Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player. Click here to get the latest flash player.
BASE MOVEMENT THEATRE's Interests
General
"GRITTY, COMPELLING, ECCENTRIC AND VIVID ALL MELDED TOGETHER BARELY BEGINS TO DESCRIBE DROP YOUR ART."
–Carol South, Grand Traverse Herald
Music
UPCOMING SHOW!!!
ARTOPIA PRESENTS BASE MOVEMENT THEATRE!!!
ARTOPIA:
Inovative art. Emerging Talent. Free
Saturday June 28th - Georgetown, Seattle.
For more Information: http://artopiaseattle.com
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Performance name: CLUTCH.
Performed by: BASE Movement Theatre.
Where: 5700 Airport Way South, The Bottling Plant.
When: CLUTCH is open from 12-10pm.
Site-Specific Performances every hour, on the hour between 1-9pm.
BASE Movement Theatre brings life and energy to unique and historic venues. This performance art group creates living murals within evolving and abandoned landscapes. Contrasting vibrant modern dance with the warehouse setting of The Bottling Plant, CLUTCH is an installation incorporating site-specific performances choreographed by Megan Mertaugh, as well as a selection of filmed performances produced and captured in select locations within the 120-year old historic structures of the former Traverse City State Hospital in Northern Michigan. These films were created in collaboration between Megan Mertaugh and Grace Blackmer of BASE Movement Theatre, and cinematographer Rich Brauer of Brauer Productions Inc.
Movies
ABOUT DROP YOUR ART.:
DROP YOUR ART. is inspired by the historic buildings of the former state hospital in Traverse City Michigan. The energy of this abandoned landscape has captivated Mertaugh’s heart and imagination since childhood. Mertaugh approaches this work with the belief that the environment provides both sustenance and a canvas for life and art. The purchase of the buildings by The Minervini Group for the purpose of historic preservation and renovation into The Village at Grand Traverse Commons, provided the unique opportunity for BASE Movement Theater to create DROP YOUR ART. in mutual alignment with the Minervini’s respect for the extraordinary historic legacy of these spaces, and their vision to bring a new life to these remarkable buildings.
Television
BASE MOVEMENT HISTORY:
DROP YOUR ART. premiered at InsideOut Gallery in Traverse City, Michigan last August, as a multimedia exhibit of art and contemporary dance presented by BASE Movement Theater. Components included film, photography, and sound. Rich Brauer of Brauer Productions, Inc., recorded the dance at 6 frames per second on 16MM film and presented it using an array of vintage projectors. Photographs by Traverse City based artists Stephen Dillon and Cory Blackmer filled the gallery walls.
Books
BASE MOVEMENT THEATRE FOUNDERS:
MEGAN MERTAUGH, company co-founder, director, choreographer, performer and conceptualist, is a native of Traverse City, MI and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan. Megan has studied extensively throughout Europe, Australia, Mexico, and the United States, and has presented her choreography in multiple theatrical productions including: eve Ensler's Floating Rhoada and The Glue Man, William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Stephen Schwartz’ Pippin. Welcomed as a guest artist at Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Cholula, Mexico, Megan is also a guest instructor at the Dance Arts Academy in Traverse City, and a member of the Michigan Dance Collective.
GRACE BLACKMER, company co-founder, performer, costume designer and conceptualist, is a native of Traverse City, MI and attended Columbia College in Chicago for film and dance. Grace has studied and performed in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis and is now an instructor at The Dance Center in Traverse City. Currently Grace is a member of the Michigan Dance Collective, is a black belt in Taekwondo, and is expecting her first child. Congratulations Grace!!!
Who I'd like to meet: BASE MOVEMENT THEATRE (BMT)-
BASE Movement Theatre, a new Seattle-based dance and performance art group that creates living murals against the backdrop of historic and unique sanctuaries.
Stiving to raise awareness for the importance of merging art forms to enhance human relation to art, BASE Movement Theatre incorporates many artistic mediums to enrich the depth of the work produced and reaches out to a larger public by creating work that is socially significant, interactive, accessible, and inclusive.
oh meg!!! it's brutal! i can't even touch my toes anymore!!!! how are things? i miss you too...i can't wait for our next project, how did the photo event go? i was teaching that night thinking about how great it would've been to just hop on a plane and show up! but alas, those days are over for now! he he!!! misses and kisses from michigan!
Your space looks incredible! I can't wait to see it! I will call you after next week & fill you in on the teaching details - the dancers are REALLY excited to get to work with you. I'm so proud & happy for you -
