![]() In 2014, collaborators Marie Brown, Nicole Kutcher, and Jayme Winell joined the project and became an integral part of honing the group's process and performance experience. Initially conceived as a project, not a company, early collaborators such as Michelle Marroquin, Maureen Shea, Crystal Nilsson, Cory-Ellen Gatrall, Liv Fauver, and Charnice Charmant helped set the (tiny) stage for art and community engagement that brought tinydance to its current company model. The tinydance project began in 2012, and evolved during founder Kelly Silliman's graduate work at Smith College. Rather than bemoaning potential tragedies to come, I strive to live fully within our current cultural and environmental context, to acquire information and useful skills, to build community, to act thoughtfully, to remain flexible and open to whatever changes are coming, and to create examined and engaging dance art, all with creativity, pragmatism, and good cheer." "Living in crisis mode quickly becomes counter-productive, and so the tinydance project seeks to approach discussions about art and sustainability through a “cheerfully apocalyptic” lens. This quote from the 2015 article Kelly wrote for Kinebago (a journal by and about New England dance makers and movement researchers created by Sara Smith) sums it up: Kelly chose the phrase "cheerfully apocalyptic" to describe her practice of acknowledging the coming breakdown of unsustainable systems while resisting feelings of despair. In early attempts to discuss climate change with friends, peers, and acquaintances, Kelly discovered that people tended to fall into two categories-those who couldn't imagine major lifestyle changes at all, and those who felt anxious/stressed/depressed about what they perceived to be impending doom. Click here to watch the documentary "No Matter the Odds: the art-making and life-making of the tinydance project"Ĭlick here to see tinydance (and other) work on VimeoĬlick here for the Oct 2015 tinydance interview on 93.9Ĭlick here for the Daily Hampshire Gazette profile of KellyĬlick here for Kelly's July 2014 interview on 93.9 Tinydance collaborators are always paid for their creative work, and maintain a commitment to presenting performances free to the public. Presenting work in this way is part of the company members’ practice and exploration of sustainability in art and life. ![]() Modeled after the values of Tiny Houses, which are highly designed for efficiency and beauty, the tinydance project presents multidisciplinary, movement-based performances with intricately woven and curated sound scores. Tinydance performances are presented outdoors in public spaces and collaborators sing their own accompaniment, all on a 4’ by 8’ (or more recently 8' round) stage towed by bicycle to venues.
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