Dear Friend, This March is all about deepening our connection to the community. This involves a few different formats, including collaboration with the San Diego Museum of Art, interaction with our Company in Open Rehearsal and Conversation with Artistic Director Christopher K. Morgan, and dialogue with our community through two town hall events. We want to make our programs deeply relevant and exciting while maintaining our core values of inclusion, passion, and belonging. Your participation and engagement is so important to us, and I hope to see you this month! With Gratitude,  Molly Puryear, Executive Director |
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| Community Town Hall Virtual: March 20th 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. In Person: March 30th 1 - 2:30 pm Malashock Dance is hosting an in-person and virtual Town Hall Meeting to check in with our community, review our findings from our last community conversation, share our progress in addressing community feedback, and discuss the new ways we want to engage with you. Your feedback is necessary and valued! Topics will include: - Community Needs/Interests
- Accountability Report from Malashock Dance
- NEW Malashock Dance programs & vision
- Next Steps
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| | OPEN REHEARSAL AND CONVERSATIONS Location: Malashock Dance Studio Thursday, March 14, 2024 2:30 – 3:15 Open Rehearsal with John Malashock & Christopher Morgan 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Conversation, Cookies, & Coffee with Christopher Morgan Join for one or both! Join us in the Malashock Dance Studio as we prepare for our COMPANIONS Company Performance in collaboration with the San Diego Museum of Art. Observe rehearsal with choreographers John Malashock, Christopher K. Morgan, and the Malashock Dance Company Dancers. Stay for conversations, coffee, and cookies with Christopher K. Morgan to learn more about the creative process and how the dances are inspired by Arshile Gorky’s Child’s Companion. SUGGESTED DONATION: $10 – $50 per person |
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| SDMA+ MALASHOCK DANCE: COMPANIONS Location: The San Diego Museum of Art Saturday, March 23, 2024
3:00–4:00 p.m. PT
SDMA James S. Copley Auditorium SDMA in partnership with Malashock Dance presents a new contemporary dance performance inspired by Arshile Gorky’s Child’s Companion, on loan to The San Diego Museum of Art from Art Bridges and on view through July 2024 in the Art of the 20th Century. See the new dance choreographed by Christopher K. Morgan, plus two additional dance pieces. Six professional dancers and one musician breath life into the dance pieces, shedding new light on works on view at The San Diego Museum of Art. The performance features interactive conversation and a rare opportunity to experience two choreographic interpretations of the same work of art. Show your lecture ticket for free same-day Museum admission to enjoy the Museum galleries before or after the performance. The Museum is open Saturday, March 23 from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. FREE to Youth 17 & Under – Sponsored by T. Rowe Price Associates in honor of Advisory Firm Principals. Please be advised you will need to show proof of age upon arrival. Additionally children 14 and under must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian (age 18 years or older) at all times. |
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| | Junior Company and San Diego Youth Dance Festival Junior Company spent 2 days surrounded by peers fro all over San Diego. The youth dance groups joined together to participate int he 2nd annual San Diego Youth Dance Festival. The festival offered students 2 days of classes and opportunities to perform in a non-competitive and supportive environment. Junior Company aims to inspire, motivate, challenge and enrich the lives of our dancers through fostering a commitment to training and offering performance opportunities to help students hone their craft. You can help support the Junior Company in attending events like this incredible festival by making a donation. |
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| (re)CONNECT: a rotating class series Reconnect with your practice and artists in our San Diego dance community through a rotating monthly series of drop-in technique classes featuring current and former MD company members, choreographers, and faculty. With a drop-in schedule every Wednesday night, this series fosters meaningful ways to get to know an artist deeply over the course of a month, while providing a wide array of artists for intermediate to advanced students to study with. This month, join former company dancer & faculty member Rachel Torres, for Intermediate/Advanced Modern. Rachel's class will begin with a structured full body center warm-up before transitioning into more expansive movement and phrase work across the floor where dancers are encouraged to take up space and find the full expansiveness of their bodies. Class will end with musicality based choreography where there is room to be both precise and to make your own artistic choices in a friendly, non-judgmental environment. Rachel's goal is to allow for a space that fosters creativity, love and community, and allows each dancer to get what they need each week. |
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| | Dance Belongs To Everyone This past weekend, Malashock Dance, in collaboration with the Wheelchair Dancers Organization, hosted the very first Building Bridges Through Movement Workshop. The inclusive dance workshop, led by Michele Jones and Celina Speck, provided a nurturing environment where students cultivated appreciation and understanding for diverse bodies in motion, while unifying through the joy of dance!
At Malashock Dance, we strive to expand the horizons of dance by fostering brave spaces where individuals of all ages, races, and abilities can unite through movement.
If you missed our workshop this weekend, be sure to follow Malashock Dance to stay up to date on our next Building Bridges workshop.
If you would like to support our inclusive workshops through a donation, please follow the link. |
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| | Your Impact at a Glance Over the past 6 months, we have made meaningful connections with thousands of people through our Company Performances, Outreach / In-School Programs, and Dance School. Individuals in our community are thriving because they have a place where they belong. Thank you to the 160 supporters who contributed $141,406; and to the 1076 individuals who joined us for performances, programs in schools and communities, and at our school in
Liberty Station; and to the 37 artists who illuminated the power of dance and were compensated for their time teaching, performing, and rehearsing. Review the short mid-year progress report to celebrate the artistic and educational programs that are made possible with YOUR support. |
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