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Below are additional project ideas presented in the dance, music, and theater mini swaps at the 2017 Idea Swap.
Project ideas presented in the Dance Mini Swap are listed below. Please use the Participant List for contact information.
100 Years of Modern Dance by Kathy Hassinger
Contact: Kathy Hassinger, Dance Currants
A + B by Ali Kenner Brodsky & Co. and Betsy Miller
Contact: Ali Kenner Brodsky
Contact: Anna Myer, Anna Myer & Dancers/beheard.world
BalletX
Contact: Maure Aronson, World Music/CRASHarts
Bollywood Boulevard
Contact: Heena Patel, MELA Arts Connect
Boston Dance Theater
Contact: Jessie Jeanne Stinnett
Boys in Trouble by Sean Dorsey Dance and Lifted by Rennie Harris PureMovement
Contact: Shoni Currier and Laura Faure, Bates Dance Festival
Conference of the Birds by ANIKAYA Dance Theater
Contact: Wendy Jehlen, ANIKAYA Dance Theater
DESCENT by Alice Sheppard/Kinetic Light
Contact: Lisa Niedermeyer and Nick Medvescek, MIT Hacking Arts
Ethel Merman Disco Project by Alex Davis Dance
Contact: Alex Davis, Alex Davis Dance
From the Top by Subject:Matter
Contact: Ian Berg, Subject:Matter
Good Grief by Everett
Fee: $10,000-$15,000
Contact: Aaron Jungels, Everett
Happy Hour by Monica Bill Barnes and Written in Water by Ragamala
Contact: Ariana Brawley, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Contact: Daniel Webster, Ice Dance International
If You Knew You Then by Elm City Dance Collective
Contact: Kellie Lynch and Lindsey Bauer
Imaginary by Lida Winfield
Contact: Lida Winfield
Kalripayatt by Vimoksha/Chavi Bansal
Contact: Chavi Bansal, Vimoksha/Chavi Bansal
The Lectern Rule by Rule by Rule by Claire Porter and Sara Juli
Contact: Sara Juli
Memories of a Unicorn by Marjani Forté
Contact: Michelle Daly, MCLA Berkshire Cultural Resource Center
Moving Stories
Contact: Adrienne Tabet, Moving Steps
The Odyssey: Humans, Gods, and Beasts by Sonia Plumb Dance Company
Contact: Sonia Plumb, Sonia Plumb Dance Company
Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Affection
Contact: Peter DiMuro, Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion
Places Please or a community-based project by Keigwin & Co.
Contact: Aimée Petrin, Portland Ovations
Place and mentorship program
Contact: Karen Krolak, Monkeyhouse
Privy by Scapegoat Garden
Contact: Deborah Goffe, Scapegoat Garden
Psychic Radio Star by Ezra Dickinson -NDP
Contact: Ezra Dickinson
Remain by Fukudance
Contact: Junichi Fukuda
Sable Island by Mocean Dance
Contact: Sara Coffin, Mocean Dance
Shelter by Neoteric Dance Collective
Contact: Sarah Duclos, Neoteric Dance Collective
Stephanie Batten Bland
Contact: David White, The Yard
The (Still Perfectly Fine) Adventures of Unicorn Hair + Dragon Heartstring by Betsy Miller Dance
Contact: Betsy Miller
Voice & Vessel by Hannah Satterlee, Caitlin Scholl, and Delaney McDonough
Contact: Sara Coffey
Upasana
Contact: Mouli Pal
Project ideas presented in the Music Mini Swap are listed below. Please use the Participant List for contact information.
The Adventures of Oliver Z. Wanderkook by Circulus Arts, Sojoy, Sarah Duclos, Dan Beaulieu, Dean Diggins
Fee: $5,000-$8,000
Contact: Johnny Peiffer, Circulus Arts
Bach to the Far East & India and Night Song, and ¡Con Fuego!
Fee: $1,000-$3,000 for Bach to the Far East & India, $1,000-$3,000 for Night Song, and $3,000-$5,000 for ¡Con Fuego!
Contact: Aaron Larget-Caplan, ALC Music
Circus - Wandering City by Ethel
Fee: $11,000-$13,000
Contact: Shannon Mayers
El lobo y la paloma by Bourassa Dance
Fee: Flexible
Contact: Lindsey Bourassa, Bourassa Dance
The Fourth Light Project by Niyaz
Fee: $10,000-$20,000
Contact: Laura Stauffer, Portland Ovations
Jenny Herzog – tap dance and jazz singer
Fee: Flexible
Contact: Jenny Herzog, Moving Stories
Le Cirque Esprit
Fee: Under $5,000-$15,000
Contact: Richard Grimes, Cordis
Mamadou Diabaté and Percussion Mania by Mamadou Diabaté
Fee: $5,000
Contact: Margaret Lawrence, Hopkins Center
Raghu Dixit
Fee: $5,000-$8,000
Contact: Heena Patel, MELA Arts Connect
Songs of Rhythm from Cuba and Brazil
Fee: $2,000-$5,000
Contact: Julian Loida, INA
Sound Sculpture and Brutal Rhythm by Masary Studios
Fee: $2,000-$4,000 for Sound Sculpture and $8,000-$15,000 for Brutal Rhythm
Contact: Maria Finkelmeier, Masary Studios
To the Sea: Songs of American Composers inspired by the Sea and Refugee Voices (in development) by Jennifer Sgroe, Soprano and Beverly Soll, Piano
Fee: $1,000-$2,000
Contact: Jennifer Sgroe
Turn! Turn! Turn! and Earth Beat! by The Vanaver Caravan
Fee: $16,000 (all in price)
Contact: Tom Ayres, Chandler Center for the Arts
A World of Guitar, Peter Janson
Fee: $2,000-$5,000
Contact: Aaron Larget-Caplan, ALC Music
Project ideas presented in the Theater Mini Swap are listed below. Please use the Participant List for contact information.
17 Border Crossings/Bindlestiff Circus by Thaddeus Phillips
Fee: $11,000-$13,000
Contact: Shannon Mayers, Redfern Arts Center
The Adventures of Oliver Z. Wanderkook by Circus Arts
Fee: $5,000-$10,000
Contact: Catherine Stewart, Circus Arts
The Amp-ire Strikes Back and Going Green by Grumbling Gryphons
Contact: Leslie Elias, Grumbling Gryphons
And Still We Rise by And Still We Rise Productions
Fee: $500-$1,800
Contact: Dev Luthra, And Still We Rise Productions
Animal Apartments or Soldier’s Tale by Puppet Kitchen
Contact: Vicky Pittman, Colonial Theatre
Babylon by Sandglass Theater
Fee: over $5,000
Contact: Eric Bass
Brain Circus by Marvelous Marvin
Fee: Under $2,000
Contact: Marvin Novogrodski
Cross Roads/The Hungry Spider by Antonio Rocha
Fee: Under $1,500
Contact: Antonio Rocha, Antonio Rocha Inc.
The Fever by 600 Highwaymen
Fee: $1,800-$2,500
Contact: Kyle DeVaul, Portland Ovations
Four Legs to Stand On by COAAST
Fee: $2,000
Contact: Ana Bess Moyer Bell
Flowers by Rage Productions
Fee: Over $10,000
Contact: Steven Ginsburg, Autorino Center, University of St. Joseph
House Warming
Fee: $3,000-$5,000
Contact: Jesse Hawley and James Stanley
Iinisikimm by NEPA/Czapno Theatre Ensemble
Contact: David Lane, New England Puppet Arts
Jogging: Theatre in Progress by Hanane Hajj Ali
Contact: Melissa Nussbaum Freeman, Red Sage Stories
On with Living and Learning
Contact: Mary Driscoll
Rakugo – Comical Tales from Japan by Motoko
Fee: $3,000-$5,000 (NEST eligible)
Contact: Motoko Dworkin, Folktales
The Red Guitar by John Sheldon
Fee: $3,000-$6,000
Contact: Sheryl Stoodley & Robin Doty, Serious Play Theater Ensemble
Squirrel Stole My Underpants and Lollipops for Breakfast by The Gottabees
Fee: Under $5,000 (NEST eligible)
Contact: Bonnie Duncan, The Gottabees
Threshold by Amy Brenneman
Fee: $10,000-$20,000 estimated
Contact: Alison Manning, The Yard
Threshold by Amy Brenneman
Contact: Liza Sachelli, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College
To Bee or Not to Bee/Sammy & the Grand Buffet by Piti Theatre Company
Fee: NEST eligible
Contact: Jonathan Mirin, Piti Theatre Company
We Run the Ship by Barn Arts Collective
Fee: Under $5,000 (NEST eligible)
Contact: Brittany Parker, Barn Arts Collective
We the People by Double Edge Theatre
Wheelchair Theater by Dan Butterworth
Fee: Negotiable
Contact: Dan Butterworth, Butterworth Productions
Word Play by Good Hearted Entertainment
Fee: Under $2,000
Contact: Roxie Myhrum, Puppet Showplace
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