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Dragon’s Egg at Triskelion: Caitlin Ryan O’Connell and Shelley Fort

Caitlin Ryan O’Connell will be directing Shelley Fort in a piece for the Dragon’s Egg Presents concert at Triskelion, in Brooklyn, on September 24th, at 2 pm.  Contact Marya at mybeasts@aol.com for information and for tickets ($15).  Do come!  xo m  Caitlin Ryan O’Connell is a theatre director and teaching artist focused on creating work […]


Dragon’s Egg Presents at Triskelion: Jason Rabin

  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 normally host around 40 residencies a year, but we present from 8 – 12 artists in the fall, in NYC.  The concert this year will be held […]


Residency: Coco Karol 9/8-12

    Coco Karol,  is a New York based dancer, choreographer, teacher, and artist. She is the founder and director of Red Sole Productions, a platform for cross-disciplinary performance works. With a BFA in Dance from Tisch School of the Arts and an MFA from Hollins University, Coco is particularly interested in how we create meaning of […]


Residency: Costello and Sargent

Jitterbug and The Aftermath photo by Lauren Hind     Created and Performed by Jennifer Sargent and Donna Costello   Jitterbug and the Aftermath is a raw, expressionistic exploration of grief, panic, post-sexual-liberation, and an unmoored feminine identity. Through a patchwork of movement and text culled from dated feminist art and embarrassing 40th birthdays, two women collide […]


Dragon’s Egg at Triskelion: Melody Ruffin Ward

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 normally host around 40 residencies a year, but we present from 8 – 12 artists in the fall, in NYC.  The concert this year will be held at […]


Modern Dance with Christine Poland

MODERN DANCE! AT THE DRAGON’S EGG (401 Shewville Road/Ledyard, CT) TUESDAYS 5-6PM 8 WEEK WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 6 – OCTOBER 25 AGES pre-teen to adults $10 per class/$70 for the 8 weeks Join Christine Poland for a modern dance workshop. Class begins with a center barre warmup and moves to the floor for Bartenieff fundamentals, exploring […]


Dragon’s Egg at Triskelion: Trina Mannino

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 normally host around 40 residencies a year, but we present from 8 – 12 artists in the fall, in NYC.  The concert this year will be held at […]


Dragon’s Egg at Triskelion

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 normally host around 40 residencies a year, but we present from 8 – 12 artists in the fall, in NYC.  The concert this year will be held at […]


The New Collectives at the Egg!

THE COMPANY: The New Collectives is New York based theatre and film collective. We gather stories, ideas, and inspiration. We find individuals with wildly different talents. We collect it all together, connect the dots, and create something new that runs beautifully. Our mission is to create new, intimate, and innovative works drawing inspiration from classic […]


Last of the Summer Dance Samplers

  Next Up in the Summer Dance Sampler Series at the Egg!   Movement for BodyMindSpirit  Wednesday August 17:  5:30-6:45 with Ann Watkins   Movement for BodyMindSpirit is for anyone who wants to heal their body, sharpen their mind, and expand their spirit through creative, imaginative individual and group movement.   Ann Watkins, with a […]


A Cat Named Toni Morrison

A Cat Named Toni Morrison is in residence at the Dragon’s Egg this week! A Cat named Toni Morrison: A National Theater Institute Alumni Company Our theatrical collective is comprised entirely of early­-career professional theater artists who attended the National Theater Institute Fall 2013 Semester Program. While working on our Final Project: It’s All Relative,a company­devised […]


African Dance at the Egg


Monthly Dream Circle at the Egg

   This Saturday, August 6th,  is the Dream Circle from 1 to 4:30.   Come sit in a Circle of like minded Dreamers and lets Dream up a New World.  For ourselves and each other.   Please let me know if you plan to come, too. Susan@mysticdreamcenter.com,   PS  Here is some good info: When […]


Movement for Body Mind Spirit

  Ann Watkins, with a Masters in Dance Movement Therapy and as the owner of New Harmony Therapeutic Massage and Somatic Body Work since 1988, is passionate about sharing the experience of moving with ease in our bodies through original movement forms and body work. ———————————   Movement for BodyMindSpirit  Wednesday July 27:  5:30-6:45 with […]


Poetry and Music in Dialogue at the Egg!

On July 19th, at 5 pm, the Egg will host a conversation between two poets, Alice Pero (also on flute), and Dan Potter, and harpsichordists, America Dupre la Tour and Elena Zamolodchikova . Come for this sometimes boisterous, sometimes witty, sometimes reflective engagement of ways of speaking and observing.   The musicians are:     […]


the Nadine Project: a Dance Showing

Come to a showing of work in progress this Saturday, July 9th, at 5 pm, at the Egg!   July 5th -10th the Nadine Project will be in residence at the Dragon’s Egg!   Their residency will conclude with an Informance on Saturday July 9th at 5pm.  We hope you’ll join us!    Works by: […]


The Metamorphoses – an Assemblage Event!

  The Metamorphoses – an Assemblage Project   Come to this year’s Narrative Project, an assemblage of riffs on Ovid’s Metamorphoses!  The text is vast, moving from chaos to creation to metamorphic misdemeanors to violence and to the chaos of power.  There will be dance and song, monologue, puppetry, and theatre.   This is our […]


Sacred Sound Awakening

Sacred Sound Awakening Egg flyer.pdf Receive a powerful energy attunement through sound: * release tensions * amplify your intentions * align with your highest potential Wednesday, June 8, 7:30pm. $25 advance, $30 door Dragon’s Egg Studio 401 Shewville Rd., Ledyard, CT To register email Anne at: annebelliveau@gmail.com Akasha Anne Belliveau is a visionary sound intuitive […]


Heavenly Display! The Narrative Project

The Narrative Assemblage Project  and the Heavenly Display that Emerged!   In the spirit of The Dragon’s Egg, each June, we gather to celebrate a great tale or idea with playful abandon in the focused readings and surprising discoveries of The Narrative Assemblage Project.    It works like this: Marya Ursin chooses a great work […]


Art Bark at the Egg

Art Bark Showing!  this Friday at 5 pm at the Dragon’s Egg!!  I hope you can come..it will be wonderful! (I shall still be in Israel) xo m ArtBark is thrilled to close out their third residency at the beloved Dragon’s Egg by gifting the community with a free showing of the fruits of their […]


Restorative Yoga – June 1st

  Summer Dance Sampler     Restorative Yoga Wednesday, June 1: 5:30 – 6:45 with Priscilla Humphrey   Imagine each yoga pose so supported that there is no muscular efforting. Great for openings of long held tension, deeply relaxing.   Priscilla Humphrey has enjoyed 17 years of teaching Kripalu Yoga! Her style is gentle, deep […]


Summer Dance Sampler!

  Summer Dance Sampler   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.. NB Zumba ($12) and Kundalini Meditation ($5 donation) are both one hour classes.   Summer […]


Sacred Sound Awakening at the Egg!

Sacred Sound Awakening Bask in Effortless Harmony Within Yourself Receive a powerful energy attunement through sound: * release tensions * amplify your intentions * align with your highest potential Wednesday, June 8, 7:30pm. $25 advance, $30 door Dragon’s Egg Studio 401 Shewville Rd., Ledyard, CT To register email Anne at: annebelliveau@gmail.com Akasha Anne Belliveau is […]


Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts in Residence at the Egg

Matt Garza is an educator and performance artist originally from South Texas. A practicing yoga teacher, Garza is A 5-year company member of New Works/World Traditions Dance Company, a founding member of the God(dess) Artist Collective, and is currently the permanent Dance Artist in Residence at TAPA: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts in Providence, […]