Eliza Ladd

Big Exit flying at Dixon Place and Earlham College

Eliza Ladd — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:29:37 +0000

I love this poster. We will be performing Big Exit at Dixon Place on Monday March 26th at 7:30 and then taking it to Earlham College in Indiana. Come see this wild and controlled, bird and cowgirl duet exploration of work and freedom and listening in the moment.

Also, I will be further developing on est deshabille for Dixon Place on June 18th. The show in Performance Mix festival was wonderous. Video coming soon.

on est deshabille solo and other

Eliza Ladd — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:29:02 +0000

Having come off a wonderful development of on est deshabille, a comedy about death for the United Solo Theater Festival, I will be continuing that process this winter spring for performance of an excerpt in the Performance Mix Festival at the Joyce Soho on March 15. Also, Sara Zimmerman and I are continuing to develop Big Exit, performing Mar 26 at Dixon Place and April 3 at Earlham College. And, I will be participating in a mixed discipline collaboration at the E|Merge Residency at Earthdance in February.

on est deshabille: see slideshow see video see project description more on youtube

Upcoming Performance St Ann’s, Solo and more

Eliza Ladd — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:25:28 +0000

Come see me as Sentinel in Karen O’s Stop the Virgens at St. Ann’s Warehouse October 12 -22. A wild Ride with rocking!! music. Also, my solo show on est deshabille, a comedy about death is in development right now for a one night first showing in the United Solo Theatre Festival at Theatre Row. Oct 31 7:30. 50 mins.

Upcoming Performance: Big Exit in collaboration with Sara Zimmerman at the Chocolate Factory, Dec 6 and on est deshabille next march in the Performance Mix Festival at the Joyce Downtown.

performance + projects = check it out

Eliza Ladd — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:03:54 +0000

I invite you to come to Figment Festival June 11 and 12 on Governor’s Island where I will be collaborating and performing in Sara Zimmerman’s Big Exit. Also, please check out slideshow from a Live Sound Action Community Project I did this spring funded by the Puffin Foundation and Young Audiences NY. I found myself to be at peace with my peers in a circle of five year olds and, I was also astonished by the silence of concentration in the room when these kids played in mirror flock with their parents in a family workshop. Also, please view a video excerpt from a Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP-NYC) public sharing we did in April. This summer I am going to be further developing on est deshabille as well as initiating a new ensemble piece titled: conjoined.

on est deshabille

Eliza Ladd — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:32:44 +0000

on est deshabille, a comedy about death premiered at the Joyce Soho as a Work in Progress as a part of the Field’s Emerging Artist Residency, supported by the Tides Foundation. The show is now in further development. see video see slideshow

residency, workshops, shows in development

Eliza Ladd — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:41:47 +0000

This fall as a part of The Field’s Emerging Artist residency program, supported by the Tides Foundation, I am developing a solo clown / song / existential adventure piece — in search of forms for voice. Also, I am playing with Vernice Miller and ALAT Theater Company in development of Red Tent Fabrik and Vincent DeGeorge in his ensemble project, Wreck. As the first step of Puffin Foundation project I will be holding workshops creating performance with kids at Henry Street Settlement integrating the form of Live Sound Action and the content / substance of dirt and the process of compost — there is drama and beauty here. And, I am teaching the fine art of Acting as well as The Function of Theater . . . this time is full and fruitful.

live sound action received Puffin Foundation Grant

Eliza Ladd — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:23:59 +0000

I just received a grant from the Puffin Foundation for my investigation of Live Sound Action : Cosmological Composition. This grant will be applied to exploration and perfomance work I will create in collaboration with kids from the Lower East Side Ecology Center. I enjoy the Puffin Foundation’s tag line: ” . . continuing the dialogue between art and the lives of ordinary people.”

bucket and stick ensemble performance

Eliza Ladd — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:22:31 +0000

The work-in-progress ensemble show of Live Sound Action was wonderful and informative. April 16 and 17 at Gowanus Arts Bldg. Wildlife Showcase. Now — ready for text.

see slideshow

tribal epic open rehearsal

Eliza Ladd — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:24:01 +0000

see photo album tribal epic 1 / 24

We played in our first three sessions of Tribal Epic – Kinesthetic Delight in Improvisation with Live Band monkeyworks, had a wonderful open practice session, and now, we continue on: upcoming dates: Feb 21, Mar 21, Apr 18, and May 16

see photo album of tribal epic 1/17

Check out this trailer video and photo gallery of Elephants and Gold 3 performed at The Berkshire Fringe this summer

Eliza Ladd — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:01:25 +0000

Elephants and Gold 3 performed Aug 2009 at The Berkshire Fringe in Great Barrington, Mass.

Created by Eliza Ladd in collaboration with Margot Bassett, Vincent DeGeorge, Nichi Douglas, Stephanie Fittro, Adam Patterson, and Ian Smit. Lighting by Brian Scott.

See Elephants and Gold 3 photo gallery – Read testimonials and reviews

photography by Alex Miles Younger