About this project
We would like to start a yearly, completely outdoor aerial dance show using all that is already there (trees, rocks, vines, etc.) as our equipment and creative palate. Artist, Charles Clendenin, will collaborate with us, creating natural sculptures for us to climb on, swing from, and use as our dance playground. We will use each other's bodies, the landscape of the National Forest near the southern starting point of the Appalachian Trail, and the inspired creations we bend, tie, and stack for our dance of deep play.
We want our shows to be about connected living and all possible meanings of those two words.
We are asking for money strictly to buy a few safety equipment needs like metal cleats to provide extra support and strength at joints that will be taking most of our weight, tying and climbing ropes, and a few others. However, we hope to generate interest in our show and hope many more sponsors would like to give just to get tickets or a dvd of our show!
Starting a yearly outdoor show is a dear project to us because in all of our dance we hope to promote maximum connectivity and find nothing more connecting than nature. It connects us to ourselves, each other and all that is. Whether our yearly theme varies in its meaningful details, in general we want our outdoor shows to be about natural beauty, sustainability, and our deep connection to the earth. We want to playfully and gracefully speak with our bodies and say "See, we have everything that we need right out here in nature. Don’t you feel the connection? Don't you feel the magic?"
To view more sample videos and ideas in action for our show, see the additional footage below AND check our updates!
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To learn more about Amy, read her Profile or check out some of her performance videos
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on September 26, 2010.
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Amy Powell is an aerialist who lives a few hours outside of Atlanta in the North Georgia Mountains. She is the founder and director of Grounded High Aerial Dance Ensemble. For the past year she has taught aerial dance in the Fine Arts Department at Chattanooga State Community College. Before this, she danced as a performing member of Canopy Studio's Repertory Dance Company in Athens, GA. Amy has done aerial dance for nearly nine years. She has taught classes of all ages and abilities and performed in over 13 different full scale dance productions as well as countless other private and corporate performances including one for Volkswagon. Amy choreographs all of her own work and has choreographed for others as well. She has performed on dance trapeze, aerial fabrics, aerial cube, bungee, slings, as well as in acrobalance and floor dance routines.
Through her years of exploring dance, Amy has had the opportunity to train and work with Susan Murphy (a pioneer in Aerial Dance), Elsie and Serenity Smith (former Cirque du Soleil performers), and Matt Kent (dancer for Pilobolus).
In addition to dancing, Amy writes and owns a small publishing company called Shiny Red Ball Publishing. www.shinyredball.com
