We love having our Resident Artist Rachel Jackson in the studio with us! Plus, she takes fun shots like these:
Thursday, January 12, 2012
two thousand what?
holy moly. less than TWO weeks until 27 Revisited! Needless to say, we Gathering Wild-ers are pumped! We kicked off crunch time with a long rehearsal last Monday, our first after a nice long winter break. While in place to start our first run-through of the show, I found myself joking and laughing with my fellow stage-right-starting dancers. All of the sudden, I was struck all by a feeling of genuine joy to back at home--that is, in the studio with Gathering Wild dancers, Jerylann and even Rachel was there! Once acknowledged, joy manifested itself into excitement: the thought of us all embarking on the final leg of this project. What better way to begin the New Year? I sincerely hope that, so far, 2012 has been experienced this way by all of you as well: warm, satisfied, rested and delightfully optimistic.
Ok. Enough with the warm fuzzy. The music began and the world started turning again--very, very quickly as it often does, particularly this close to show time. Since then, it has been constant rehearsing, press releasing, silent auction updating, tweeting, costuming, emailing, music editing, poster distributing...you get the picture.
Actually, things are coming along quite nicely. This week we’ve completed three pieces: Jerylann reworked “Little Wing,” Bubba created a new Cobain piece to ‘Something in the Way” (y’all. It is awesome. So creepy and delicious! Awesome.) and he plugged Kay and Sally into the “Maybe” trio (in the Janis section). Jerylann has also knocked out most of her new Janis quartet to the song “Get It While You Can,” so that song has been stuck in my head all week (fine by me). As usual, Rachel is blowing us away with her incredible artwork; we are all so proud of her and the gorgeous postcards and posters we are privileged to handout.
Speaking of artwork, most of it is available for bidding! Be sure to check out our online silent auction! (http://www.32auctions.com/organizations/2612/auctions/2910) This is our only fundraiser for our upcoming local show and for future traveling performances (New York, Kentucky and Serenby, GA so far). Bidding is now underway! You’ve already missed out on the $50 Brickstore giftcard and a book/giftacard set to Little Shop of Stories, but there’s still a ton of great stuff: yoga and dance class cards (Vista Yoga & Dance 101), cooking and knitting lessons, dinner & tickets to the show (special thanks to the renowned Miller Union for donating a $50 giftcard!), LOTS of restaurant gift cards, brunch at Sweet Melissa's, truffles, greeting cards ...have I mentioned Rachel’s fantastic artwork? Actually, Rachel isn’t our only artist this go round. GW is so very very lucky to benefit from the incredible talent and savvy of Gigi Pedraza. Gigi came to the show in April (her adorable girls dance with Ms. Jerylann at Callanwolde) and was struck by Rachel’s photo portrait of Toya that we have been using for publicity. She asked Rachel for permission to create an oil painting of the composition:
(above) Rachel's poster and (below) Gigi's oil painting
As you can see, the painting is gorgeous and Gigi has since taken on helping us out with publicity and fundraising-which we oh so need. Gigi’s oil painting of Toya, as well as some of her other artwork, can be purchased through the online auction or at the show. I am so thrilled about Gigi and Rachel’s combined artistic talents which will transform the lobby at Fabrefaction, providing audience members with an ambiance of ascension before even stepping into the theater.
Well, in exactly one week from this very moment we’ll be at Fabrefaction for tech rehearsal and I’ve got some volunteers to rally and more emails to send. We hope that you’ll consider sharing the New Year with us (and some of the 27 club!); tickets are available at www.gatheringwild.ticketleap.com. Happy 2012 everyone!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
27 Revisited. (Can't believe it's this month already!)
visit gatheringwild.ticketleap.com for ticket information
or check out our online auction for a chance to win two tickets to the show and dinner at Miller Union!
Friday, December 23, 2011
Online Auction has officially begun!
Gathering Wild Dance Company is hosting an
Online Auction
Online Auction
December 17th-January 30th
Please help us fundraise for upcoming local & traveling performances of our original, full-length production, 27. Auction items include original artwork, gift certificates to Atlanta & Decatur restaurants & businesses, show tickets, dance & yoga classes, cooking & knitting lessons, and more.
To check it out or to make a donation to the company visit
NOTE: you do not need to register with 32Auctions.com to view the auction items but you will to bid. This ensures that payments & delivery are handled in a safe, secure manner. Thanks!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
did I mention we met the mayor?
Recently..
The last couple of weeks have been delightfully packed with dance events!
First, the premiere of our newest work, a public event called Anatomy of a Song in Decatur Square, was a success, despite some chilly, chilly weather. On Thursday, December 8th and Saturday, the 10th, GW dancers performed 3 pieces--"Primitive" choreographed by Bubba Carr, "Time After Time" created by Jerylann Warner, and "Across the Universe" crafted by Corian Ellisor. The dances in themselves were beautiful but we were lucky to work with a team of vocalists, drummers and guitarists who provided live accompaniment (major thanks to Margaret Allstrom-Stewart for her musical coordinating!) and Larry Holland, our lighting designer and electric guru, who set Decatur Square aglow! All together, the effects were enchanting and provided a lovely opportunity for us to share our work with our Decatur friends and neighbors. We are definitely looking forward to future (and perhaps, warmer) showings of these pieces.
In addition to the outside performances, the dancers took the production to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston that Saturday afternoon. Wow. What a beautiful reminder of the intrinsic way that dance connects us all! It was so touching to be among the kids and staff at Egleston, we are so exciting about making these performances a regular extension of the company!
In between these three performances, our dancers were seen out and about at the weekend's various fun dance events. We enjoyed celebrating the holiday season with fellow Dance 101 dancers at Jenny & Matt Nelson's holiday cocktail party--what a great opportunity to see old dance friends and scheme about future collaborations! Speaking of collaborations, major props to one of our present collaborators and friend, Corian Ellisor. Corian and Alex Abarca presented their original full-length work, Be(A)stie this past weekend. This performance beckoned a large following of GW dancers and the reviews are overwhelmingly positive! These guys did an incredible job, creating the show, choreographing, dancing, singing, not to mention we laughed our asses off! If you didn't get a chance to see this show, be sure to help us pester Corian and Alex into showing it again! It's so encouraging and refreshing to see entertaining AND high quality dance production in Atlanta, we are so proud of our friends and peer dancers!
Most recently--as in this morning--we took advantage of an opportunity to present our dance for a completely new collection of audience members. This morning, Jerylann, Kay, Toya and Lauren rose before dawn for an early call at the Midtown Alliance Annual Meeting. FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE. We opened to the event with Midtown Alliance CEO Kevin Green (who, by the way, accompanied us as drummer!) by creating an Atlanta city scape, composed of beautiful pieces created by SCAD student Katie Lake. We were so lucky to be exposed to the midtown community, EVEN including Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed!! (picture coming soon!) It was a quick performance, but a truly fun and unique one! We are so grateful to Shannon Powell and the Midtown Alliance for inviting us to take part of this big event!
And for now.. well, off to more work. We are still trudging along on the 1023 Form (IRS non-profit status form, blehhhh...), rehearsing the new and improved 27 (one more month to go!), scouting out donors for our silent auction (an effort to raise funds for 27, more information coming soon) and we might, just maybe, have some other cards up our sleeves too :)
Happy dancing everyone! Hope you are all enjoying a beautiful holiday season!
Sincerely,
Lauren and Kay
here are some photos of the Anatomy of a Song performances:
First, the premiere of our newest work, a public event called Anatomy of a Song in Decatur Square, was a success, despite some chilly, chilly weather. On Thursday, December 8th and Saturday, the 10th, GW dancers performed 3 pieces--"Primitive" choreographed by Bubba Carr, "Time After Time" created by Jerylann Warner, and "Across the Universe" crafted by Corian Ellisor. The dances in themselves were beautiful but we were lucky to work with a team of vocalists, drummers and guitarists who provided live accompaniment (major thanks to Margaret Allstrom-Stewart for her musical coordinating!) and Larry Holland, our lighting designer and electric guru, who set Decatur Square aglow! All together, the effects were enchanting and provided a lovely opportunity for us to share our work with our Decatur friends and neighbors. We are definitely looking forward to future (and perhaps, warmer) showings of these pieces.
In addition to the outside performances, the dancers took the production to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston that Saturday afternoon. Wow. What a beautiful reminder of the intrinsic way that dance connects us all! It was so touching to be among the kids and staff at Egleston, we are so exciting about making these performances a regular extension of the company!
In between these three performances, our dancers were seen out and about at the weekend's various fun dance events. We enjoyed celebrating the holiday season with fellow Dance 101 dancers at Jenny & Matt Nelson's holiday cocktail party--what a great opportunity to see old dance friends and scheme about future collaborations! Speaking of collaborations, major props to one of our present collaborators and friend, Corian Ellisor. Corian and Alex Abarca presented their original full-length work, Be(A)stie this past weekend. This performance beckoned a large following of GW dancers and the reviews are overwhelmingly positive! These guys did an incredible job, creating the show, choreographing, dancing, singing, not to mention we laughed our asses off! If you didn't get a chance to see this show, be sure to help us pester Corian and Alex into showing it again! It's so encouraging and refreshing to see entertaining AND high quality dance production in Atlanta, we are so proud of our friends and peer dancers!
Most recently--as in this morning--we took advantage of an opportunity to present our dance for a completely new collection of audience members. This morning, Jerylann, Kay, Toya and Lauren rose before dawn for an early call at the Midtown Alliance Annual Meeting. FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE. We opened to the event with Midtown Alliance CEO Kevin Green (who, by the way, accompanied us as drummer!) by creating an Atlanta city scape, composed of beautiful pieces created by SCAD student Katie Lake. We were so lucky to be exposed to the midtown community, EVEN including Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed!! (picture coming soon!) It was a quick performance, but a truly fun and unique one! We are so grateful to Shannon Powell and the Midtown Alliance for inviting us to take part of this big event!
And for now.. well, off to more work. We are still trudging along on the 1023 Form (IRS non-profit status form, blehhhh...), rehearsing the new and improved 27 (one more month to go!), scouting out donors for our silent auction (an effort to raise funds for 27, more information coming soon) and we might, just maybe, have some other cards up our sleeves too :)
Happy dancing everyone! Hope you are all enjoying a beautiful holiday season!
Sincerely,
Lauren and Kay
here are some photos of the Anatomy of a Song performances:
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