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Mission
Green
Street Studios
is a
center for movement and dance that enables artists, students, and
audiences to explore the boundless potential of physical movement
and the expressive capacity of the human body. Through its support
of both established and emerging professionals, Green Street Studios
provides students of all levels, and the wider public, the opportunity
to explore and establish connections of their own to the traditions
and commitments of disciplined movement.
Vision
Green
Street Studios is a dance and movement arts center that serves all
ages and skill levels. GSS will develop dance audiences and serve
its diverse community by expanding opportunities to experience the
magic and wonder of dance and movement. We will be recognized for
our artistic integrity, the quality of our dance education and our
progressive programming. GSS will strive to identify and fill voids
in the dance and movement community that are in harmony with our
mission. The best professionals will be working for GSS. They will
be experienced, dedicated to continually improving their teaching
technique, recognized by the dance and movement community for their
work, and committed to fostering and developing the Green Street
Studios community.
As
a center for developing emerging dance and movement artists, GSS
will provide an environment where they can experiment, take artistic
risks, perform and grow. GSS will collaborate with the Boston dance
community and will bring artists, dancers and Bostons audiences
together to share the best and most challenging ideas, practices
and practitioners by providing master classes and workshops with
guest artists, offering artist residencies, and presenting performances
of current and evolving trends.
GSS
will transition from a cooperatively-run space to a dance and movement
arts center managed by an active board of trustees, a professional
staff and volunteers committed to implementing and sustaining the
vision through a supportive atmosphere, sound organization and fiscal
responsibility. Green Street Studios will provide affordable facilities
for rehearsals, performances, and training that meet the specific
needs of dancers and are affordable.
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History
Green
Street Studios (GSS) is a laboratory for dance in the Boston area.
Founded in 1991 by five artists as a workspace, GSS now supports
the performing, rehearsing and teaching needs of a diverse group
of individuals and companies. With two studios and 125-seat black
box studio/theatre, GSS is a purpose-built dance facility in a dynamic
urban setting, one that offers dancers what they need to be successful.
Initially,
the founders taught Modern Dance and Ballet to pay rent; their success
made GSS a vital node in the Boston movement arts community. Over
time, teachers of other dance forms joined them. GSS is now home
to hundreds of dancers who rehearse and study, and over 20 teachers
in a range of disciplines.
In
2001 the initial 10-year lease on the space expired. By that time,
Central Square, Cambridge, had become a recognized destination,
and rent for 2002 represented a 42% increase over the previous year.
Renewing the lease and recognizing a new financial landscape pushed
the organization to explore its potential and clarify its mission.
GSS began evolving from an artist-run cooperative into a fully staffed
center for the education and performance of dance and movement arts.
Much
of the work of the past three years has focused on clarifying daily
administration. The organization increased its budget 50% in the
last 2 fiscal years through increased fundraising, improved financial
management and growth in clientele served. Since 2005, programming
revenues have increased by 38% and we employed our first full time
Executive Director. GSS now serves a diverse community of over 5,500
from the Boston metropolitan area and beyond.
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Board Members
George Anastaplo
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Jimena Bermejo-Black
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Lissa Florman
Abbie
Katz
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Tony
Matsu
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Nicole
Pierce
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Birute Regine
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Marcus
Schulkind
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George Anastaplo
George Anastaplo is an architect, practicing in Cambridge MA. Initially
trained as a historian, he entered the design field through museum
administration. As prelude to the smaller scaled architectural work
he now does, George designed lighting for institutional clients.
His projects included subway stations, libraries, schools, laboratories,
museums, and a U.S. Embassy. Without setting out to do so, he has
also developed a pro-bono practice of consulting to non-profit organizations.
Jimena Bermejo-Black
Jimena Bermejo-Black was born in Mexico City. She holds a BFA in Dance from The Boston Conservatory and will be graduating with an MFA from The Massachusetts College of Art and Design in May 2009. Jimena has performed with Spencer/Colton, Marcus Schulkind, Kate Digby, Ego Art Inc., Kelli Edwards, Lorraine Chapman The Company, Caitlin Corbett Dance Company and as a guest dancer with David Parker and The Bang Group. Along with performing Jimena continues to teach, choreograph and create video/performance pieces. She serves on the dance faculty of The College of The Holy Cross and has been awarded with the Performance Works Project (2005) and the Emerging Artists (2008) grants for her choreography.
Abbie H. Katz was
Associate Producer for the Boston Early Music Festival from 2002-07;
previous to that she was General Manager of The Market Theater in
Cambridge. Ms. Katz was also Associate Producer for the Festival
of Arts & Ideas in New Haven and General Manager for Anna Deveare
Smith's Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at Harvard University.
She toured extensively throughout the US, Europe and Asia, and has
worked with the Lucinda Childs Dance Company, Meredith Monk (The
House), Robert Wilson and Yoshiko Chuma. She currently teaches stage
management and arts administration at Suffolk University.
Toni Matsu
Dancer, Gardener, Manager, Reader, Textile Artist. Toni suffers
the odd combination of a strong artistic sensibility and an organized,
button-down intelligence. Over the years it has led her to the management
of a variety of arts and non-profit groups.
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Nicole Pierce
Nicole is a dancer, choreographer, teacher and musician. She moved
to the Boston area from California in 1987 and has been active in
the dance community since 1995. Nicole is trained in ballet and
modern dance as well as classical piano. She is on the dance faculty
of Emerson College and Green Street Studios. Nicole is the Artistic
Director for EgoArt,
Inc., her own multimedia performance company, which has
been seen at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival as well as Boston
venues. Nicole has also choreographed for Centastage Performance
Boston and in collaboration with Commonwealth Civic Ballet. She
teaches piano privately to children and adults. Nicole has danced
in the companies of Marcus Schulkind, Jody Weber, Ruth Birnberg
and Nicola Hawkins among others and has studied mime with Marcel
Marceau. Nicole holds a B.A. in English from Tufts University and
has done graduate work in music at Boston University.
Birute Regine
Birute
Regine EdD, author of The Soul at Work and Paths of Iron
Butterflies: How strong women are transforming themselves and the
world, received her doctorate in developmental psychology from
Harvard University, was a practicing psychotherapist for 25 years,
and a visiting scholar at Wellesley Colleges Research Center
on Women. She is also a business
consultant and public speaker. Married to Roger Lewin,
she has a daughter Rasa, and a son Romas. Dance has been and continues
to be her meditation, her passion, her sanity.
Marcus Schulkind
Marcus is a founding director of Green Street Studios and has been
dancing, teaching, and performing for over thirty-three years. Originally
trained in Graham Technique and Graham based variants (Norman Walker,
May ODonnell, Pearl Lang), he went on to study ballet with
Antony Tudor and Maggie Black at Julliard, bodywork with Zena Rommett
( for whom he taught in New York), and Pilates Technique with Kathy
Grant.
He has performed nationally and internationally with many major
modern dance companies including Lar Lubovitch, Kathy Posin, and
Batsheva Dance Company of Isreal. He has taught in the United States,
Europe, Canada, and the Middle East. Mr. Schulkind is a nationally
recognized dancer, teacher, and choreographer, having received grants
from the N.E.A., N.Y.S.C.A., Affiliate Artists Inc., Bank Boston
Celebrity Series, and First Night. He has choreographed for Dennis
Waynes Company, Princeton Ballet, David Brown, Elisa Monte,
5 by 2 Plus, People Dancing, Pick of the Crop, Little Feet, Peanut
Butter and Jelly Dance Company, and in Canada for Dance Partout
and the National Ballet of Egypt. Since seriously injuring his knee
twelve years ago, he has been integrating Physical therapies and
his five year training of Pilates into his floor barre, modern,
and ballet technique classes. Marcus is also a practicing
acupuncturist.
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Staff
Treasurer
Donna Wabrek
Scheduling
Coordinator
Courtney Romanowski
Billing
Coordinator
Toni Matsu
Administrative Coordinator
Kathryn Dunkel
Concert Coordinator
Data Base
Manager
Technical Director
Kristin Hayes
Webmaster
Peggy Crown
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Deanna
Beattie graduated magna cum laude
from Plymouth State College with a Bachelor’s of Science in
Interdisciplinary Studies: Dance and Philosophy. During her time
at Plymouth State, she was the president of the Contemporary Dance
Ensemble and actively participated in their bi-annual concerts with
her performance and choreography. She currently studies at Green
Street Studios with Jody Weber and Marcus Schulkind. Deanna has
recently worked with Jody Weber, Kee Chin, and has also submitted
her own choreography in the Cambridge dance scene. She currently
is a wine and gourmet food manager and teaches dance part-time at
North Shore Community College.
Andrea
Blesso Albuquerque has many careers
- as a dance instructor at Green Street Studios and Partners for
Youth with Disabilities, as a performer with EgoArt, Inc. and Falling
Flight Project, as a model for artist Judith Larsen, and as Office
Manager at the Boston Center for the Arts. Throughout her dance
life, Andrea has performed with Snappy Dance Theater, Bennett Dance
Company, and Turnpike Project, among others. She has danced underwater,
18ft in the air, on wheels of many kinds, on various land surfaces,
and is currently studying fire dancing. Andrea's latest collaboration
has her dancing on the streets and mountains of Portugal.
Ruth Bronwen found
a home at Green Street Studios after dancing with the Boston Ballet.
She is currently working with Jose Mateo Ballet Theater, Kinodance
and Lorraine Chapman/The Company. Ruth received her BA in English
and Dance from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Currently,
she enjoys the challenge of balancing company work, her own solo
and group choreography and graphic/website development.
Kathryn
Dunkel received her BA in Dance
from Hamilton College with a Minor in Anthropology. While at Hamilton,
she studied with Elaine Heekin, Leslie Norton, and Bruce Walczyk.
Kathryn is a graduate of the Trinity/La Mama program out of New
York City, where she studied with Maureen Fleming, Tiffany Mills,
and Lisa Race, among others. Since moving to Boston, she has had
the pleasure of performing work by choreographers and companies
including: Bryce Dance, Kee Chin, EgoArt, Inc., Cat Murcek, Cheri
Opperman, Mariah Steele, Danny Swain Dance Company, and WeberDance.
Kathryn has presented her own work in Cambridge at The Dance Complex
and Green Street Studios, the Triskelion Arts Center in Brooklyn,
and The Annex at La MaMa E.T.C. in New York City.
Kristin Hayes earned
her BFA from Emerson College, receiving accolades and recognition
for her designs of Undiscovered Country, The Witch of Blackbird
Pond, and the 25th Annual EVVY Awards. She currently works as a
freelance designer and technician in Boston; recent design credits
include A Christmas Carol for Fiddlehead Theatre Company, Hamlet
for Shakespeare Now, and Simon Says for PSFilms.
Erin Pellecchia
holds a BFA in Dance from Emerson College and a postgraduate degree
in Cultural Management from City University, London. She returned
to Boston in May 2005 to dance for Josie Bray, and has most recently
worked with the Animus Ensemble, Audra Carabetta, Jimena Bermejo,
Serena Hadsell and Linden Tree Dance Company. As a manager, Erin
worked at the UK Foundation for Dance and The Place Artist Development
in London and currently works in the office at Green Street Studios.
She teaches creative movement classes for children at Peanut
Butter & Jelly Dance in Brookline where she is also Administrator
for the company.
Julie Pike Edmond began
her academic pursuits in Dance Education and Performance at Columbia
College in Chicago. There she studied under Shirley Mordine and
Jan Eckert. After a back injury, she returned to her native New
England where she graduated from Bradford College with a B.F.A.
Since then, she has danced with Brian Crabtree, Exit Dance Theater,
and Nicola Hawkins Dance Company. She currently performs with Caitlin
Corbett Dance Company, Weber Dance, EgoArt, Inc., and Karen Murphy.
Julie works as a Shiatsu, Craniosacral, and Reiki practitioner and
will soon be certified in therapeutic pet massage. Julie develops
her own choreography as The TurnPike Project.
Courtney Romanowski
Courtney Romanowski graduated from Emerson College in 2006 with
a B.F.A. in Dance/Theatre. She has studied with master artists as
Keith Sabado, Milton Myers, Deborah Leamy and Julia Boynton, among
others. Along with Green Street, Courtney works at Central Square
Theater. She also teaches dance throughout the Metrowest; she has
performed with Moving West Repertory Dance Theatre, Kee Chin and
Heather Bryce Dance. Courtney can be reached at scheduling@greenstreetstudios.org
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Directions
Green
Street Studios is located at 185 Green St., Cambridge, MA.
By
Car:
From
Boston
Cross the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge into Cambridge. Half a mile
from the bridge turn left on Sidney Street (a wide street just before
a fire station on the left) and immediately turn right into Green
Street. Drive one block to Brookline Street. Cross Brookline Street.
Green Street Studio will be the 2nd building on the right. For parking
look for 2 hour meters (free after 6:00 PM and on Sundays) on Brookline
Street before crossing it or continue on Green Street to the Municipal
parking lot on the left after the stop sign. Meters also available
on Massachusetts Avenue (2 and 1 hour meters).
From
Mass Turnpike, Brookline
Take Cambridge/Allston exit on to River Street Bridge into Cambridge,
continue straight on River Street less than half a mile and make
a right turn on Franklin Street. Take the 3rd left turn onto Brookline
Street and the next left onto Green Street.
Parking
garage
A reasonably priced parking garage is located on Green Street, the
next block after Green Street Studios, on the left side of the street.
By Public Transportation:
To Central Square
By bus
take #'s 1, CT1, 47, 64, 70, 70A to Central Square, Cambridge;
by subway take Red Line T to
Central Square Station.
From
S.E. corner of Massachusetts Ave and Prospect St. / Western Ave.
/ Magazine St. :
Walk
S.E. one block to Pearl St. . Turn Right (S.W.) .
Walk
one block on Pearl St. to corner of Green St. and Pearl St.
Turn
Left (S.E.) . Continue down Green St. .
Green
Street Studios are located in a two story brick building between
Pearl St. and Brookline St.
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