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Pōhaku at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inside/Out Performance Series
Jacob's Pillow Inside/Out Performance Space
Thursday, August 8 @ 6:15pm
Join Christopher for continued touring of his solo Pōhaku, as the work is presented as part of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inside/Out Performance Series: The Land on Which We Dance | Indigenous Artists at Jacob's Pillow. This will be a landmark gathering of Indigenous dance at such a historical festival. This event is free and open to the public. Performing live with Morgan are Kumu Hula Elsie Kaleihulukea Ryder of Kaimikaua’s Hālau Hula o Kukunaokalā, and classically trained electric cellist Wytold. There will also be a Stone Gathering Workshop preceding the evening performance of Pōhaku.
Bethany Arts Community Residency
October 7-13, 2019
Ossining, NY
CKM&A heads to Bethany Arts Community for a week long residency to develop new project
Native Intelligence/Innate Intelligence, premiering later this season at Dance Place. This residency will be a focused time with music and movement collaborators of this project utilizing the space, environment, and community that this organization provides to its resident artists. An informal work-in-progress showing, followed by a feedback session following Liz Lerman's Critical Response Process, will take place at the end of the week. This showing is open to the other BAC artists and surrounding community.
Winter Workshop
Dance Place
Washington, D.C.
January 6-8, 2020
CKM&A is thrilled to host our educational seventh annual Winter Workshop at our resident home at Dance Place. With three days of technique classes and repertoire, the Winter Workshop is a fantastic way to refresh your practice as a working professional or get back into your body after the holidays.
APAP Showcases
New York Hilton Midtown, Sutton Center 2nd Floor
City Center Studio 5
January 11, 2020, 3-3:30pm
January 12th, 11-11:30am
Join CKM&A for their 2020 APAP Showcases. The company will present excerpts of new work
Native Intelligence/Innate Intelligence.
Native Intelligence/Innate Intelligence excerpts at APAP Conference in New York City was made possible by the Native Arts & Cultures foundation and the Western Arts Alliance.
EMPAC Residency
The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
Troy, New York
February 10-21, 2020
The design collaborators of
Native Intelligence/Innate Intelligence will spend focused time to fabricate the set with the help of and resources available at EMPAC. Music and dance collaborators will join the team during the second week of the residency to begin integrating the design elements with the movement.
Christopher K. Morgan & Artists:
Dance Place Virtual Presentation Series
LIVE on Zoom : Saturday, May 2 at 6:30pm
Re-Broadcast on Facebook: Sunday, May 3 at 6:30pm
CKM&A invites you to join us for a virtual cocktail hour and watch a segment of Christopher’s solo work Pōhaku. Pōhaku is a dance theater piece that brings together storytelling, hula, modern dance, classical music, and projection design to explore compelling universal themes in the story of Hawaii’s native people, including land loss and fractured identity. Afterwards, join Christopher for an open question and answer session about the work, and how it connects to his upcoming premiere of Native Intelligence / Innate Intelligence.
2019-2020 Season
Summer Intensive Virtual Classes
Online
June 1-6, 2020
Join CKM&A for daily classes, FREE and OPEN to the public, being offered daily. Stay tuned for the schedule!