Birthday Cakes!

I was looking back at old pictures and realized there's a fun collection here - cakes I've designed for the kids. I think this owl cake is my favorite.

Check out the gallery at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23316161@N05/sets/72157603825055529/

Moving Delayed!

Our move to Princeton has been delayed by The Glitch - a real estate snafu beyond our control. More news when we sort it out. In the meantime, all my New Haven contact information still applies.

Dance For Joy!

Dance for Joy! provides a safe place to find the way that you want to move.
There are no steps to learn, no critiques, no right or wrong way to move. Instead, I lead the group in movement that exercises the whole body, leaving plenty of room for free expression.
We move to an eclectic range of music, starting each session with gentle stretching and ending with relaxation.
The group provides a supportive atmosphere. Dancing with others adds inspiration and fun. Dance For Joy! can be enjoyed in private parties, in open classes and at public events like the one below on the New Haven Green in 2007, part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas.

For more pics, checkout http://www.flickr.com/photos/23316161@N05/sets/72157603826539667/

For video, go to http://www.youtube.com/swingmummy

Teaching Drama, Edgewood School 2006-7

I ran an after school drama program this year, and last. For videos of me and the children working, check out my YouTube account:


http://www.youtube.com/swingmummy

Costumes From Trash

I make wearable costumes from trash. My first dress was inspired by the vast pile of Stop & Shop bags I amassed from just a week's groceries. Since then, I've turned a range of ready sources of trash into something to wear: take-out cartons, detergent bottles, toilet rolls, aluminium foil, or old car seat covers. Everything, apart from the odd piece of tape or thread would otherwise have been thrown in the garbage. I'm struck by the beauty inherent in some of the stuff we chuck out.

Target Bag Ballgown and Donut Trash

Check out my gallery of costumes at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23316161@N05/sets/72157603822887174/

See my work at:

http://www.islipartmuseum.org/pdf/IslipMakingMostOfItCatalogue.pdf

http://www.greenfestphilly.org/

http://artspacenewhaven.org/

Midsummer Night's Circus, Rogersbarn Circus, July 2006

Our first outdoor circus, performed at the Kasbah Garden Cafe in New Haven. I helped direct.

For pictures, checkout my gallery:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23316161@N05/sets/72157603828528477/

One of my favorites: "I am the wall, Russ"

Circus Curtains, Rogersbarn Circus, October 2006

Circus Curtains was a Vaudeville-style production. I directed a number of the acts, and appeared on stilts. For pictures, see my gallery:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23316161@N05/sets/72157603829171351/

Here's one of my favorites: Advil Enka the Spy

Vernacular Spectacular Performance, Fall 2007

I directed this circus at City-Wide Open Studios in New Haven. Videos to follow. The theme focused on creating spectacle from creative movement and costume.

In the picture, you can see the 'Wee Kirkcudbright Centipede' featuring our youngest circus performers.

For pictures, see my gallery:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23316161@N05/sets/72157603828518645/

For video, go to www.youtube.com/swingmummy

Gullible's Travels, Rogersbarn Circus Spring 2005

I'm the chicken on the left in this silly video.



Gullible arrives in Lilliput as a giant, lowered from the ceiling

Circus Through The Looking Glass

This was a Rogersbarn Circus performance that I co-directed with Jake Weinstein in June 2007. Performances were held at Kasbah Garden Cafe in New Haven, a perfect outdoor setting for a summer evening.

For pictures, see my gallery:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23316161@N05/sets/72157603825116038/

Here's a taster: Alice meets the 'Jabbering Whacko'

Moving to Princeton!

Teaching and performance commitments in New England are winding down in preparation for the move to Princeton, New Jersey on February 5th.

You can still catch my yoga class at Revive Studio, Whalley Avenue, New Haven 9am every Monday except MLK Day. Last class Jan 21st.

On MLK Day, I'll be performing on stilts with Jake Weinstein at the Peabody Museum, New Haven.