ABOUT THE ART
"Work that is more often than not entertaining, detailed, cerebrally challenging
and powerfully moving…"
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SHORT HISTORY OF THE GLUE FACTORY PROJECTS
When I was a child my Father told me, "if you want to be a better skier, ski behind someone better than yourself".
So in 2000, aware that I was working with artists that had suddenly become half my age, I decided I needed more contact with my own generation – so I formed THE GLUE FACTORY PROJECTS - original, full evening length works created on internationally & nationally renowned performers over the age of 45. At the time, the PROJECTS existed as a vehicle alongside my "other choreographic works" – both commissioned or works done for my own company of younger dancers under the banner of corning dances & company.
Between 2000 – 2003, along side my other full evening length "younger based works," I created 4 full evening length works with an astounding group of " older " more seasoned, performing artists that rejuvenated and excited me, fed and nurtured me. Then, unexpectedly, in 2003 I was invited to run a nationally renowned repertory company - Dance Alloy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During my 6 years there I created a number of repertory works and continued to serve my own personal artistic growth by engaging guest choreographers whose work inspired me, the dancers in the company, and the audiences with whom these works were shared.
In 2010 another unexpected door opened.
I walked through – returning my artistic focus back to solely my own work - specifically returning my focus on THE GLUE FACTORY PROJECTS. An this is what I have been doing ever since. I continue to grow. Happily skiing behind some of the best of the best.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I believe quality work transports an audience. I love the smallest details. Nuance. My ultimate goal in work is to create a theatrical experience that lingers, an image, a shared visceral experience, moments of connection, reflection, an intimacy for, and with, an audience. During the extended time of Covid's suspended live performances I came to more clearly understand, more importantly than ever, how vital it is that art I make now, and moving forward, needs to speak louder, to be braver, to offer a unique portal, a specific societal voice, especially for women. Not as a political gesture, because I’m not really interested in work that is specifically political, but I have come to understand how ALL the work I make IS ultimately an act of resistance - that it IS a voice for social consciousness — a way of responding to where I/ we are at a specific time, and having the strength to dissect it, question it, to artistically interpret it, and ... to share it.