlone from our 5 Year Anniversary Season at The Irondale Center in Brooklyn. A New Direction Keelie Sheridan in The Ume Group's "DREAM DANCES" (2015), photo by Jorge Luna. The Ume Group is excited to announce a very special landmark in our 5-year history as a physical theatre ensemble working in New York City. Effective August 19, after five exciting years of butoh and acrobatics-driven creative work and teaching, our beloved Producing Artistic Director, Jordan Rosin is stepping down from the helm to further pursue his teaching career with graduate studies at Dell'Arte International in Blue Lake, CA. Stepping up to replace him in this pivotal leadership role is the incredibly talented Ume Group veteran, Keelie Sheridan. Ms. Sheridan will be supported by a newly appointed team of leaders from among the Core Ensemble, including Yokko (Associate Artistic Director), Clara Kundin (Associate Director of Education), and Karina Sindicich (Opening Training Coordinator). Keelie was a member of The Ume Group's Core Ensemble from 2014 - 2015 during which time she helped to create the original production of The Ume Group’s Dream Dances and led the Winter/Spring 2015 Training Ensemble centered on ceili dance. This past year, she has spent pursuing an MFA in Theatre Directing at the Lir / Trinity College, Dublin as part of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship program sponsored by the US Ireland Alliance. She is tremendously excited to take on the mantle of Producing Artistic Director and is particularly excited to expand on the company’s level of community engagement and social action, while continuing to push the boundaries of dance and theatre through daring performative experiments. Jordan’s credits with The Ume Group over the course of the past five years include performer/co-creator of Facet (Hollywood Fringe Festival, WAVE RISING SERIES), co-choreographer of Isis Variations (CoolNY 2014 Dance Festival, FringeNYC), director of Dream Dances and Lysistrata Project, and creator of Butoh Electra, The Ume Group's inaugural martial arts / butoh dance epic. To see Jordan perform one last time, come see The Ume Group’s 5-Year Anniversary NY Season, playing August 10 - 13 at the Irondale Center, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. If you come on closing night, August 13, and stay after the performance, you'll also be able to participate in the special Closing Night Party and hear Keelie Sheridan's announcement of The Ume Group's 2016 - 2017 season of educational programs and events. (For more info and tickets, click here.)  Incoming Producing Artistic Director, Keelie Sheridan (left) and current Producing Artistic Director, Jordan Rosin (right) at The Ume Group's fundraising launch party on April 2, 2016. Tickets are now on sale for The Ume Group's 5-Year Anniversary NY Season at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn, NY, August 10 - 13! Learn more >>>
By Jordan Rosin  Sankai Juku. Photo by Carlos de las Piedras. Creative Commons license. https://www.flickr.com/photos/delaspiedras/263678424/in/photolist-piqpJ-piqpa-piqrm-piqqz-zJUEuF One of the things that I find most fascinating about butoh, which if you’re not already familiar with, you need to check out, is the sheer diversity of approaches that exist to create it. Over the past 6 years, I have taken classes and workshops with at least a dozen different teachers of butoh, all of which were incredibly different. In this article, I’ve attempted to give a brief overview of a few of the founding principles and key exercises in each of four contemporary butoh styles: temputenshiki, subbody method, space dance, and body-ritual-movement. 1. Temputenshiki
2. Subbody Butoh Method
3. Tokyo Space Dance
4. Body-Ritual-Movement
Tags: butoh, butoh dance, ankoku butoh, dance of darkness, Japanese butoh dance, contemporary butoh, butoh styles, physical theatre, dance, dance-theatre Discussion QuestionsWhat other approaches to butoh have you found interesting? Have you tried any of the exercises described above? What was your experience? Leave a comment below. About the Author Jordan Rosin is physical theatre artist, teacher, and movement coach. Based primarily in butoh, he also draws on yoga, clowning, and acrobatics to create choreography & movements which he hopes have universal resonance. He received his BFA in Drama from Syracuse University. His main butoh teachers are Joan Laage, Vangeline, & Tetsuro Fukuhara, though he has trained with numerous others. He is the Co-Founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Ume Group, a NY-based physical theatre / dance ensemble. www.jordanrosin.com / www.theumegroup.org Tickets are now on sale for The Ume Group's 5-Year Anniversary NY Season at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn, NY, August 10 - 13, 2016! Learn more >>>
Tickets are now on sale for The Ume Group's 5-Year Anniversary NY Season at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn, NY, August 10 - 13! Learn more >>>
Dear Supporters, Friends, & Fans,
As you know, we didn't quite make our fundraising goal on IndieGogo. With the money we raised, we have, however, rented an awesome venue, got some great insurance, and hired an incredible tech team. But the money is almost out. Therefore, you have an opportunity to... turn this hot mess...
into this sexiness...
That's right! We're trying to buy uniform dance wear as costumes for our incredible ensemble of 12 physical theatre artists participating in The Ume Group's 5-Year Anniversary NY Season this summer. The total cost is about $600, or $50 per costume.
To help us out and sponsor a costume, use the PayPal widget below:
Don't let our actors go unclothed! There's been enough naked theatre in NY for one summer. *wink wink
And don't forget to book your tickets for August 10 - 13 before they sell out. with fond & loving resonance, Jordan Rosin Producing Artistic Director, The Ume Group by Jennifer Marinelli Jennifer Marinelli (far right) in The Ume Group's 10/48 Physical Festival. Photo by Jordan Rosin. Movement has always been my primary form of expression. I grew up dancing. If you were to flip open a picture book from my childhood, you would be blinded with spandex and sparkle from the dance recital costumes that I wore year in and year out. But by the time I left high school, I had become distracted by other things and had left dance behind. Fast forward to a few years ago when I came to New York City to become an actor, and more importantly, to train as one. That’s when I discovered The Ume Group.
Meet the Apprentices
|
BlogSubscribe to our mailing list:
Archives
January 2019
Tags
All
|
RSS Feed
