Los Angeles - 2000

The Clemens Center - 2000

New York City - 1998

Los Angeles - 2000

“A look into the heart and history of dance”

The New York Times

Created by Tina Croll and Jamie Cunningham, this full-length work features distinguished performers from your community, joined by a core company of six dancers from New York City.  The performance is structured to showcase the diversity of dance traditions in your area:  each performer tells a story from their life, then performs movement of their own choosing, sometimes interacting with another dancer.  From the Horse’s Mouth serves as a unique vehicle bringing together dance and dancers from differing backgrounds.  To-date, performances have featured dancers with backgrounds in African, Clogging, Flamenco, East Indian, Irish Step, Japanese, tango, jazz, tap, ballet, modern and Broadway.  

“Heightened emotions and serendipitous dance moments mingle with belly laughs and bittersweet anecdotes.”

Los Angeles Times

Each production of From the Horse’s Mouth is considered a new “chapter” of the piece and is cast or “curated” to showcase or feature a specific group of performers/dancers – no two performances are ever the same.  For example, a production in a university may focus on alumni and faculty, as well as include local dancers from the surrounding area.  Or, a venue may want to focus on a specific lineage or tradition.  Because the structure is simple, From the Horse’s Mouth can be rehearsed and performed in three days.  This is a real opportunity to engage your local dance community in a singular event, whatever that community may be.

“Like dying and going to dancer’s heaven.”

The New York Times

  Over the past five years From the Horse’s Mouth has been presented in New York City at Lincoln Center, Dance Theatre Workshop, Danspace-St. Mark's Church, the Kaye Playhouse and New York University; as well as in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and most recently at Jacob's Pillow and the American Dance Festival.  To date over 300 dancers have participated  including Mary Anthony, Jane Comfort, Gemze de Lappe, David Dorfman, John Jaspers, Carol Lawrence, Carmen de Lavallade, Martine Van Hamel, Gus Solomons Jr., Viola Farber and Yvonne Rainer. 

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Center for Creative Resources

info@centerforcreativeresources.org  

Tina Croll, Director  tel/fax: (212) 627-9407.  tina@horsesmouth.org

Jamie Cunningham, Director: (212) 989-7125

 Lois Welk, Project Advisor (607)-936-6374. lwelk@servtech.com