Posts Tagged ‘music’

Dragon’s Egg Presents was a Thing of Beauty and Breath

  The annual performance I present in NYC of dancers, actors, musicians, who have been in residence at the Dragon’s Egg in the past year, or two, was this past Saturday, Sept. 23rd, at 2 pm, at University Settlement’s wonderful Speyer Hall. Our lighting designer was Emma Rivera and our stage manager was LD Kelley. […]


Dragon’s Egg Presents – Reservations and Directions

  Greetings!   Hi, Reservations are now Open for Dragon’s Egg Presents, a concert that will present work by various Egg residents from the last year, at University Settlement, at 184 Eldridge Street, NYC. For the Dragon’s Egg Presents concert on Sept. 23, at 2 pm,at University Settlement in NYC,184 Eldridge St., NY, NY So […]


Marya tells tales at MOAF

  Come! August 12th, from 4-8, to the Seaport, for a series of eclectic offerings – music, drama, dance, and Moi! telling a story in mask. My time slot will likely be on the early side – like 4:30?I hope to see you there.xo marya https://moafpa.com/


Kickstarter Campaign for Dragon’s Egg Presents is fully funded!!

  We are funded!!! gasp! I am thrilled, and so grateful.But if you continue to donate, it will continue to be helpful. My kickstarter was to cover about 1/3 of the costs Emoji so more is good!Feel free to donate, via the link below.Thank you so much! And thank you to those who have donated […]


Ripostes! Dan and Alice in poetic conversation

  Come! for “Ripostes” Join us at 4 pm on Wednesday, July 12th, for a conversation of poetryby Dan Potter and Alice Pero. Dan and Alice daily exchange poems from either side of the country. They began this practice after a high school reunion some eight or nine years ago,and have continued ever since. This […]


Upcoming Summer Events at the Egg

We have lots of artists in Residence during the summer, and we also have various Public Events coming up!  Please join us!  With glee and delight, we offer: Hold the dates – at the Dragon’s Egg: July 12 at 4 pm – Dan Potter and Alice Perowill have a conversation in poetry and she will […]


Ripostes: a conversation in Poetry

RIPOSTES 2023, an ongoing dialogue in poetry   Sometimes an elephantbecomes a horsea dragon thena crane but gyres of an eaglesend them runningunder covermore than rain Dan Wide as the skythe eagle dreamsin circles Implacable eyeseems to seedistancesNo one knowshow far he hears Alice In 2014 Dan Potter & Alice Pero met up after 50 […]


Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Egg on August 5th

  Soooo the theme for this summer’s Narrative Event will be A Midsummer Night’s Dream! by Shakespeare, with all its confusions and fantasies.dance, theatre, puppets, song, hooping, mask, spoof, the palette is wide open. The date will be August 5th at 4 pm. This will be an indoor event, with activities outside as well. Do […]


Auden at the Hygienic Egg Cancelled

  Greetings! The focus of this year’s Hygienic Egg will the the poetry and times of the poet Auden.It will be held in person, at the Hygienic Galleries, in New London, Ct., produced by Marya of The Dragon’s Egg,on April 2nd, at 12:30 pm. Do please let me know if you plan to present a […]


Haus of Glitter lights up the egg!

: The Haus of Glitter Dance Company just wrapped part 1 of 3 for our Winter/Spring Residency at The Dragon’s Egg Studio! After announcing the end of our occupation + residence at the former home of Esek Hopkins, commander of the slavery ship “Sally,” this past November 2022, The Haus of Glitter was fortunate to […]


Year end Membership Letter for the Beasts and Egg

  On a balmy (!) November day, we look back at the year for the Mystic Paper Beasts, and at the Dragon’s Egg. Marya applied for four grants and we were very fortunate to receive: We received two General Operating Support Grant \for Theaters and Performing Groups, from Ct. Humanities and from the Dept of […]


University Set the Egg and Amazes

  Hi!!Dragon’s Egg Presents was Today, at University Settlement in NYC, and… It was indeed wonderful! A mix of dance and film and music and comedy, dramatic, serious, strong, graceful.I did not have a chance to take photos, alas, so have only a handful… All went smoothly, the audience was enthusiastic (and full house), old […]


Dragon’s Egg Presents – tickets available!

  Tickets are now available for: Dragon’s Egg Presents!!! Which will be on September 24th, Saturday, at 2 pm. $15 each at University Settlement in downtown NYC, at 184 Eldridge St.(Subway directions are below – give yourself time to walk from the subway) Please make reservations by being in touch with Marya at mybeasts@aol.com. Identify, […]


Celestials at the Egg!

  Sunday, August 28th, at 1 pm, at the Dragon’s Egg! Do come!! Xo marya Hello Friends, Hope you are all doing well in this late summertime, with choruses of katydids and crickets and cicadas — truly sounds of the heavens, to me. Speaking of which: Celestials are incoming at the Dragon’s Egg this weekend! […]


Cornfield Dance at the Egg!

  Greetings! This is a phenomenal opportunity and offering at the Dragon’s Egg! Do join us on August 23rd, a Tuesday, for an open rehearsal at 3:30, followed by a performance at 4 pm, of Ellen Cornfield Dance, from NYC. Ellen Cornfield, will be in residency at the Dragon’s Egg (401 Shewville Road, Ledyard) for […]


Kickstarter is fully funded!!

Hiroshima: Autumn flowers in front of full moon, 1853 Sent: Sun, Aug 14, 2022 10:29 amSubject: Kickstarter is fully funded!! with one day to go…Dragon’s Egg Presents – Yay! Yay!   We are just past the Full Sturgeon Moon, and – We are fully funded! and a bit over, with our kickstarter, with one day […]


of body of body

  Wednesday, August 10th, there was a remarkable showing by the company in residence.   The entire work was viewed from above, and the dancers seemed to have shifted dimensions, as they danced full body on the floor, being tossed by seas, by sounds, moving like salamanders, walking (but prone or side ways), hearing shell […]


Mystic Outdoor Arts Festival

    August 12th and 13th!! and I shall be on the programme on the 12th, at Mystic Seaport, as a part of the Mystic Arts Festival!I hope you can come! xo Marya  https://moafpa.comhttps://www.mysticchamber.org/art-festival/


Fables Afoot!

  Come join us Sunday! August 7th, at 1 pm,At the Dragon’s Egg,401 Shewville Road, Ledyard For the Fables Project!A visiting of a handful of fables by Aesop and others,   To be followed by croquet, bacci,perhaps a picnic (bring your own), all followed by Birthday Cake for Dan Potter!Contact Marya at mybeasts@aol.com for more […]


Dragon’s Egg Presents Kickstarter!

There is a kickstarter afoot! Dragon’s Egg Presents! We are once again producing a concert in NYC showcasing Dragon’s Egg Residents, – all of whom have been at the Egg since Covid hit, since we closed, and cautiously re opened. This will be our second year at the extraordinary University Settlement in downtown NY.   […]


Echo at the Egg!

An echo is created, repeated and transformed in free play with Space and Time. ECHOensemble explores what it means to practice change through listening, movement and sound. They create immersive performance-installations, rousing vibrations from the space and moment. Directed by Jonah Udall, ECHOensemble comes together in a shared practice called SHIFT, born from Mary Overlie’s […]


Sophie Maguire and Emma Goode at the Egg

Sophie Maguire and Emma Goode are long time friends and newish collaborators. They are both practicing landscape architects with backgrounds in choreography and political science (Sophie) and photography, horticulture, and geography (Emma). After four years working in traditional landscape architecture firms, the two women are exploring how to expand their landscape architecture practice to include […]


Family Holiday Frolicing!

We had a lovely and convivial time at the Egg with a small group of children and parents on the 23rd of December. We ran, played, went high on the swing, painted masks, made music, played games, did some gymnastics, chatted. Everyone went home with little bags of cookies or cakes. It was spacious, masked, […]


Alex Cavaliere and Dancers in residence

Beatriz Castro, Cassidy Grady, Milie Nelson, Abby Rose, Bailey Yates, Lavy. Alex Cavaliere and dancers were in residence at the Dragon’s Egg for about 10 days in November, and have just left. Here is a bit about them. Xo m VERBAL ANIMAL IS AN NEW YORK CITY BASED IMMERSIVE PERFORMANCE COMPANY. WE ARE AN ENSEMBLE […]