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All the seasons are the perfect ones! The Egg welcomes you, and your dreams. Photo Credit- Giulia Carotenuto
That Was the Hygienic Egg
The Hygienic Egg was a remarkable look at the poetry of Adrienne Rich on the part of dancers, hoopers, poets, monologuists, singers! The event moved from the entrance area, where, after Marya greeted everyone, She read a portion of the forward to the collected poems of Adrienne Rich- up to 1974, a sort of […]
Hygienic Egg
Come to the Hygienic Egg!! on March 12th, at 12:30 pm, at the Hygienic Galleries in New London. A group of performers associated with the Dragon’s Egg will be responding to the work of the poet, Adrienne Rich, in this promenade performance work. Among those artists participating will be Cristin Cawley […]
Hygienic Egg 2017
March 12th, 12:30 pm, at the Hygienic Galleries in New London, Ct. The Hygienic Egg, an assemblage project which takes place at the Hygienic Galleries in New London, under the auspices of, and with performers from, the Dragon’s Egg circle of performers and friends, will take place on March 12th. Performance at 12:30. The performance […]
Sara Juli and Claire Porter at the Egg
Sara Juli and Claire Porter offered a look last week at their work in progress, “Lecterns”, which will premiere at the American Dance Festival this summer. What a privilege to be present for the conversation and the playfulness. Here is more about them: THE LECTERN Living according to rules is the demand on all […]
Christine Poland at the Egg
Christine Poland continues with her weekly rehearsals at the Egg. In the past, she has also offered a series of dance and composition classes – look for more of this in the future, too!
Egg Holiday Bazaar is December 11th
Holiday Bazaar at the Dragon’s Egg Sunday, December 11th, 2016, from 1 – 4 pm! 401 Shewville Road, Ledyard (directions on the website: www.dragonseggstudio.org) There will be crafts, jewelry, soaps, ceramics, books, clothing, fabric, singers, tarot reader, chair massage, poets, dancers – and, hopefully – You!! Please do join us. If you […]
Elm City Dance Collective in Residence at the Egg!
In the house!! December 2 – 4. Yay! Elm City Dance Collective was formed in 2008 by four dance artists—Lindsey Bauer, Jennifer Brubacher, Kellie Lynch and Emilia VandenBroek—with the intention of creating a stronger, more vibrant home for contemporary dance in the greater New Haven area. The founders envisioned a non-profit organization that would […]
Mid Winter Acro Yoga at the Egg
Acro Yoga Winter Warm-Up! Workshops at Dragon’s Egg in Ledyard CT 401 Shewville Rd, Ledyard CT New 4 week series added! $25 per drop in or save with all 4 weeks for $85! Register: https://squareup.com/store/molly-heart-yoga 6-8 pm Thursdays December 22 December 29 January 5 January 12 Warm up this Winter and play at […]
Gina Bonati returns to the Egg, with Elizabeth Schmuhl
Gina Bonati was born in New Orleans, lived various places and finished high school at Mission High in San Francisco. In 1981 she moved to New York City to attend The Juilliard School. She studied with Hanya Holm, Anna Sokolow, Hector Zaraspe and Alfredo Corvino and was allowed by special permission of Harold Stone to […]
Residency: The Shapes We Make With Our Bodies
The Shapes We Make With Our Bodiesby Meg WhitefordHoney, our protagonist, is on the run from both her past and her present; avoiding questions about love, bodies, language, and the extents of all three. But her friends—the impish Maenads—refuse to just let her escape.The Shapes We Make With Our Bodies is a feminist, queer, […]
Abby Levine in the house!
Beginning right after Thanksgiving, Abby Levine will be returning to the Egg for an artistic residency. Here is what she says about her project. I understand the body as something that cannot fully abstract, cannot turn into lines and movement, cannot lose its referents to the world. This is the condition—constraint and richness—of working […]
Elizabeth Seldin at the Egg
We took What Haunts You, a new play by Elizabeth Seldin to the Dragons Egg in October 2016. The play explores the worlds of the 1920s and 1960s as experienced through ghosts in a theater called The Imperial Theater. As a cast and creative team, getting to sleep, eat and play together was so […]
Harpers in Residence at the Egg
The Harpers is a group of socially conscious play makers creating work at the intersection of fine and folk art. The Girl From Bare Cove is an original folk opera written for an ensemble of actor-musicians that follows a family in crisis as they face the revelation of one daughter’s decade-long history of sexual abuse and […]
Dragon’s Egg at Triskelion
Dragon’s Egg Presents featured performances by past Artists in Residence at the Egg, and this year’s program presented dance, theatre, music, film, monologue! Here are photos from work by Ceci Fontanesi, Marly Schneider, Shelley Fort, Jason Rabin, and a fllm shot from Kristin Hatleberg’s film. To apply for a residency, check the website for […]
Dragon’s Egg at Triskelion Arts!!
Dragon’s Egg Presents featured performances by past Artists in Residence at the Egg, and this year’s program was sublime! Here are photos of Meldoy, Ara, Trina. Look for more performances locally and out and about by the Dragon’s Egg and its wonderful artists who come for a stay. Blessings on all! xox
Dragon’s Egg Presents
Triskelion Arts, 106 Calyer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 Every year, the Dragon’s Egg presents a few of the dancers/actors/musicians who have been in residence at the Egg during the past couple of years. We host around 40 residencies a year, and this year, we shall present 8 artists on September 24th at 2 pm, […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents: Marly Spieser-Schneider
Dragon’s Egg Presents, at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn, is an annual event in which Marya selects eight artists who have been in residence at the Dragon’s Egg, probably in the past year or two. The event is on September 24 at 2 pm. Reservations are via Marya: mybeasts@aol.com. Tickets are a mere $15. One of […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents: Melody Ruffin Ward
Every fall, Marya produces a concert in NYC that showcases a number of the artists who have been in residence at the Egg in the past year or so. The concert this year will be on September 24th at 2 pm at Triskelion Arts. Reservations are via Marya at her email: mybeasts@aol.com, and tickets are […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents: Shelley Fort
This photo is of Shelley Fort, actress and singer, who will be directed by Caitlin O’Connell. Both are, by the way, also National Theatre Institute alum, and both went to graduate school at Brown University. Black Wings Bloom (On an Ivory Sky) Directed by Caitlin O’Connell Written and performed by Shelley Fort […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents: Cecilia Fontanesi
As a part of the Dragon’s Egg Presents at Triskelion program, we bring you Cecilia Fontanesi and her explorations. The concert is at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn, NY, on September 24th, at 2 pm, and features nine different actor/dancer groups who have been in residence at the Egg within the past year or two. […]
Mystic Moves Dance: Modern Class Begins
MODERN DANCE CLASS AT THE DRAGON’S EGG (401 Shewville Road/Ledyard, CT) TUESDAYS […]
