NTI/NMTI Begins!
NTI and the new NMTI began earlier this month, yay! Marya and Dan taught a mask workshop, with Doug Moffat helping, and Marya is on the regular faculty throughout the semester (for thirty years – yipes!). Come to their final production in December –12 and 13.
Modern Dance Tuesdays at 5:30
A modern dance class begins on Tuesday, September 23rd, at 5:30 pm, with Christine Poland. Christine Poland will be teaching a modern dance class for all levels teen to adult. This class will begin with bartenieff fundamentals and floor barre exercises to stimulate the core without fighting gravity. This leads to a simplistic center barre […]
Hooping!
“Hoop for the Soul! With rotating facilitation by the Shiva Shakti Hoop Dance Collective. HoopDance is a mystical practice with many benefits: physical, emotional, mental & spiritual. Wherever you are in your practice is perfect, even if you haven’t yet begun! Bring your hoop if you have one, comfy clothing, water, and prepare […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents – address change!!
Alert! Alert! address change! Please note. Dragon’s Egg Presents at Triskelion , on September 27th at 2 pm, will be at the Old Location. (the new place is not yet ready). If you came last year, it is the same place you were last year. This is the address where the concert will be:Triskelion Arts118 […]
Beasts Rove at Coogan’s Farm
Hi! The Beasts will be roving on Saturday 9/6 from around 5:15 – 6:30 at Coogan Farm for their grand celebration. It is free and suitable for all ages. There will be a cajun band for you to dance to! Bring a picnic, or purchase gourmet delicacies there! 162 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic. namaste, marya Coogan_Farm_Saturday_Poster_1.pdf
Beasts Rove to celebrate Coogan Farm’s opening
Hi! The Beasts will be roving on Saturday 9/6 from around 5:15 – 6:30 at Coogan Farm for their grand celebration. It is free and suitable for all ages. There will be a cajun band for you to dance to! Bring a picnic, or purchase gourmet delicacies there! 162 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic. namaste, marya Coogan_Farm_Saturday_Poster_1.pdf
Dragon’s Egg Presents!
Dragon’s Egg Presents! at Triskelion, in Brooklyn, NYC, on September 27th at 2 pm. This will be a concert of dances, theatre pieces, music, monologue, all created by artists who have been in residence in the past year at the Dragon’s Egg. Tickets are a mere $15 – do come join us! Call […]
Residents Galore at the Egg!
There have been residencies galore at the Egg this summer! Dancers, actors, musicians are all making things happen – new worlds are opening and frolicking there in our sacred circus tent in the field! Residents have included: Filling the Well, the Nadine Project, Julian Barnett, Sophie Maguire, Grant Jacoby, Art Bark International, Jennifer […]
Beasts in Marlborough!
The Beasts will be performing on Union Square in Marlborough, Mass, on 8/9 at 1 pm. Yay! ‘Twill be fun! Come join us!
Gala! Beasts and Dragons!
Come join us for a Gala to celebrate the Egg: October 4h, 7-10 pm! We began this adventure of the Dragon’s Egg with the dream, the drawing, the construction, the opening, some fifteen years ago. We wanted a place for the Beasts to rehearse and to play, and to provide a place for artists […]
Nadine Project Showing
NADINE CHOREOGRAPHY PROJECT – Directed by Libby Nye and Janet Soares Saturday July 5th at 4:00 The Dragon’s Egg, 401 Shewville Road Ledyard,CT The NADINE Project (New Artists Dance in New England) was created in 2010 to mentor dancers and their choreography in a congenial environment designed to further the art […]
Peter Pan at the Egg: the Pan Project!
Pan! The Peter Pan Project!! is coming up – so hold the date on June 21st, at 4 pm at the Dragon’s Egg, 401 Shewville Road, Ledyard for information: contact me (marya) at mybeasts@aol.com This is a one time only adventure! Peter Pan is our beginning point, with performers offering riffs on the […]
Memorial Day Parade
The Beasts were in the Memorial Day Parade that goes from Pawcatuck to Westerly, spanning memories, times, rivers, and states, with the Bird of Peace, two Hindu gods, a tiger, and a goat!
Visual Literature
VISUAL LITERATURE PRESENTATION, SUNDAY, JUNE 1ST AT DRAGON’S EGG: Sunday, June 1st, 5 PM, Nightshade Productions to stage a Visual Literature presentation of Nicky Checker’s soon-to-be published paperback novels, DRUIDS and SCRATCH (Oak Tree Press, California). Presentation is at the Dragon’s Egg Studio in Ledyard and will entreat audiences to a hypnotic theatrical medium by dramatizing a chapter […]
Dancing Summer Egg!
Summer Dance Sampler 6/4- 7/30, 2014 Wednesdays, 5:30 – 6:30 pm, @ $12, unless otherwise noted Pre registration for each class singly please! Cheque to Mystic Paper Beasts with the particular class in the subject line. That will be how we know if a class is a “go” or not… June 4 […]
Beasts at Montessori!
The Mystic Paper Beasts will be performing at a Montessori School pavilion in Winchester, Mass., tomorrow, May 9th, and then teaching four workshops! Yay! Lots of prowling cats and sounds and dreams will be afloat in the world of small and large!And the Dragon’s Egg will be hosting Janet Aisawa in residency this weekend.May is […]
Spring Detox, Ayurvedic Style!
Ayurvedic Detox: Spring Cleaning for Your Body & Mind In this class, you will learn: Hands on cooking Kitchadi, the primary meal eaten during the Ayurvedic Detox How to plan your detox according to your Ayurvedic constitution Purifying activities to support the detox Detoxifying herbs to assist the body in releasing toxins Date: Sunday, […]
Snowy Days and Full Moons
The snows bring explorations into the world of Pan, Wonderland! Full Stop Collective, this time under Elizabeth Seldin’s dream, spent a long and productive musical weekend at the Egg exploring Peter’s world of memory and wonder. On their heels came the sacred singing bowls of Anne Belliveau, who sonically ushered in new resident, dancer/choreographer/professor […]
Sara Farrington and Friends
Sara Farrington and friends have been in residence at the Dragon’s Egg – yay! Here is a bit of what she has to say about the work: My plays are not my plays without a stretch of rehearsal at the Dragon’s Egg. The moment I walk in the door I begin my right-brain vacation. […]
Coming Up!!
“Triskelion Presents the Dragon’s Egg” is coming up! September 29th: two distinct concerts, one at 4 pm, one at 7 pm. See the earlier article for more details about it! and visit the website: http://www.triskelionarts.org/dragons-egg There will be seventeen different artists – dancers, actors, singers, monologuists, presenting work. I look forward to seeing […]
Beasts Rove Again!
The Beasts will be roving with antic glee at the Torrington Street Fair! Look for us on Thursday, August 8th, between 5:30 and 7:30 pm.
Out of the Box Festival!
The Beasts are performing in this glorious heat on the Boston Common, as a part of the Out of the Box weeklong festival of free performances in the park. On Wednesday, the place was full of music, juggling, stories, theatre, and lots of people, happy and hot! The volunteers and the workers for […]
