Gala Performance— TRANSMISSION: Build-A-Floor Celebration Festival

A.P.E.@Hawley Presents:

Build-A-Floor Celebration Festival: Honoring floors for dancing and the lineage of Nancy Stark Smith, Steve Paxton, and Contact Improvisation

Thursday-Sunday, May 2-5

Project host: Andrea Olsen

The Workroom at 33 Hawley and Shepherd’s Barn at Historic Northampton

Northampton, MA USA

Saturday May 4

Gala Performance— TRANSMISSION: Honoring the new floor for dancing and the lineage of Nancy Stark Smith, Steve Paxton, and Contact Improvisation

7-9 PM, The Workroom

“The floor—not just any floor, but a floor designed and built to support creative exploration—is the literal platform which holds artist and audience together, forging community.”

- Build-A-Floor Project endorsement by H.B. Kronen 2020

This Gala performance pairs seven decades of older and younger dancers, lighting designers, and musicians. The celebratory evening includes dance artists Chris Aiken, Angie Hauser, Hatchery Teen Company with Jennifer Polins, Sarah Konner and ensemble, Maya LaLiberté, Sarah Elizabeth Lass, Cameron McKinney, Andrea Olsen, Molly Rose-Williams, Joey Schmitz, and lighting and design elements by Kathy Couch with Emrys Maxner and Ruby Aiken.

Sliding scale: $15-$30 (Income supports festival artists)

Host or Publisher A.P.E.