We need your support!

Dear Friends and Family,

As many of you already know, MOTH Aerial Dance: Movement Of The Heart, a new performing arts company located in beautiful Southern Vermont was launched in September of 2008. MOTH will be debuting its first full-length show, Channeling, in April 2009, inspired by four American Women who swam the English Channel in 1926.

We are currently in rehearsals three days out of the week, collaborating with dancers, choreographers and circus folks in the New England and New York areas. We are interviewing a local woman who swam the Channel 15 years ago, and hope to connect with more athletes that accomplished this amazing feat. This is truly an inspiring project, that touches upon a few themes such as women’s rights, the bikini, perseverance, and celebrity.

As exciting as this is, Channeling cannot happen without your support. Although we’re starting small, rigging/apparatuses, rehearsal space, theater rental, tech crew, costumes, promotion, and a website don’t come free. That’s why we’re asking for your financial support. Large or small, your donation contributes to the tradition of art in small communities and will help MOTH get Channeling of the ground, literally and figuratively.

MOTH is comprised of Deena Marcum Frank, dancer/founder/Artistic Director, and dancer/collaborators Amanda Goble, Aimee Hancock, and Bronwyn Sims. Channeling is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization.

Contributions in behalf of MOTH are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Please send to Deena Frank, 66 Highlawn Rd. Apt 102, Brattleboro, VT, 05301. Checks should be made payable to Fractured Atlas, with Channeling in the memo line.

Thank you for your generous support. Happy Holidays!


Sincerely,


Deena Marcum Frank
Artistic Director
MOTH Aerial Dance

The logo!

Check out the new logo! Wow, I am excited about this. Please let me know what you think. I had it made through www.99designs.com, a fantastic resource for getting quality work at a price that you choose. Check it out!

MOTH, featured member of Fractured Atlas...

This week, MOTH is a featured member on Fractured Atlas' blog...very exciting! Please check it out *HERE*

New Pieces...

Currently all members of MOTH are taking a break from the "Channeling" project to work on corporate acts for the coming holiday season. This is how we pay the bills for now ladies and gentlemen! I am working on a fabric piece, Bronwyn is reworking a lyra piece, Aimee is working on a new single point trapeze act, and Amanda is reworking her static trapeze piece...all very exciting and great stuff. Interested in booking MOTH for your party? Contact us, and we would be happy to talk with you about options.
Happy holiday season!
Love and light,
Deena and the Members of MOTH

Work In Progress & Moving Meditations

Finding Space

There is a trapeze, there is a dancer, and there is so much space...in between the ropes, outside the ropes, above and below the bar, between an arm and the bar, or the rope, or the floor, or the rigging. What does the trapeze represent at any given point? There is an automatic conversation between the trapeze and the dancer, and the audience needs to be let in on the secret. There are so many possibilities.

Dancing in the woods of Vermont...so inspiring!