I am showing this solo on Saturday 5/26 at Philly PARD's Mixed Grille. It's a deep exploration on what love relationships mean to me. In the fall, I am expanding this work into a group piece where I look at how maternal relationships affect women as economic producers throughout their entire lives. heady - i know :)

I really hope you can come to the show this weekend!
 

"For those who I love"
Danced & Choreographed by Alie Vidich

 Philly PARD's Mixed Grille
Sat May 26th at 8pm
 
Mt Vernon Dance Space
  1720 Mt Vernon St
(the church with the red sign)
in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia
 
New choreography by:
Gina Hoch-Stall
Marion Ramirez
Zornitsa Stoyanova

$10 for regular folks
$5 for non-regular folks (i.e. student and seniors)
Tickets at the door

B.Y.O.M ** (bring your open mind)
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I am honored to share some more good news with you  -
 
I was invited by Joanna Lesnierowska of Stary Browar Nowy Taniec, a dance organization in Poznań, Poland to visit Poznań during the Malta Festival and participate in a choreographic coaching project with Jurij Konjar. The Malta Festival is an internationally recognized arts festival with dance, film, visual art, music, theater. This year’s Malta Festival is called Asian Investments and the festival's programming focuses on the cross-pollination between European and Asian cultures. So,  of course I am excited to go!!! Coaching from an amazing solo performer like Konjar and the opportunity to infiltrate my mind with new ideas and imagery during the Festival. WOW!

Mucho mucho gracias to Dance USA Philadelphia because without them - I wouldn't even know about this opportunity and I would not be going to Poland. They are starting an amazing PHL/Poland Dance Artists Exchange with Stary Browar Nowy Taniec - go read about it!

Urban  Herd is a dance research project created and directed by Erin Shanti Desmond.  Performances  are staged at  unexpected  times in  utilitarian and forgotten public spaces. These performances  are documented  through  video and  photography,  which  will  be compiled to create  a dance  film,  and photo  exhibition.

Urban Herd explores performance in the urban habitat by means of  highly stylized  movement  sequences, interactive choreographies, and flamboyant costuming.

Urban Herd is available to perform at a site of your choosing. The dance film can be screened at your gallery, theater, school or backyard.

Stay tuned for more information regarding this project as it develops throughout the Spring and Summer!! Join our mailing list for updates, click here.

To be performed on Fri, Nov 18that 7:30pm at the CHI MAC Center at 1316 South 9th Street in South Philly (right near Pat & Geno's Steaks)
Tickets: $10-12 at the door

What is it??
Dances in commemoration of amazing people in my life who I love, loved and want to love. Three characters appear at different points.  Emotional connotations blur through winding bodies as the performers unravel sentiments that are not easily explained.  This is a very personal work about the exuberant and also harrowing journeys of love.

Who is dancing??
It will be performed by Eleanor Goudie-Averill, Erin Shanti Desmond and Alie Vidich.

                                                                                  HOPE YOU CAN COME!!

Read the recent reviews of CONSTANTS 2011
City Paper by Meg Augustin, click here.
Broad Street Review by Jonathan M. Stein, click here.

CONSTANTS has returned for another adventurous summer of performance journeys on and along the Schuylkill River. Join us as we guide you through this interactive performance that uses dance, music, theater and sculpture to share hidden histories from the Schuylkill River.
                                   
                                                   The Lenape Tribe
                                                   Runaway slaves
                                                Water-borne diseases
                                       The Shadfish’s journey of rebirth    



CONSTANTS, a historic performance journey on and about the Schuylkill River, brings to life some of these lesser known histories. Audience members travel with performers on land and in canoes, witnessing first-hand stories from the river's past.

Wednesday, August 24th - Sunday, September 4th, 2011 in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia PA 19131
Every night at 8:15pm
Late night shows at 10:30pm – Fri, Aug 26th & Sat, Aug 27th and Thurs, Sept 1st – Sun, Sept 4th

Weekday Tickets: $15/person
Weekend Tickets: $20/person
All 10:30pm Performances are $15/ticket

All tickets must be purchased as an advance sale!  --------->> Click here to purchase tickets online.
To buy via the phone call Brown Paper Ticket at 800-838-3006 xt 1.

Or make a CONTRIBUTION to our FUNDRAISING EFFORTS and PURCHASE a TICKET ---- all in one simple action, click here.

Concept and Direction: Alie Vidich
Original Music: Elise Moreau
Sculptural Creation: Naomi Littell
Musical Direction: Marc Miller

Performances by: Clarissa Brodkin, Joel Chartkoff, Naomi Littell, Christina May, Marc Miller, Elise Moreau, Katharine Schellman, Alie Vidich and Amber Williams

Costume Design: Josephine Siu
Production Intern: Julie Dwoskin

Generous funding for this performance has been granted by the Puffin Foundation and individual donors. The 2010 production of CONSTANTS was made possible in part by the Leeway Foundation's Art and Social Change Grant. Many thanks to our Canoe Lenders: Claudia and Jay Apfelbaum, Nick Brown, Jacob Fisher and Joe Vidich --- without you this would not be possible!

Watch a video excerpt from our 2010 performances of CONSTANTS below!

                                      BODIES OF TEXT II
- unique collaborations between Philadelphia’s dance and book arts communities –

Fri, May 27th at 8pm                         Studio 34 at 4522 Baltimore Ave in West Philly

Sat, May 28th at 7pm & 9pm            Christ Church Neighborhood House
Sun, May 29th at 7pm                       20 N. American St, Philadelphia PA 19106 (2nd & Market St)

Featuring collaborations between:
Here[begin] Dance & Ananda Connolly

Movement Brigade & Rebecca Kelly
A new work by Heather Cole, Erin Shanti Desmond and Alie Vidich

Stone Depot Dance Lab & Jude Robison

Tickets: $15 general admission
$10 for students and $12 for DancePass
Advance sales on Brown Paper tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/168224

May's exciting installment of choreographic creations will be performed on Friday, May 27th at Studio34 located at 4522 Baltimore Avenue in West Philadelphia at 8 pm followed by a discussion with the Choreographers and Book Artists, moderated by Philadelphia Center for the Book’s Curator, Mary Tasillo. The performances will continue throughout the weekend at the historic Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 North American Street in Old City, on Saturday May 28th at 7 & 9 pm and Sunday, May 29th at 7 pm. These performances are co-presented by Philadelphia Dance Projects and made possible by a grant from New Stages for Dance, a program of Dance USA/Philadelphia. All three works are world premieres and explore different aspects of the natural and the organic world.

WATCH VIDEO of Blue: http://www.vimeo.com/23157723

FOR MORE INFO: bodiesoftext.blogspot.com

Photo by Lindsay Browning

This February, Movement Brigade and the Philly Dance Community are taking to the streets… ok well… the mall actually…

That’s right, Movement Brigade and the Philly Dance Community are joining How Philly Moves (http://www.howphillymoves.org/) in taking over the 3rd Level of The Gallery at Market East for the month of February.

Don’t miss this opportunity to see dance happen • 1 month • 24 dance companies • AFRICAN, BALLET, CONTEMPORARY, CLOGGING, HIP HOP, FLAMENCO, MODERN, TAP & MORE

From February 1-26, 2011, stop by the 3rd level of the Gallery at Market East (9th and Market Sts.) to view live rehearsals by local dance companies. Monday - Saturday, 10am - 7pm. FREE....Find out who’s dancing and when: Visit www.DanceInPublicPlaces.org

Movement Brigade  will be rehearsing new work for the premiere of Bodies of Text from May 27-29th, 2011 at Christ Church Neighborhood House and Studio 34 during these times:

Mon 2/7 from 10-1pm
Mon 2/21 from 10-1pm

Like Dance USA  on Facebook and join the conversation! www.facebook.com/danceinpublicplaces . Dance in Public Places is a program of Dance/USA Philadelphia.

Movement Brigade is taking Absurd Commentaries on the road to the Fringe Wilmington Festival in Wilmington, Delaware from Fri, October 1st - Sun, October 3rd, 2010! If you missed it in Philly -- check it out in Delaware, only 30 min away!

An investigative journey into what is absurd - in performance, in real life, and when the two intersect. New dance theater work will be presented by: Eleanor Goudie-Averill (Stone Depot Dance Lab), Marc Miller, Alie Vidich (Movement Brigade) and Rebecca Weber (Somanaut Dance).


Preview Event:
Wed, Sept 29th from 8:30-11:30pm
605 N Market St, Wilmington DE 19801

See brief previews from Fringe Artists and decide what shows to go to!
FREE with Fringe Wilmington button

Performances:

Fri, Oct 1st at 8pm
Sat, Oct 2nd at 4pm
Sun, Oct 3rd at 1pm

Opera Delaware Black Box Theater
4 South Poplar St, Wilmington, DE 19810

All tickets $5

For advance sales, visit: http://www.fringewilmingtonde.com
or go to the Box Office at 605 N. Market St.
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

Constants will lead audience members on a walking journey where stories from the Schuylkill River’s history will be shared with an open and willing audience. Created using a fusion of dance and theater, these stories are birthed from the Lenape People's history, a runaway slave's experience traveling on the Underground Railroad, Philadelphians dying of water borne diseases and present day Schuylkill River Trail enthusiasts. From Monday, September 13th, 2010 to Saturday, September 18th, 2010, Movement Brigade will present this journey.  It will begin at the Schuylkill River Trail on Black Rd and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Philadelphia’s West Fairmount Park. Audiences are asked to meet at this location each night to take part in the journey.

SHOWS HAVE BEEN ADDED DUE TO DEMAND >>> Monday, Sept 13th - Tuesday, Sept 14th are the added performances!

Monday, September 13th - Saturday, September 18th
FREE

RESERVATIONS are REQUIRED for all ticket holders.

Choreography and Direction: Alie Vidich
Featuring performances by: Tom Brach, Lily Hughes, Alie Vidich, Rebecca Weber, and Amber Williams.

Artistic Advisor: Marcel Williams Foster
Art Work: Jasmine Hamilton
Costume Design: Jojo Siu
Stage Management: Kari Friesen

Generous funding for this performance has been provided by the Leeway Foundation's Art and Change Grant.

We are collaborating with a stick and a stone, headed by singer/songwriter Elliott Harvey! Ellie Goudie-Averill (Stone Depot Dance Lab) and Alie Vidich are performing a new duet set in the landscape of Isaiah Zagar's magical mosaics.

Come join us for a stick and a stone's CD release party of the new album, Opal Nightly. Featuring new dance by Movement Brigade and Stone Depot Dance Lab, musical guests Chasing Arethusa and  Square Pi, puppetry by Gepetta and the film As they Rode Along the Edge by Mandy Katz and Justin Duerr with narration by Ish Klein (who was in Absurd Commentaries show in March!!). More info about the artists below.

Sat, July 24th at 7pm sharp!
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
1020 South Street, Philadelphia, PA
For directions or info about the Gardens: http://www.phillymagicgardens.org

Tickets: $5-10 at the door
BYOB

This concert is kindly co-produced by Philly's Magic Gardens.

The following artists will present work:

Chasing Arethusa - Chamber Punk, soon to sail across the Sea. Goddess vocals with strings and distorted guitar. The name comes from the water nymph of Greek mythology who was chased by an aroused river god and transformed into a stream which flowed underground. Former members of Lesser Known Neutrinos and Beware!

Gepetta -Puppet-theater and artistic performance that is both imaginative and enlightening, whimsical yet political. Inspired by classic fables and myths, occult symbolism, street art, and surrealism, Gepetta is infused with a pension for social and environmental activism and trans-feminist sensibilities. In addition to the Tranny Roadshow, Geppetta's work has been featured in productions including The Femme Show, Fresh Meat, and Puppet Uprising.

As they Rode Along The Edge - Film adaptation of the humorous feminist fantasy fairytale written in the 1930s by Leonora Carrington, the legendary  novelist, painter, mother, lover, and free thinker has been inspiring people around the globe since before World War Two. Amongst the hordes inspired by her rich body of work and collaborating for the first time after more than a decade of friendship are Philadelphia artistic peers Mandy Katz and Justin Duerr. For this project they began meeting in September ‘09 for weekly drawing sessions and created over 80 ink and watercolor paintings to illustrate the beautiful narration by poet Ish Klein. The paintings were filmed flip book style in the midst of a candlelit altar created for the paintings to nest within. With sound effects and musical score collaged into the mix, a snowglobe world was created with handmade immediacy.  

Square Pi - " a mash up of the mind" hailing from Lady Baltimore...

Movement Brigade is raising funds to produce a new work for the Philadelphia Live Arts-Fringe Festival in September 2010. In an effort to raise money for production costs (advertising, liability fees, costumes, performer stipends), we are holding a Zumbathon! There will be guest instructors from all over Philly as well as Alie teaching Zumba! Come out and support the arts and learn about Movement Brigade's work and dance your Zumba-self into a sweat!

Zumbathon for Movement Brigade
Sunday, June 6th from 10-12pm
@ The Arts Parlor
1170 S Broad St (corner of Federal) in So Philly

The tickets for the event are $13 in advance, and $15 at the door.
To RSVP online click below.

If you have any questions email movementbrigade@gmail.com and let us know. We look forward to Zumba-ing with you!

A night of live performance, interactive art and dancing! Come see new dance theater work by Eleanor Goudie Averill (Stone Depot Dance Lab), Tim Popp, Daniele Strawmyre (readySetGo), and Alie Vidich (Movement Brigade). Come dressed absurdly, stay after to make absurd art and dance to the music of DJ Tony East (lionsdenphilly.com) .

at The Arts Parlor
1170 S Broad St (corner of Federal St)
in So Philly

Tickets: $12 w/ costume
$15 w/o costume
$10 students, seniors, Dance Pass, the un & under-employed