Clare Byrne in Residence
Clare Byrne – dancer, songwriter and choreographer – is working on a solo sabbatical project “Song and Dance Man.” Freshly back in the States from artist residencies in Ireland and Italy, she’s tossing together her longtime experimental dance acumen with her newer musical skills and seeing what kind of alchemy results. New […]
Marya at Brandeis
Marya will be giving a Performance/Workshop at Brandeis University on April 30th at 2 pm! Beasts arise in story and movement and song!
Julian Barnett and JocelynTobias at the Egg in May!
Julian Barnett and Jocelyn Tobias create performances that examine the social-political possibilities for transformation and empathy, through the lenses of dance, philosophy, musicology, science, and the supernatural. Over the last 6 years, they have built critically acclaimed works that research the intersection between art and choreography. Their most recent work BLUEMARBLE, explores the astrophysical phenomena […]
Shura Baryshnikov and Company
Shura Baryshnikov Residency at the Egg coming up! Set Go Research and Performance Ensemble is a Contact Improvisation quartet featuring dancers Bradley Teal Ellis, Sarah Konner, Aaron Brandes, Shura Baryshnikov. Brando, Bradley, Sarah, and Shura share a love for whimsical, whole-hearted, virtuosic improvisation; they have been dance-making together since 2009. They […]
Andrea Ward in Residence!
Andrea Ward and Company will be in residence at the Egg from April 22-26. Andrea Ward, dancer / choreographer, comes from Sarasota, Florida. Her passion for choreography began at age eight and continued to develop under the direction of artists such as Tzveta Kassabova, Teddy Tedholm, and Jeffrey Docimo. Andrea has also learned from Winifred Burnet […]
Raving Jaynes
The Raving Jaynes will be in residence at the Egg!! May 4 – 7… Now!! The Raving Jaynes:Improvised Dance/Theater is a highly physical improv duo that creates spontaneous theater for intimate spaces. Weaving together techniques from clown, dance and improv, the performers, Jamie Graham and Amy Larimer, play between mediums. Movement, text and sound are […]
Beasts at Gallup Hill
Marya had a fine time with two Third Grade classes at Gallup Hill School for their Day of the Arts. The kids were willing, active, creative, sweet.
Tara O’Con
Tara O’Con and dancers were in Residence at the Egg in mid February! Dancing on the floor, enjoying the environs! Photos are by 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 […]
Cristin Cawley in the Hygienic Egg
Cristin will be dancing to one of the poems of Adrienne Rich in the upcoming Hygienic Egg, on March 12th, at 12:30 pm, in New London, Ct. Please join us! Movement notations on the poem “Final Notations”. An interpretation of Adrienne Rich’s work, which portrays an individual dealing with struggles internally, socially, politically. […]
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 […]
Lena’s Spring Yoga
Lena is a Kripalu trained yoga teacher and has practiced many different styles of yoga ranging from Ashtanga to Baptiste. As a result, her classes are diverse in their offerings and are appropriate for all students, beginners and long time practitioners! Come move your breath and your body and enjoy the sweetness of an evening […]
Kellie Lynch and ECDC at the Egg
Yay – an upcoming premiere: “If You Knew You Then” Choreography by Kellie Ann Lynch in collaboration with ECDC dancers. Shows: March 31, April 1, 7, 8 | Fri & Sat | 7pm & 9pm shows. If You Knew You Then is a patchwork reconstruction of circumstances evolved from revisiting past behaviors and memories […]
Lee Houck and Jamie Graham in Residence
Lee Houck and Jamie Graham in Residence at the Egg!! Yay! Jamie Graham is a New York based dancer, impoviser, and physical comedienne. She divides her time between improvised dance theater duo The Raving Jaynes, with Amy Larimer, and Jenny Rocha’s dance theater cabaret group The Painted Ladies, as well as in depth […]
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!
Michelle Bach and Dancers
Michelle Bach and dancers and musicians were in residence, creating and living and breathing their dreams, in their seasonal residency at the Egg.
Mystic Paper Beasts roved at Hygienic Kids Arts
The Beasts were, as usual, a part of the Hygienic weekend celebration of the Arts and Artists at the end of January, and roved through the gallery dedicated to kids’ art! There were roving Beasts of various ages, music, crafts, and art galore!
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 […]
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 […]
Clare in December!
Clare Byrne will be at the Egg in December!! and will have a showing on Dec. 21, at 4:30, of work in progress. Clare Byrne is a Vermont choreographer and musician who has developed and performed her work across New York City and New England for the twenty years. She has been blessed […]
