InfiniteBody preview: New project due from Bessie-winning Emily Johnson

Emily Johnson
(photo by Cameron Wittig)

In this video, Emily Johnson--Minneapolis-based Bessie Award winner and 2013 Creative Capital grantee--looks ahead to her intriguing new project, Shore, set to premiere in June 2014. Shore is a work about "gathering to create connections" and warmly invites participants to forge community in numerous ways.

from Creative Capital on Vimeo

Shore is a multi-day performance/installation of dance, volunteerism, feasting and storytelling. It is a place audiences choose to visit once or many times, as participants or observers. The project develops in each venue over an extended period of time, requiring conversation and collaboration among organizations. Shore begins with a feast, followed by a night of curated storytelling. During the day, participants propose and carry out volunteer activities needed in their home communities. Staged performances that move from outdoors to the stage take place at night.

Learn more about Shore here.

Catalyst, Dances by Emily Johnson Web site

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MAP Fund announces latest grantees

dancer-choreographer Reggie Wilson

Reggie Wilson, Ralph Lemon, koosil-ja, Joanna Haigood, DD Dorvillier, Yasuko Yokoshi, Peggy Shaw, Sharon Bridgforth, and Anthony Braxton are among 41 artists working in performance disciplines who have just been awarded grants--ranging from $10,000 to $45,000--from Creative Capital's MAP Fund.

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To learn more about this year's grantees and their projects, click here.