| Your Mother Dances
What We’ve Been Up To … Besides Taking Care of the Kids
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Elizabeth: July and August 2010: teaches Laban Movement Analysis and the first Peck School of the Arts/Dance online class. June 2010: Summerdances 2010 "What You're Thinking" a collaboration with Heather Warren-Crow. July and August 2009: Teaches Laban Movement Analysis for the UWM MFA program. June 2009: Danceworks Studio Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, “A Question of Devotion.” April 2009: Hair, UWM Musical, choreographer. Mainstage Theatre, Milwaukee, WI. December 2008: Mainstage Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, Your Mother Dances Presents David Parker’s “Nut/Cracked,” choreography: David Parker, performance: Your Mother Dances December 2007: Presented Your Mother Dances Concert “Extravagantly Extravagant Winter Extravaganza” featuring excerpts from David Parker’s “Nut/Cracked” and Sara Hook’s “Rue.” November 2007: Danced in Florentine Opera’s “The Merry Widow” as a Grisette (Can Can girl) October 2007: Danced “Housewife in 3 Movements” and David Parker’s “Show Business” in Moyamo Dance’s “Working Lunch” Concert at the Hamlin Park Field House, Chicago, IL. Had a blast with Artistic Director Anna Sapozhnikov, dancer extraordinaire Erika Randall and friends and alumni from UIUC! August 2007: Learned Sara Hook’s “Rue” in Champaign-Urbana, IL July 2007: Attended Motus Humanus annual conference (focus on Movement Pattern Analysis) at St. Olaf’s College in Northfield, Minnesota University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: Bartenieff Fundamentals for Dancers, Ballet technique, Jazz technique, Modern technique -- 2005 to present University of Wisconsin Madison: Laban Movement Analysis, Somatic Theory and Practices, Modern technique, Jazz technique -- 2005/2006 Guest Residency at Texas Christian University: Advanced/Intermediate Ballet, Pointe, Advanced/Intermediate Modern, Dance History, Composition -- February 2005 Bartenieff Fundamentals and YMD repertory classes for American College Dance Festival -- March 2007 Intermediate/Advanced Ballet at Danceworks -- 2005 to 2008 Guest teaching Modern technique with Wild Space Dance Company -- Summer 2005 Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Pointe classes for Milwaukee High School of the Arts -- September-November 2004, Summer/Fall 2006
Luc: June 2010: "Love's Fodder" for Present Music with a score by Christopher Burns January 2010: "Sur_Rendered" for the Milwaukee Ballet Fall 2009 -- Traveled to The Netherlands to present on the Alexander Technique at the IADMS conference Currently: Co-writing a book on the Alexander Technique and Dance with Rebecca Nettl-Fiol of University of Illinois Summer 2009: New Interactive multi-media "Fake it 'til you make it" for Summerdances 2009 2009 Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship Award for Choreography March 2008: Luc Vanier’s “Women if Possible” selected for and performed in the Gala Concert at the American College Dance Festival, North-Central Region’s festival, Madison, WI. February 2008: Presented a re-worked version of “Women if Possible” for the UWM Winterdances concert to be presented for adjudication at the American College Dance Festival. October 2007: Attended the IADMS conference in Australia and taught workshops in Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: Ballet technique, The Alexander Technique, Composition, Dance and the Digital Arts, Modern technique, Pointe -- 2004-present Alexander Workshop and Lecture, American Society of Alexander Teachers General Conference, June 2007 Guest teaching Ballet Theatre of Ohio: Ballet technique, set Heinz Poll ballet “Summer Night”-- January 2007 Guest Residency at Arizona State University: Modern technique and set dance “Somewhere”-- Winter 2006 Lectures at National Dance Educators Organization and International Association for Dance Medicine and Science Conferences -- October 2006 Alexander Technique private lessons
More recent Your Mother Dances performances and events: August 2007: Elizabeth performs in the Danceworks “Cabaret” series. New solo: “April Fooled Me,” live performance of the song by Jerome Kern/Dorothy Fields interpreted by Jamie Johns and Becky Spice. June 2007: YMD invited to perform at Wisconsin Presenters Network Showcase, Stephanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts/John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. April/May 2007: “The Fun in Dysfunctional” at Danceworks Studio Theatre. New works: “Belle Indifference” (Elizabeth) and reworked “Women if Possible” (Luc). Other works: Houswife in 3 Movements (Elizabeth), Critical Mass (Sara Hook/David Parker) November/December 2006: Luc and Elizabeth perform Sara Hook/David Parker duet “Housebroken” at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Union Art Gallery as part of the “Marriage, Home, and Family” exhibit. November 2006: “In From the Chill” at Danceworks Studio Theatre. New work: “My Mother Never Really Liked Purple Anyway…” (Elizabeth). Other works: “Here No More” (Elizabeth), “Housebroken” (Sara Hook/David Parker), Bolero (Heinz Poll) October 2006: Luc and Elizabeth perform Cate Deicher’s Tango for Present Music in Vogel Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee. September 2006: Elizabeth travels to New York City to present her dance “Take My Box” in the DancenOw/NYC DancemOpolitanseries at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater. August 2006: Luc travels to Russia with Link Vostok (Minneapolis). Performs solo version of his dance “Somewhere” with his original interactive technology design in the International Festival of Movement and Dance on the Volga in Yaroslavl, Russia. August 2006: Elizabeth presents new dance “Housewife in 3 Movements” as part of the Danceworks Cabaret series, Danceworks Studio Theatre, Milwaukee, WI. May 2006: Milwaukee Debut of “Your Mother Dances and Other Questionable Influences” at Danceworks Studio Theatre. Original works “Lead Cathedral,” “L’Axis Feminine,” “Idol Time,” “My Little Vacuous Complicities,” and “My Debut (1975).” Other works: “Comfort” (Molly Rabinowitz), “Show Business”(David Parker), “Synch” (Luc). March 2006: Elizabeth performs Molly Rabniowitz’s solo “Comfort” at Joyce SoHo in New York City as part of the Performance Mix series. December 2005: Elizabeth tours with David Parker and The Bang Group performing his vaudevillian “Nut/Cracked.” Performances include the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa, FL, Winter Garden at World Financial Center NYC, and Two Rivers Theatre, Red Bank, NJ. November 2005: Elizabeth performs Molly Rabniowitz’s solo “Comfort” at Community Education Center, Philadelphia, PA as part of the Performance Mix series August 2005: Elizabeth travels to Edinburgh, Scotland to perform “Nut/Cracked” with David Parker and The Bang Group in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. July 2005: Elizabeth performs in Molly Rabinowitz’s dance “As Good as She Was Beautiful” in the UWM Dancemakers Concert of graduate student work. June 2005: Luc and Elizabeth perform duet “Housebroken” at UWM’s SummerDances in Milwaukee. Elizabeth travels to Louisville, Kentucky to present her dances “My Little Vacuous Complicities” and “L’Axis Feminine” in Moyamo Dance’s concert “FEM” at Playhouse Theatre, University of Louisville. May 2005: Elizabeth presents “Take My Box” and “L’Axis Feminine” at the Soaking WET series at The West End Theatre in New York City.
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