Belly Dance at the Egg

Belly dance with Sahari, June 3, 5:45 pm Learn basic belly dance moves and exciting combinations. Develop body awareness, coordination, and confidence as you enjoy one of the most captivating ancient dance forms. Sahari is an instructor and performer of Middle Eastern Dance. She has been dancing for over 14 years and is […]
Dance Sampler at the Dragon’s Egg!!

Summer Dance Sampler 6/3- 8/5, 2015 Wednesdays, 5:30 or 6 pm – one hour long class@ $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 […]
Earth Day is Every Day! come on May 17th!

Earth Day, Celebrate the earth, yourself, all beings, with us, at the Dragon’s Egg, on Sunday, May 17, from 2-4:30 pm. There will be a few vendors, perhaps a poet or two, a nature walk, some games, and I shall lead a sunworship early on, and a pilgrimage dance or a wolf dance part way […]
They sing, they dance, they tell serious tales!

This Spring 2015 semester of NTI and NMTI students at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Centre will be presenting their final project this Friday, May 1, at 7 pm, and Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 pm. Here they are in their masks on their second day here, way back in January, during the blizzard! Now, […]
Earth and Egg and Earth

We are celebrating Earth Day at the Egg this year in May!! May 17, from 2 – 4:30. There will be games and some circle dancing, a few vendors, some snacks, some play, some seriousness, some sun worships, some sculpture making, some masking and unmasking. Come join us! (let me know if you would like […]
A Journey through the Stars

March’s hairy hare hops hauntingly close – Rabbit! It is here! And March 8th, Sunday, at 12:00, is the time for the A Journey through the Stars and Planets, an astrological view, performed by Dragon’s Egg artists and friends, and held at the Hygienic Galleries on Bank Street in New London. This will be a […]
African Dance at the Egg
March 15th 1-3pm $20 per person; $10 for children CLASS Music and dance are the heart and soul of Ghanaian culture. From a young age children are moving and shaking to the drum beat and bell. There are many Ghanaian cultural dances, all telling a different story. This class is a chance to learn […]
Winter births Masks at the O’Neill

NTI/NMTI Spring (?! hah!) 2015 make masks, write tales, and move through new adventures! Yay – it was magical fun! xo m
The Eagle Has Landed: Kristin Hatleberg and dancers

The Eagle has landed. Sunday February 8th at 4pm The Dragon’s Egg, 401 Shewville Rd, Ledyard CT Artists: Janet Aisawa / Cecilia Fontanesi / Kristin Hatleberg / Rebeca Medina / Ophra Wolf Film: Kristin Hatleberg / Fred Hatt The Eagle has landed. is a full-length dance improvisation directed by Kristin Hatleberg. Its development has […]
Clare, Sharon, Meredith, Jeffrey Dance together!

It was wonderful! The dance showing on December 29th, by residents Clare, Sharon, Meredith, and Jeffrey! Rosena, sitting next to me, giggled throughout, and the audience willingly rose (after a tentative pause) at one point, to roll on the floor in a way that challenged all and caused eruptions of giggles. The dancers were exciting, […]
Hoop your way into 2015

Bring in the new year with your favorite dance partner: the hoop! Shiva Shakti Hoop Dance will be hosting an open flow jam from 830pm-1am at the beautiful Dragon’s Egg. Make 2015 the year of movement. Suggested donation of $10-$15.
Dance Showing!! December 29th at 5 pm

Dance Showing! Monday, December 29th, at 5 pm, at the Dragon’s Egg… Welcome to all, come join us! MONDAY DECEMBER 29th 5:00PM A-HOLIDAY-A-HAPPENING AT THE DRAGON’S EGG IN LEDYARD, CT Love, Sex, and Peace, and Everything. or The ‘Frina’s Song and Dance Show. or I Went to the Field to Visit the Star: Winter, […]
Tellabration!
Hold the date! Nov. 9 at 4 pmand join us for this annual celebration of storytelling that takes place throughout Connecticut in November, sponsored by the Ct. Center for Storytelling. Our date, at the Dragon’s Egg, will be Sunday, November 9th, at 4 pm. The event will be suitable for all ages, will run about […]
Gala!

It came with a rush of rain and excitement, and flourished under parachute playing (thanks to David Chandler), with amazing and generous performances by Golden Ratio (Bernadette and Larry with songs composed for past Egg events: Lion and Lamb, and Surrender), David Dorfman Dance Company (dancing Lightbulb Theory), Cristin Cawley (dancing On Tenebrous Wings), Jeremy […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents, and Beasts’ Gala, are upon us!

Come to Dragon’s Egg Presents! this Saturday at Triskelion, in Brooklyn. Dragon’s Egg Presents at Triskelion Arts’ Aldous Theater Triskelion Arts 118 North 11th Street, 3rd Floor walk up (between Berry and Wythe) Brooklyn, NY 11249 L train to Bedford St.is closest= 5 blocks or the G train to Nassau 718-599-3577 triskelionarts.org […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September, 2014 Press Contact: Marya Ursin mybeasts@aol.com reservations: mybeasts@aol.com […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents! at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn, NY

It is coming! The concert of ten artists – dancers and actors – in solo work, duets, trios, group work – all of whom have been in residence at the Egg in the past year. Dragon’s Egg Presents at Triskelion in Brooklyn, NY! September 27th, Matinee: 2 pm Reservations: mybeasts@aol.com @$15 Triskelion Arts […]
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 […]
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 […]