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Photo by Freterking/courtesy Yesley Peter YesleyPaintings by Rachel Jenkins are part of the Feet to the Floor Fundraiser & Festival in Northampton, which also includes dance, music, poetry readings and more. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTINGDancers Angie Hauser and Chris Aiken, who teach at Smith College, will be part of the Feet to the Floor Fundraiser & Festival Sept. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTINGAdditional improvements to the 3,800-square-foot Workroom space at the Northampton Community Arts Trust building include soundproofing the walls and constructing a permanent “sprung floor” for dance performances and other events. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTINGMeredith Bove, program coordinator at says the Workroom space at the Northampton Community Arts Trust building, though unfinished, has been used for numerous projects, including artists’ residencies. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTINGJen Polins, left, and Lisa Thompson and Meredith Bove talk about the upcoming “Feet to the Floor” fundraiser and festival to support work on the Northampton Community Arts Trust building.
Center, a floor with built-in give to absorb impact and lessen the chance for injuries to dancers, and which would also be suitable for other uses. 3 at the Northampton Community Arts Trust building, aims to raise money to build a wooden “sprung floor” at the 33 Hawley St. And on the first weekend in October, dancers and other artists will come together in Northampton as part of an effort to help further construction of the city’s community arts center.The Feet to the Floor Fundraiser & Festival, which takes place Sept. Gazette file photoDancers have had as tough a time as any artists during the past year and a half, as COVID-19 has forced an art form built around physicality and a certain intimacy onto Zoom, or forced masked live dancers to mostly stay apart.But that doesn’t mean dancers haven’t found other ways to stay active and creative.
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3 includes a morning dance workshop and afternoon performances by regional high school dance students, including many from the School for Contemporary Dance & Thought. 1 and 2, include a full series of events. “But overall the program has come together pretty well.”Jen Polins, founder and director of the School for Contemporary Dance & Thought, says she’s pleased with how many dancers have committed to the festival many have deep connections to the Northampton dance scene, she added, “and we’re really happy to have them back.” Schedule of eventsBoth Friday and Saturday, Oct. Planning has taken place during the surge of the COVID delta variant, requiring regular reassessments for, say, how many audience members should be permitted for events.“It’s been a challenge, and not every artist (we contacted) felt comfortable about performing in the space,” Thompson said during a recent interview in the 3,800-square-foot Workroom. Associate Director Lisa Thompson.
Other shorter performances that evening include dance, music and poetry.All the events take place in the Workroom, which slowly but surely is moving closer to a finished state. 2, is the “Day of Dances” with short presentations by multiple dancers including Chris Aiken and Angie Hauser, who teach at Smith College, and Cameron McKinney, a New York dancer, choreographer and teacher whose work often celebrates Japanese language and culture. 30, is more limited.Friday’s itinerary includes an exhibit of paintings by Rachel Jenkins and a talk led by the artist, followed by a reading by members of the Group 18 poetry workshop in Northampton.Saturday, Oct.
Face masks and proof of COVID vaccination are required for entry. The entire building project cost is pegged at $9.25 million.Thompson says a donor group recently pledged $50,000 to the Arts Trust if organizers can raise an additional $50,000 over 50 days funding would go to creating an acoustical barrier between the Workroom and the flex space so that performances could take place in both simultaneously, with no sound bleeding through from one spot to the other.And, Thompson added, if the Arts Trust can raise that $50,000 in 50 days, another match of up to $25,000 over an additional 25 days will be triggered: That gives the trust an opportunity to raise $150,000.“There are so many things we can do here” once the space is finished, said Polins, who noted that the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra has used it a few times for rehearsing and the Chorus has also considered it for a practice space once the elderly singing group goes back to live rehearsals.“The sound is really good in here, and we haven’t even finished the space,” she said.For more information on the Feet to the Floor Fundraiser & Festival, or to make a donation to ongoing construction at the Arts Trust, visit scdtnoho.com/feet-to-the-floor-fundraiser-festival.html.Performances will likely be limited to 30 people and dance workshops to 15.
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