Ali Moini will be part of Dance Omi International Dance Collective 2012 in NYC.
Since 2005, the Dance Omi International Dance Collective has brought together ten accomplished dance artists from around the world for three weeks of creative exchange each summer. Though the program culminates in informal showings on the Omi campus, the emphasis is not a performance product; rather, a gently facilitated process of experimentation and collaboration.
This exploration is enhanced by providing resources that dancers and choreographers often lack: space, time and other artists with whom to work. Under the direction of the Dance Omi Director and an alumni Guest Mentor, residents learn from each other’s creative process and the freedom to play. The result is a model of creative process and community building that envisions consequences for the participants beyond the sphere of art making.
from DANCE MAGAZINE: http://www.dancemagazine.com/issues/August-2012/Studio-Notes
Omi, Oh My
What are artists from Italy, India, Iran, Russia, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland, and the U.S. doing on a 300-acre retreat in upstate New York? From Aug. 7–27, 10 dancers and choreographers from these far-flung countries will come together to form the 2012 Dance Omi International Dance Collective at the scenic Omi International Arts Center in Ghent, NY. Directed by choreographer Christopher K. Morgan (see “Taking Off,” April 2011), with the mentorship of NYC-based dancemaker Shandoah Goldman, the collective will be in residence for three weeks, creating new work together and presenting the not-necessarily-finished results at an informal showing on Aug. 25. The residency also opens with a laid-back performance, The Artists Salon, on Aug. 11, an opportunity for the participants to share their work with each other and the public before delving into cross-cultural collaborations."
