mnartists.org: Megan Mayer

dazzlecream

Megan Mayer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:12:48 GMT

dazzlecream is my video submission for NYC artist Neal Medlyn's Britney-inspired "Her's A Queen" show at DTW premiering Oct 22-24 2009. More info found here: hersaqueen.wordpress.com/ More video submissions here: hersaqueenvideo.wordpress.com/

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Charles Campbell's He Woke Up In A Strange Placed Called Home And Although Looking For Bed He Kept Finding Death Instead

Megan Mayer — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:31:49 GMT

Charles Campbell/Skewed Visions's production of [i]He Woke Up In A Strange Placed Called Home And Although Looking For Bed He Kept Finding Death Instead[/i] premiered in May 2009 in St Paul.

Kevin Obsatz's The Gate to the Enclosure

Megan Mayer — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:53:30 GMT

video performance duet with Kevin Obsatz for his x4video installation at the Weisman Art Museum, July 9-August 23, 2009, part of the Artists on the Verge show presented by Northern Lights and the Jerome Foundation. [url=http://weisman.umn.edu/exhibits/AOV/home.html]http://weisman.umn.edu/exhibits/AOV/home.html[/url] [u][color=#810081][url=http://northern.lights.mn/programs/aov/obsatz/]http://northern.lights.mn/programs/aov/obsatz/[/url][/color][/u][url=http://northern.lights.mn/tag/artists-on-the-verge/][/url]

image: Megan Mayer trainyard 2

image: Megan Mayer trainyard

image: Kevin x4

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We tried to throw the light

Megan Mayer — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:26:04 GMT

[size= x-small; font-family: Arial]Drawing inspiration from photography and video, 2009 Momentum performing artist Megan Mayer’s [i]We tried to throw the light[/i] incorporates a keen eye for detail and a sensibility that less is more. Using a tactile approach to choreography, interacting with and responding to architecture, light and inanimate objects, Mayer’s newest creation investigates the unease and sense of discovery that accompany self- scrutiny. [/size] [size= x-small][i]We tried to throw the light[/i] premieres June 17-19, 2010 at The Southern Theater in a shared show with Penelope Freeh's [i]We’ll Survive if We Don’t Protect Ourselves[/i][/size][size= x-small; color: #ff0000; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [i] [/i][/size]

image: worklight rehearsal

image: kitchen table light

I Could Not Stand Close Enough To You

Megan Mayer — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:28:52 GMT

From her curious site-specific bathroom choreography to prestigious commissions and performances around the Twin Cities and beyond, Megan Mayer’s recent work employs her dry wit with the nuance of gesture. Her new work, [i]I Could Not Stand Close Enough to You[/i], explores that fine line between the risk of intimacy and the comfort of companionship, where clumsy first encounters meet the quiet splendor of vulnerability. [i]I Could Not Stand Close Enough to You[/i] Premiering in Momentum: New Dance Works July 23-25, 2009 (shared evening with Sally Rousse) Southern Theater, Minneapolis

[size= x-small; font-family: Century Gothic][size= 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic']In Fall 2008 I was awarded the Momentum: New Dance Works commission by the Walker Art Center and Southern Theater. This grant supported the creation of my most ambitious artistic project to date; I have been working on this for nearly a year and am excited to share it with you. [i]I Could Not Stand Close Enough to You[/size][/size] features the captivating talents of Charles Campbell, Theresa Madaus, Kristin Van Loon, Greg Waletski and myself[color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff], [/color][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][color=#0000ff][/color][/color][/color][/color]and marks several milestones near and dear to my heart.[/i]

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[size= x-small; font-family: Century Gothic][size= 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic']In [/size][/size][size= x-small; font-family: Century Gothic][size= 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic']Megan Mayer’s [i]I Could Not Stand Close Enough to You[/size][/size][/i][size= x-small; font-family: Century Gothic][size= 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic'], the bold beauty of childhood fantasy collides with the self-conscious trappings of adulthood. Awkwardly humorous in a manner reminiscent of the Smothers Brothers, this piece pits familial/group mentality against individual attempts at autonomy and personal success. [/size][/size][size= x-small; font-family: Century Gothic][size= 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic']From choreographic projects to prestigious commissions and performances around the Twin Cities and beyond, Mayer’s recent work combines her dry wit with the nuance of gesture. For this piece she has created solos for all five performers, and backs the action with a soundtrack of nostalgic, bittersweet 1960s songs that have personal meaning.[/size][/size]

[size= x-small; font-family: Century Gothic][/size] Providing a snapshot of Minnesota’s dance landscape, Momentum illuminates the skill and passion of the next generation’s most promising artists. Featuring two companies each evening, Momentum showcases new voices and ideas that articulate the latest combinations in dance while solidifying the Twin Cities as a hotbed of fresh, experimental and under-the-radar talent.

image: Megan Mayer

image: I Could Not Stand Close Enough To You

Coarse Confluence

Megan Mayer — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:52:58 GMT

"Coarse Confluence" is a new short dance film collaboratively created by choreographer Megan Mayer and filmmaker Kevin Obsatz. Megan Mayer, a dance artist/choreographer and photographer based in Minneapolis, is the solo performer in this site-based dance film. Premiering along with other artists as part of Cinema Revolution's "The Dance Film Project" at Intermedia Arts 2822 Lyndale Ave S Minneapolis, MN An evening of choreography for the camera December 12 and 13, 2008, 7 PM FEATURING NEW SHORT FILMS BY • Mad King Thomas and Katinka Galanos • Vanessa Voskuil and John Koch • Justin Jones and Kevin Obsatz • Mandy Herrick and Dustin Nelson • Katie Ritchey and Garrett Tiedemann • Erica Pinigis • Megan Mayer and Kevin Obsatz In anticipation and celebration of Cinema Revolution's fifth anniversary, store owner and filmmaker John Koch hosted an open call last April for filmmakers and choreographers to come together and create original short works for the camera or for live performance and camera. Koch proposed that the participants explore the expressiveness of dance through a cinematic language placing themselves in site-specific contexts and focusing on the various structures of time.

Exactly where I'm supposed to be: This is how I dance at The Soap Factory

Megan Mayer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:14:14 GMT

socktesting

Megan Mayer — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:00:32 GMT

socktesting was created by Megan Mayer and Mark Abel Garcia and premiered at The Soap Factory in Minneapolis. socktesting revolves around six characters who are slowly asphyxiated over four days. In knowing this they purposely deceive themselves by ritualizing a routine from the patterns of everyday life. Each character has a distinct movement quality. Featuring performances by Jody Bee, Mimi Holland, Arnie Roos, Mats Sexton, Heather Stone and Samuel Van Wyk. socktesting is produced by Gail Ottmar and features costumes by Louise Delfs, set and light concepts by J.J. Johnson and web animation/ viral marketing by Kari Jo Skogquist. Listen to Marya Morstad's 5/29 "Art Matters" interview with Megan and Mark on the KFAI archives: http://www.kfai.org/node/97 Read our article in The Bridge newspaper: http://www.readthebridge.info/7133

Laurie Van Wieren's like a movie i saw once

Megan Mayer — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:53:21 GMT

"like a movie i saw once" Choreographed by: LAURIE VAN WIEREN With: Anna Marie Shogren and Megan Mayer, Michelle Kinney, Diana Grasselli and Paula Mann April 9-12, 2008 All shows at 8PM The Ritz Theater

Pulp Dances for RetroRama at Minnesota History Center

Megan Mayer — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:22:48 GMT

The Minnesota History Center commissioned me to create a set of dances based on 1950s pulp fiction book covers. These premiered as part of RetroRama, an annual classic noir evening celebrating all things mid-century. I was thrilled to work with the charismatic talents of Christine Maginnis, Stephen Schroeder, Laurie Van Wieren and Greg Waletski. RetroRama Thursday, November 8 7-11 pm Minnesota History Center 345 Kellogg Blvd W, St Paul, 55102 Tickets $12/$15 http://www.mnhs.org/historycenter/programs/retrorama/

Thorp Building Sink, Northeast Minneapolis

Megan Mayer — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:59:12 GMT

Exhibition Salon 300 Hopkins Center for the Arts On display August 11-September 2, 2007

Bathroom Dancing Project

Megan Mayer — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:17:07 GMT

I began this project in 2007 as an attempt to respond to the unique mood that each bathroom or stall evokes through movement. I don't allow myself advance preparation other than a quick camera set-up. Influenced by everything from wall texture and fixtures to whoever might be on the other side of the shared wall, I have enjoyed investigating qualities of stealth, sneakiness and the tension between public and private.

Unfit (you cannot be serious)-courtside

Megan Mayer — Thu, 03 May 2007 22:46:50 GMT

This solo work, a mingling of Jobim's bossa nova and the tennis antics of John McEnroe, premiered in March of 2007 at Bryant-Lake Bowl. This version was filmed outside in the Kenwood neighborhood amidst tennis court ruins in spring of 2007. See the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWqd4vKGISA

Unfit (you cannot be serious)

Megan Mayer — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:07:10 GMT

[b]Unfit (you cannot be serious)[/b], a new solo by Megan Mayer, premiered March 28, 2007 at Bryant-Lake Bowl's 9x22 A Dance Lab. [b]Unfit[/b] is a series of fits and starts that mingles the smooth stylings of an Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz bossa nova with the tennis antics of John McEnroe.

Geoff Herbach interview with Megan Mayer 7-16-06

Megan Mayer — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:44:26 GMT

Geoff Herbach and Megan Mayer talked on the hottest day of the summer in a terribly hot office.

audio: Megan Mayer interview 7-16-06