Jenna Pollack
In residence: August 17 - 31
Jenna Pollack is an international freelance choreographer, performer, and educator whose creative practice spans the realms of dance, theatre, engineering, film, site, and cultural organizing. Her choreographic inquiries broadly explore the poetics of purpose and the purpose of play. Her work is held by a wider practice in support of a more sustainable arts ecosystem at the intersection of performance, institutional dramaturgy, and distributed leadership. Pollack offers embodied practices for physical listening, reflexive imagination, rigorous play, and the mobilization of community.
At the core of Pollack’s work is a commitment to collaboration. This summer at The Yard, she brings together a diverse group of eight collaborators to embark on a new creative process. They come from the realms of dance, film, performance art, engineering, and sound design.
Embarking on a new project, the team is engaging with the long history of The Yard as a practice of the future. In braiding with archival material, they are celebrating The Yard's residency rhythms as collections of memories, people, architecture, and aspirations. They are building an experiential performance that invites all to reflect on and revel in the history, power, and potential of this campus.
“I appreciate The Yard’s clear commitment to artists — to keeping its promises to artists — which goes a long way as the field at large interrogates standards of operation and equitable practices. I am just thrilled to be able to engage this team [of collaborators] away from the Boston bustle to your dreamy slice of Chilmark”
Photos by Jenny Bergman of The Secret Art of Bureau + Design
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