Collaborating Artists
Monkeyhouse’s Artistic Director, Karen Krolak set a new solo on Eva Dean that was premiered in 2011 First Night Boston. Monkey House is celebrating its 10th Anniversary season by mixing and mashing the old with the new and tossing in a guest artist or two. Humor flows through their slightly surreal dance theater world as they tackle topics from flirting, rhinoceros fantasies, and re-gaining the rhythm of a relationship. Be on the lookout for Anne Howarth on French Horn and New York City's Eva Dean in a sassy smorgasbord of pieces by Karen Krolak, Nicole Harris, and Amelia O'Dowd. www.monkeyhouselovesme.com/ Photo of Karen Krolak by Aimee Koch
Alloy Orchestra is a three man musical ensemble including Terry Donahue, Roger Miller and Ken Winokur. The Orchestra generally writes and performs live accompaniment to classic silent films. Working with an outrageous assemblage of peculiar objects, they thrash and grind soulful music from unlikely sources. Performing at prestigious film festivals and cultural centers in the U.S. and abroad (The Telluride Film Festival, The Louvre, Lincoln Center, The Academy of Motion Pictures, and the National Gallery of Art, among others), Alloy has helped revive some of the great masterpieces of the silent era. For Sonorous Echo, Alloy Orchestra will use complex mixed beds of sound effects, coupled with percussive rhythms and melodies, to create a musical depiction of sleep. The orchestra will also use real recordings of nighttime taken from different nighttime environments to create a musical/sound score that will conjure up the rich and varied experience of the night. http://www.alloyorchestra.com. Photo: Juliete Cervantes; Eva Dean Dance's SONOROUS ECHO; Performer: Terry Donohue
Donald Knaack (Percussionist/Composer and Environmentalist) – The music of Vermont composer, musician and environmentalist Donald Knaack has been performed at The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, The Van's Warped Tour, festivals with Phish, World Environment Day at the United Nations, Sundance Film Festival, among others He has composed two critically-acclaimed works for choreographer Twyla Tharp, been featured on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, the BBC and television commercials for The NBA, Electronic Arts and ESPN. www.junkmusic.org. Photo: Donald Knaack (The Junkman)
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