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Ailey Citigroup Theater
Friday, January 8 at 8:00pm
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak
On January 8, 2010, Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak will present an excerpt from Stamina of Curiosity: Our Strange Elevations as part of the Pentacle Roster and Gallery Showcase at the 2010 NYC Conference of the Association of Arts Presenters.
Reservations are appreciated and handled by Pentacle.
Please call (212) 278-8111, ex...t. 8 to reserve your seat.
The Roster Artist Showcase begins at 8:00pm; we perform at 8:15.
From Lucia Mauro--Chicago Tribune:
"The most revelatory performance belonged to Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak in 'Stamina of Curiosity: Our Strange Elevations,' where a quintet of distinctly individual dancers seemingly moved as one molecular force in an alternate universe of movement generated not by their limbs but by some place deep in the gut. The piece, also guided by breathing, moved the dancers across the floor in a cyclone of unfurling wrists. They un-self-consciously swirled around and jousted with the air in impeccably ordered chaos."
See an excerpt from "Stamina of Curiosity: Our Strange Elevations" on the Pentacle Roster Artist Showcase at APAP.
Time:8:00PM Friday, January 8th
Location:Ailey Citigroup Theater
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak performs an excerpt from "Stamina of Curiosity:
Our Strange Elevations" at APAP in New York--8:15pm January 8th on the
Pentacle Roster Artist Showcase at the Ailey Citigroup Theater. Reserve
a seat through Pentacle at 212.278.8111 ext. 8
http://pentacle.org/roster01_08.html
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Friday, January 8, 2010Beginning at 6:30 p.m. continuing until 11 p.m. Ailey Citigroup Theater,405 West 55th Street (@ 9th Avenue)
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak Merry Christmas!
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak wants to thank everyone who supported our work this year: "My Name is a Blackbird" in New York, "Stamina of Curiosity" in Chicago and Milwaukee and Chicago again. It's been a wonderful year.
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Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak's "Stamina of Curiosity: Our Strange Elevations--October 24, 2009
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak "Curiosity, Blackbird and Beyond"--Sunday at 7pm at Links Hall. Click the link for tickets.
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short excerpt from "Stamina of Curiosity: Our Strange Elevations" at Alverno Presents http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvLBXE7qm
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Audience responses to Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak performing Stamina of Curiosity on October 24, 2009 as part of Alverno Presents' 50th anniversary season
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Conversation with, and gorgeous writing by, Zac Whittenburg
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A one-night-only presentation Saturday of Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak at Milwaukee’s Pitman Theatre marked the culmination of a project begun over a year ago. I spoke with Shanahan the morning after ...
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak just taught a class for UWM dance majors. Totally impressed!
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Folks--please let your Milwaukee people know about Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak this Saturday at 8pm. http://createsend.lightburn.net/T/ViewEm
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Judy Collins knocked it out of the park last Saturday night. Those of you who packed the Pitman know that she may very well be in the best voice of her 50 year career. Check out what some of you had to say and join in the conversation on Odd & Audacious.
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak http://alvernopresents.alverno.edu/blog/ Molly's newest blog posting for Alverno performance...and images from our drawing practice.
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In coaching the Stamina ensemble I often use the image of a luge, the strangely endearing Winter Olympic sport in which teams of athletes speed down a track in a highly specialized sled. The conditions ...
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Alverno premiere...Saturday at 8:00PM...
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ChoreographerMolly Shanahan founded her Chicagocompany Mad Shak knowing she had something to express in dance. Fifteenyears later, she’s crystallized her vision. After years of collaborative workwith large groups of dancers and live mus,Classi
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A confirmed introvert, I reveal aspects of myself in performance that I don’t in my day-to-day relationships. Memories, archetypal encounters, images, pre-verbal longings show up as and, though this was ...
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak
Considering a Chicago-Milwaukee road trip? Please join us as we wrap up our two-week creation residency on the Pitman Theater stage with Stamina of Curiosity: Our Strange Elevations. We are honored to be a part of the 50th Anniversary Season of Alverno Presents, Milwaukee's longest-running performing arts series.
Fro...m the Alverno Presents Season Brochure:
Alverno Presents has a proud history of presenting extraordinary artists on the cusp of important careers. Merce Cunningham was only the first.
Molly is in the midst of a remarkable journey. She founded Mad Shak in 1994 and for ten years was prolific in the creation of ensemble work. In 2004, she began a radical reconsideration of and paring of her practice. First to go was the ensemble, as she focused for several years on solo work.
Next to be eliminated was traditional movement that led with the arms, legs and head, as Molly began exploring a choreography originating in the body's core – ribs, stomach, pelvis. The result? Dance that not only beguiles with breathtaking sensuality but also stuns with rare emotional availability.
"Stamina of Curiosity" continues her process of drawing the most intimate thoughts through every fiber of the body until they burst forth in shockingly honest movement. This is the first time she has placed this ongoing exploration on an ensemble.
The Chicago Tribune lauds her work as an "ever-shifting mental striptease."
(Plus, if history is any indication, you will enjoy the bragging rights of "I saw her when.")
Time:8:00PM Saturday, October 24th
Location:Alverno College, Pitman Theatre 3431 S 39th St Milwaukee, WI 53215
