MUDPIT

April 26, 2024 | 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Movement Lab, Milstein LL020

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Add to Calendar 2024-04-26 20:00:00 2024-04-26 21:00:00 MUDPIT Image MUDPIT a devised dance-theatre piece presented by Movement Lab Post-Baccalaureate Fellow Celia Krefter MUDPIT is the peat bog from which we emerged, into which we will return. Decomposing, regenerating, molting – what happens in the space between the fluorescent buzz of our hypermodern world and the ancient wisdom of bugs, blood, fire, and seeds? Everything we make is part of nature, whether we like it or not. Directed & Choreographed by Celia Krefter Dramaturgy by Kate Purdum Production Design by Maya T. Weed, Celia Krefter & Kate Purdum Performed by: Zoë Benavidez Ava Blum Bonnie Cai Thaleia Dasberg Sydney Gerlach Devised by Zoë Benavidez, Ava Blum, Bonnie Cai, Thaleia Dasberg, Sydney Gerlach, Molly Leahy, Celia Krefter, and Kate Purdum Thursday, April 25 | 8pm Friday, April 26 | 8pm Saturday, April 27 | 8pm Performance information: Doors open at 7:45pm and performance begins at 8:00pm. There is no late seating. Capacity in the Lab is capped at 40 audience members. RSVPing before the performance guarantees admission. If a performance is sold out and you did not RSVP, arrive early and we will put your name on a first come, first served waitlist. If you RSVP before the performance but arrive late, we reserve the right to give your spot to someone on the waitlist. The performance runtime is approximately one hour, there will be no intermission. Please be prepared to remove your shoes prior to entering the Movement Lab. No food or drinks are permitted inside the Lab, except for water in a closed container. Content warnings: flashing lights, loud sounds, discussion of death Celia Krefter (she/her) is a genderfluid director, choreographer, and lighting designer. Currently, Celia is curious about non-human animal languages, creating high-tech work using analog methods, and play as a non-hierarchical means of collaboration. Recent directing & choreography projects include: Tricoteuse (Movement Lab), The Expert's Guide to Pulling Off an Art Heist (Cotuit Center for the Arts), Everything Changes, Nothing is Lost (Brick Aux), Victor/Victoria (Cotuit Center for the Arts), and The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise (Barnard Theatre Department). As a lighting designer and technician, Celia has worked with/at Object Collection, LOCAL GRANDMA, La MaMa ETC, Columbia School of the Arts, New York Live Arts, Prelude Festival, The Brick Theater, Barnard Dance Department, The Tank, and Columbia Ballet Collaborative. She served as the festival director & producer of the Movement Lab's Artificial environments / environmental Intelligence Festival in February 2024. Celia graduated from Columbia in 2022 with a BA in Theatre, where she received the Dasha Amsterdam Epstein Award in Directing. NEXT: Celia is embarking on a fledgling career as an experimental accordionist. Movement Lab, Milstein LL020 Barnard College barnard-admin@digitalpulp.com America/New_York public
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MUDPIT

a devised dance-theatre piece

presented by Movement Lab Post-Baccalaureate Fellow Celia Krefter

MUDPIT is the peat bog from which we emerged, into which we will return. Decomposing, regenerating, molting – what happens in the space between the fluorescent buzz of our hypermodern world and the ancient wisdom of bugs, blood, fire, and seeds?

Everything we make is part of nature, whether we like it or not.

Directed & Choreographed by Celia Krefter

Dramaturgy by Kate Purdum

Production Design by Maya T. Weed, Celia Krefter & Kate Purdum

Performed by:

Zoë Benavidez

Ava Blum

Bonnie Cai

Thaleia Dasberg

Sydney Gerlach

Devised by Zoë Benavidez, Ava Blum, Bonnie Cai, Thaleia Dasberg, Sydney Gerlach, Molly Leahy, Celia Krefter, and Kate Purdum

Thursday, April 25 | 8pm

Friday, April 26 | 8pm

Saturday, April 27 | 8pm

Performance information:

Doors open at 7:45pm and performance begins at 8:00pm.
There is no late seating.
Capacity in the Lab is capped at 40 audience members. RSVPing before the performance guarantees admission. If a performance is sold out and you did not RSVP, arrive early and we will put your name on a first come, first served waitlist. If you RSVP before the performance but arrive late, we reserve the right to give your spot to someone on the waitlist.
The performance runtime is approximately one hour, there will be no intermission.
Please be prepared to remove your shoes prior to entering the Movement Lab.
No food or drinks are permitted inside the Lab, except for water in a closed container.
Content warnings: flashing lights, loud sounds, discussion of death

Celia Krefter (she/her) is a genderfluid director, choreographer, and lighting designer. Currently, Celia is curious about non-human animal languages, creating high-tech work using analog methods, and play as a non-hierarchical means of collaboration. Recent directing & choreography projects include: Tricoteuse (Movement Lab), The Expert's Guide to Pulling Off an Art Heist (Cotuit Center for the Arts), Everything Changes, Nothing is Lost (Brick Aux), Victor/Victoria (Cotuit Center for the Arts), and The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise (Barnard Theatre Department). As a lighting designer and technician, Celia has worked with/at Object Collection, LOCAL GRANDMA, La MaMa ETC, Columbia School of the Arts, New York Live Arts, Prelude Festival, The Brick Theater, Barnard Dance Department, The Tank, and Columbia Ballet Collaborative. She served as the festival director & producer of the Movement Lab's Artificial environments / environmental Intelligence Festival in February 2024. Celia graduated from Columbia in 2022 with a BA in Theatre, where she received the Dasha Amsterdam Epstein Award in Directing. NEXT: Celia is embarking on a fledgling career as an experimental accordionist.

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