(PARAMUS, NJ) -- Art of Motion, Inc. presents AOMDT in PULSE: Resonating EARTH on Thursday December 8, 2022 at GALLERY Bergen at Bergen Community College. The night features a live music, dance and immersive visual art installation with performances by the Art of Motion Dance Theatre, Sculpture and Art Installation by Poramit Thantapalit and Live Music by Steinway Artist: Carolyn Enger and Percussionist: Teddy Gibbons. Showtime is 7:00pm.
Renowned pianist Carolyn Enger will perform excerpts from her video enhanced program, Resonating Earth. From the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to coal burning plants in the Ruhr Valley of Germany, from the glorious heights of mountain ranges in Alaska to mountains of potassium waste in Eastern Germany, Resonating Earth was created in response to the climate crisis. With a wide range of ambient music, including Bach, Debussy, Philip Glass, among others alongside stunning imagery of the environment by Peabody Award-winning producer Elliott Forrest (WQXR), visual artist Myles Aronowitz, and internationally-exhibited environmental activist and photographer J Henry Fair, Resonating Earth creates a soundscape focusing on the beauty of nature, and inspires environmental activism in an artistic, musically immersive way.
The program seeks to transport listeners to a still, meditative space, allowing them to decompress from their daily lives, inviting introspection about humanity’s place on the planet, and inspiring action to protect our beautiful, fragile world.
Lynn Needle/RYT 500 Founder/Artistic Director of Art of Motion, Inc. a non-profit conservatory and home to the Art of Motion Dance Theatre, toured to 6 out of 7 continents and more than 40 United States as a soloist with the Nikolais Dance Theatre. Needle is the recipient of numerous grants including: an international Andrew W. Mellon Cultural Exchange Fund grant for a teaching residency in Mexico, the ACDFA National Dance Magazine Award for Choreography, The Harkness Foundation, Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs, and the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation.
Her work, presented internationally has been featured at the global TEDMED Conference at the Kennedy Center, Jacob’s Pillow, Art Festivals, Galas, Smithsonian Museums, Consulates, Zoos and sand dunes and recognized by foundations, universities and press including The New York Times, Women’s Wear Daily, Washington Post, WSJ, Daily News, PBS, Dance Magazine, Vanity Fair and the Village Voice. Lynn is a recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Ridgewood Arts Foundation, Dance in the Desert Festival, received the “Physical Theater Award” from UNITED SOLO/NYC and has been featured on PBS, podcasts, and VR film. A published author and environmental advocate, Needle recently presented and performed at the American Education Research Association/AERA Conference in San Diego. A proud recipient of The Coastal Art Project grant for her aquatic myth, “The Poseidon Project” Needle received a grant from NOAA, DEP, CMP, NJSCA and Monmouth Arts for her site-specific live music and dance immersive project which premiered in July/August 2021 in Asbury Park and Long Branch, NJ.
Needle has performed on all terrains and thrives on adapting choreography in challenging spaces. As an Adjunct Professor of Modern Dance at Bergen Community College, Needle has had the honor of premiering many of her original works in the Ciccone Theater. PULSE: Resonating Earth is a collaborative project with the Art of Motion Dance Theatre, Steinway artist, Carolyn Enger and visual artist/sculptor, Poramit Thantapalit who hails from Thailand.
Gallery Bergen is located on the third floor of West Hall on the Paramus (Main) campus of Bergen Community College. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10:00am to 5:00pm or by special appointment. School and group tours are welcome.
This program is made possible in part by a grant administered by the Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs from funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
