Anthology: Storytelling & Poetry in Motion
Jes Palmer, photo by Armando Kiyama
ANTHOLOGY PROGRAM
November 16, 2024
at Old Town Center for the Arts
at Old Town Center for the Arts
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First Showing
Saturday November 16, 2024 2:00 pm (matinee) |
Second Showing
Saturday November 16, 2024 7:00 pm (evening) |
CIRQUE Cast photo of Hydrangea Sky Artists by Armando Kiyama
CAST
Tyler Barnard - Pole
Christy Bowman - Contact Staff
Ali Brae Boyd - Lyra
Emerald Forest - Fusion Belly Dance
Clay Massey - Cyr Wheel
Jes Palmer - Dance Trapeze
Kevin Ringle - Club Juggling
Mazzy Rose -
Taylor Marie Turner - Modern Dance, Corde Lisse
Colleen Walls - Kung Fu
with musical guests William Eaton, Logan Turner, and Taylor Marie Turner
Christy Bowman - Contact Staff
Ali Brae Boyd - Lyra
Emerald Forest - Fusion Belly Dance
Clay Massey - Cyr Wheel
Jes Palmer - Dance Trapeze
Kevin Ringle - Club Juggling
Mazzy Rose -
Taylor Marie Turner - Modern Dance, Corde Lisse
Colleen Walls - Kung Fu
with musical guests William Eaton, Logan Turner, and Taylor Marie Turner
CREW
Taylor Marie Turner - Co-Director (Artistic Director), Co-Producer
Logan Turner - Co-Director, Co-Producer, Sound, Safety Coordinator
William Eaton - Co-Producer
Jes Palmer - Rigging Technician, Stage Technician
James Ball - Head Lighting Designer
Stephan Barber - Stage Technician
Armando Kiyama - Photographer
Logan Turner - Co-Director, Co-Producer, Sound, Safety Coordinator
William Eaton - Co-Producer
Jes Palmer - Rigging Technician, Stage Technician
James Ball - Head Lighting Designer
Stephan Barber - Stage Technician
Armando Kiyama - Photographer
Emerald Forest & Taylor Marie Turner, photo by Armando Kiyama
Anthology: Storytelling & Poetry in Motion
“Anthology” is a collection of stories shared through motion, exploring a range from the poignant beauty in the mundane - life’s collection of simple sequential moments - to the ethereal magic of the otherworldly and extraordinary. A man grapples repeatedly with the Sisyphean task to wake up from a deep sleep. A Forest Fairy Queen evokes the elements and summons both earthly and celestial creatures in a celebratory starlight dance. A dancer stricken with grief and loss navigates through a series of obstacles that ultimately give rise to joy, serenity, and acceptance. A flustered librarian pursues a cheeky mouse who has wrought chaos into her sacred reading space. Audiences will enjoy these stories and many more. The event will include an intermission, concession stand with snacks, and signed cast posters available for purchase.
FIRST HALF
*COMING SOON*
INTERMISSION
SECOND HALF
*COMING SOON*
ANTHOLOGY CAST
Tyler Barnard
Tyler has a background in several different movement practices, including yoga and capoeira angola. Tyler first dipped her toes into the aerial world with a pole class in August of 2019 and never looked back. She stared lyra not long after in June of 2020 and added in rope to the repertoire of apparatuses she trains in January of 2022. Tyler is passionate about pushing herself and her craft. She has performed in several professional shows including Unfurl, CIRQUE, Robot Apocalypse, Southwest Flow Fest, Frightful Fête, Hungry Hearts, Imaginary Universe and more.
Christy Bowman
Christy Bowman was born and raised in Flagstaff, Arizona and is a multi prop flow artist who has been performing and teaching circus arts for over four years. With a high focus on contact art and fire manipulation techniques, she combines martial arts theory with dance to push limits of what people think is possible. She loves performing to connect with her audience, create wonder and inspire others to become the best version of themselves.
Ali Brae Boyd
Ali is an acro performer, aerialist, and coach living in Northern Arizona. She found acro in 2011 and aerial in 2017, inspired by the strength and grace required to perform in the circus arts. Her prior experience with partner dance left her with a soft spot for all duos work. She has performed on many apparatuses in several professional shows, including CIRQUE, Hungry Hearts Cabaret, Frightful Fête, Imaginary Universe. She specializes in acro adagio, lyra, and rope.
Emerald Forest
My love of movement and the healing power of kinesthetic practices has most definitely saved my life. After college I moved on to begin a lifelong study of yoga and flexibility training, becoming certified as a teacher in 1999 by Lex Gillan and the Yoga Institute. But it was only in 2015 that I discovered fusion belly dance, and developed an obsession with this form of movement, discipline and expression. I spent the last seven years evolving myself into a dancer and giving myself permission, finally, to follow my joy and to fully express myself through movement arts. I have been fortunate to train with some of the most influential fusion belly dancers in the world—Rachel Brice, Zoe Jakes, Tiare Tashnick and Deb Rubin. I am certified in Rachel Brice's Eight Elements of Belly Dance Level 1, and Deb Rubin's Dance Therapeutics Level 1 and 2. I also completed a year long dance intensive with Deb Rubin in 2021. Finally, I fell in love with aerial circus arts in 2020 beginning with Lyra and have been studying pole at Momentum in Flagstaff for the last year. I am as inspired by creative possibility and expression, as I am about the process of embodiment.
Clay Massey
Clay Massey lives in Flagstaff and is a parent of two wonderful children. After being inspired by so many others taking up various forms of aerial, acrobatic, and circus arts they decided to pick up the Cyr wheel. It was in the middle of the first session that they fell in love with the movement and cadence of the apparatus, appreciating the way it demands to be in relationship with the artist. Clay enjoys finding fun and creative ways to use movement and dance to express and process what it means to be a human moving through this crazy life.
Jes Palmer
After growing up practicing a variety of dance styles and having a strong background in tumbling and group stunting (flyer), Jes found the perfect blend of her favorite part from each of those things when she began training on static trapeze in 2020. Since then, Jes has continued to add new apparatuses wherever they could fit. Trapeze has continued to be her main apparatus, but Jes also trains in pole, silks, and rope, along with the recent additions of hammock and lyra. From her experience with dance, Jes held onto her love for contemporary dance in particular, and loves taking any opportunity to incorporate the style into aerial arts.
As an instructor and administrative assistant at Momentum Aerial Arts in Flagstaff, AZ, she has had the opportunity to continue seeking opportunities that will contribute to her success as an aerialist. This includes completing Paper Doll Militia’s Level 1 Teacher Training for both Trapeze and Silks, along with attending the upcoming American Circus Educators Conference (with administrative experience in both organizations, through being accepted to their work trade programs.
As an instructor and administrative assistant at Momentum Aerial Arts in Flagstaff, AZ, she has had the opportunity to continue seeking opportunities that will contribute to her success as an aerialist. This includes completing Paper Doll Militia’s Level 1 Teacher Training for both Trapeze and Silks, along with attending the upcoming American Circus Educators Conference (with administrative experience in both organizations, through being accepted to their work trade programs.
Kevin Ringle
Juggling and flow arts has let Kevin travel the world. Starting out as just a hobby, this art form soon led Kevin to teach workshops throughout the USA, and later to perform in Berlin, Germany. Kevin enjoys the challenge presented by prop manipulation. Starting out as a poi spinner at the age of 12, he quickly grew to love how one can spin and throw objects to create art and tell a story. Kevin started juggling at 19 and never looked back. It took another 6 years before he found his passion for hat juggling. This niche style of juggling lets Kevin express himself more so than any other prop. The joy brought to the audience by Kevin’s hat juggling is unlike any other circus show.
“My love for juggling and flow arts has created the way I look at life. This art form has taught me patience, creativity, and body awareness. I use what I have learned from prop manipulation in my every day life. I would not be the person I am today without it.”
“My love for juggling and flow arts has created the way I look at life. This art form has taught me patience, creativity, and body awareness. I use what I have learned from prop manipulation in my every day life. I would not be the person I am today without it.”
Mazzy Rose
Mazzy Rose began her aerial journey in 2018 after being inspired by performances from Circus Bacchus and Dark Sky Aerial. She began training on silks at Momentum Aerial before taking a break from that apparatus to build strength on lyra. When she returned to silks, corde lisse seemed like a natural evolution to add to her training and aerial sling joined the list shortly after. She loves the feelings of freedom and empowerment that come with exploring the aerial arts. Mazzy has performed in Ephemera, Unfurl, CIRQUE, and Frightful Fête, as well as at the Southwest Flow Fest.
Taylor Marie Turner
Taylor Marie Turner is an aerialist, singer-songwriter, and visual artist. Taylor has a background in modern dance and currently performs on aerial silks, lyra (aerial hoop), corde lisse (rope), trapeze, and invented apparatus.
Colleen Walls
Colleen Walls is a second-degree black belt in Shaolin Kung Fu and a certified instructor at Sacred Mountain of Fighting and Healing Arts. She specializes in the tiger crane 108 system, northern long fist, and tai chi. Colleen is also an active member of Sacred Mountain's lion dance team and has experience performing the head and the tail parts of the Chinese lion. Her passion is giving martial arts demonstrations in front of a live audience, and she has competed and placed at several state and national championships. In 2021, she received the ICMAC Women's Tai Chi Grand Champion award. Colleen enjoys sharing her passion for Chinese martial arts with her community.
ANTHOLOGY CREW
Taylor Marie Turner - Co-Director (Artistic Director), Co-Producer, HSMA Founder
photo by Armando Kiyama
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Taylor Marie is an aerialist, musician, and visual artist, and the founder / co-director of Hydrangea Sky Movement Arts.
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Logan Turner - Co-Director, Co-Producer, Sound, Safety Coordinator
Photo by James Ismert Photography
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Logan graduated from OCC with an Associates in Music in 2012 and then the Crane School of Music in 2016 with a BA in Music Business. During his time between The Crane School of Music and OCC, Logan studied with many accomplished percussionists in a vast number of different styles and instrumentation. Logan is a classically trained percussionist with a specialty in world percussion. Logan currently dedicates his time outside of his day job to study percussion at a high level and performing with various group in Arizona.
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William Eaton - Co-Producer
William Eaton
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William Eaton designs and builds innovative guitars and stringed instruments and is a founder and Director of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery, in Phoenix, AZ. William’s unique one-of-a-kind stringed instruments have been featured in major museums, books, magazines and art exhibits. A four time GRAMMY nominee Eaton has recorded 19 albums for Canyon Records and tours nationally and internationally. He has also produced and recorded several award winning albums in his Wisdom Tree Studios in Sedona, including: Electric Harp Guitar Group, Ananeah, and Quiet Fire Trio.
In 2015 he received the Arizona Governor’s Arts Award in the ‘artist’ category. Eaton has composed for and performed with the William Eaton Ensemble, Electric Harp Guitar Group, Nouveau West Chamber Orchestra, Nebraska Chamber Orchestra and Amadeus Trio among others. He has performed and collaborated with R. Carlos Nakai, Will Clipman, Claudia Tulip, Allen Ames, Mary Redhouse, Arvel Bird, Susannah Martin, Edgar Meyer, Anthony Mazzella, Fitzhugh Jenkins, Gary Stroutsos and others. Along with his wife Christine, William is the co-Director of Old Town Center for the Arts, in Cottonwood, Arizona, since 2005. William has worked towards environmental activism since the 1980’s and is a founder and director of Sustainable Arizona. He is also the founder of Wisdom Tree Institute, an online resource collective that explores the relationship between humans and trees, with a focus on luthiers and artisans who use wood as the primary material for their art and craft. |
Jes Palmer - Rigging Technician, Stage Technician
Photo by James Ismert Photography
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Jes Palmer is a professional aerialist and dancer with Hydrangea Sky Movement Arts, as well as an instructor at Momentum Aerial and a jewelry designer (The Bandit Botanist). Jes was a Rigging Technician for HSMA's recent production, Unfurl, in April 2023.
See Jes's artist bio for Anthology above. |
James Ball - Head Lighting Designer
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James Ball (lighting designer) is the director of choirs and Theatre at Mingus Union High School here in Cottonwood. He has been awarded Northern AZ Theatre teacher of the year and runner-up Yavapai County teacher of the year. His plays and musicals have received multiple state awards and accolades. James started helping at the OTCA in 2009 and he is elated to return for this beautiful show! James was the Head Lighting Designer for HSMA's previous productions of Ephemera and Unfurl.
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Stephan Barber - Stage Technician
Photo by James Ismert Photography. Left to right: Emerald Forest, Lilith Velarides, Taylor Turner, Logan Turner, Stephan Barber
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Armando Kiyama - Photographer
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Professional Arizona photographer Armando Kiyama, Website: Mondo-Photo.com
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SPECIAL THANKS
Special thank you to Momentum Aerial in Flagstaff, Arizona.
photo of Taylor Marie Turner by Morgan Louvier at Momentum Aerial
Have you ever dreamed of trying aerial dance? Poi and flow arts? Acrobatics? Have you ever seen a Cirque du Soleil show, or Hydrangea Sky Movement Arts show, Dark Sky Aerial, or a local circus troupe perform and wondered to yourself, could I fly like that?
Artists of Hydrangea Sky train and rehearse at Momentum Aerial in Flagstaff where regular classes are held by semester and aerial sampler classes are offered for aspiring artists to dip their toes into the world of dance. 'Every-Body' is welcome to begin and to continue their aerial journey in a safe, inclusive, positive, and nurturing environment. Momentum Aerial offers classes in aerial silks, trapeze, lyra, corde lisse (rope), pole, partner acrobatics (acro yoga), Poi, and Double Staff. For currently enrolled students, Momentum offers Open Gym time for aerial enthusiasts to rehearse skills and hone their craft.
Visit Momentum's website at MomentumAerial.org for more info!
Artists of Hydrangea Sky train and rehearse at Momentum Aerial in Flagstaff where regular classes are held by semester and aerial sampler classes are offered for aspiring artists to dip their toes into the world of dance. 'Every-Body' is welcome to begin and to continue their aerial journey in a safe, inclusive, positive, and nurturing environment. Momentum Aerial offers classes in aerial silks, trapeze, lyra, corde lisse (rope), pole, partner acrobatics (acro yoga), Poi, and Double Staff. For currently enrolled students, Momentum offers Open Gym time for aerial enthusiasts to rehearse skills and hone their craft.
Visit Momentum's website at MomentumAerial.org for more info!
Professional HSMA Company Artists who train at Momentum: Taylor Marie Turner (Director), Tyler Barnard, Heather Elliott, Emerald Forest, Ali Brae Boyd, Grace Livermore, Kristen Massey, Sunn Mixon, Jes Palmer, Mazzy Rose. HSMA Guest Artists who train at Momentum: Evan Thibodeau.
Special thank you to Sedona Arts Center in Sedona, Arizona.
painting by Gretchen Lopez
Sedona Arts Center / Sedona Arts Center Gallery has been a local artist hub and gem of a space for celebrating, showcasing, and creating visual arts in our local community since 1961. SAC offers classes, workshops, special events, and features a professional Fine Art Gallery showcasing the original one-of-a-kind works of near 100 Arizona-based and regional artists. Currently displayed on the walls of Old Town Center for the Arts (performance venue for Anthology) are oil paintings by SAC's long-time instructor and beloved local artist Gretchen Lopez that were created especially for Hydrangea Sky's production Unfurl in April 2023. A special thank you and acknowledgement to CEO Julie Richard and COO Bernadette Carroll for their continual support of Hydrangea Sky Movement Arts, and support of countless local artists in Arizona.
Sedona Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and you can support them here: Become A Donor.
Visit Sedona Arts Center Fine Art Gallery in Uptown to view more works by Gretchen Lopez and many others!
SAC Website: SedonaArtsCenter.org
Sedona Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and you can support them here: Become A Donor.
Visit Sedona Arts Center Fine Art Gallery in Uptown to view more works by Gretchen Lopez and many others!
SAC Website: SedonaArtsCenter.org
Special thank you to Christine Eaton
Christine Eaton (formerly known professionally as Christine Lamb) graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and performed on every continent except Antarctica with Nikolais Dance Theatre from 1984 to 1987. Christine danced locally with her duet company Mixed Metaphor in Sedona, Arizona. Christine and William Eaton founded and presently run the Old Town Center for the Arts with daughter Taylor (Anthology Director) and Taylor's husband Logan (Anthology Co-Director). OTCA was envisioned by Christine to be a venue and creative space for aerial dance and other live performance arts. Christine's passion for modern and aerial dance inspired Taylor to follow in her mother's footsteps; without Christine's original vision, Hydrangea Sky would not have taken flight.
