Tree Trunk Dance
Performed May 14, 2022 and premiered October 27, 2022
Dancers: Holly Johnson, Lori Mercil, Ginny Belden-Charles, Janet Smith, Teri McNamara, Susan Horowitz, Alys Ayumi Ogura, Denise Tennen, Millie Baker, Rae Eden Frank, Hoang-Uyen Wing Nguyen, Louise Miner, and Amy Campbell Lamphere
Music: Bartholomäus Traubeck
Film editing: Montana Monardes
Created by Marylee Hardenbergh
A dance held around the world at the exact same moment in celebration of the Autumnal Equinox.
Original score composed by Nate Gebhard and Morgan Schoonover.
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Dancers
Abby Fiat, Alba Vieira, Andrea Beeman, Ann Stanton, Ann Way, Ann Walsh, Annie Kirschenmann, Annmarie Pittman, Antinea Jimena, Antja Kennedy, Barbara Fahringer, Belkiss Amorim, Barbara Bobrowitz, Beth Giles, Carey Sirianni, Carin Torp, Carla de Sola, Carol Raymo, Catherine Cisneros, Chalmers Hardenbergh, Charline Tocchi, Christina-Marie Sears, Christine Vozella, CJ Domasig, Catherine Baumgartner, Christine Jones, Dara Haddow, , Dany Lima, Dawn Browne, Debra Donaldson, E. ConnorKelly, Elise Mennie-Duncan, Elise Risher, Frances Sablan & Callem Torres, Ginny Belden-Charles, Gloria Farrow, Haruna Tsuchiya, Ioanna Koutiva, Jan Hoistad, Jan Smith, Janet Langhorst, Jean Ando, Jennifer Payne, Jody Wager, Juni Endo, Kyla Koontz, Kathleen Wesselman, Kathryn Wiseman, Liesi Shannon, Linda Gorham, Linda Lee Soderstrom, Louise Miner, Lorraine Farmer, Lydia Morgan, Maren Waldman, Maria Sangiorgi, Marilyn Follett, Marilyn Habermas-Scher, Mary Hartnett, Mary Kamp, Mary Moncrieff, Mary Scott, MaryBeth Hraniotis, Marylee Hardenbergh, Mary Lee Sanders, Mindy Levokove, Moira Jackson, Nancy Cosgriffm Natasha Alhadeff-Jones, Norma Fernanda Rodríguez Vásquez, Orit Sonia Waisman, Paige Speers, Pam Margules, Pamla Wood, Pat Fisher, Paula Coyne, Rachel Ramm, Raimonda Boriani, Rita Dunlop, Riina Koivisto, Rosemary Iliadi-Ellis, Sarah Campbell Arnett, Shannon Michaela Doree Smith, Sue Orkand, Susan Horowitz, Susan Kierr, Tara Steppenberg, Tracy Moroney, Tricia mary Lee, Teri McNamara, Vannia Ibarguen, Victoria Day, Virginia Hill, Wildy Self, Wendy Morrell, and Willow Wildheart
The names in Italics represent the dancers who danced with us yet were not videoed. (Deep apologies for any missing names; please tell me and I will correct this list.)
Marylee participated as choreographer in MN350’s second annual Gala for Climate Justice at the historic Aria Event Center in Minneapolis.