Will Call Episode #55.5, BONUS: Jacob’s Pillow Introduces Danza Orgánica to 10X10

February 20, 2017
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Running In Stillness

Boston-based Danza Orgánica, a Boston-based Contemporary Dance Theater Company directed by choreographer Marsha Parrilla, will stage a free performance based on their project, “Running in Stillness,” on February 24 at the Boys and Girls Club; photo courtesy Jacob’s Pillow.
Boston-based Danza Orgánica, a Boston-based Contemporary Dance Theater Company directed by choreographer Marsha Parrilla, will stage a free performance based on their project, “Running in Stillness,” on February 24 at the Boys and Girls Club; photo courtesy Jacob’s Pillow.

On February 24, Danza Orgánica, a Boston-based Contemporary Dance Theater Company, will lead a free Dance for Social Justice Movement Workshop at the Boys and Girls Club and perform excerpts from their work, Running in Stillness.

To create this piece, director and choreographer Marsha Parrilla, who is a current Jacob’s Pillow Dance Creative Development Residency Artist, talked with women who have been incarcerated, or have had close family members incarcerated. We talked with her about creating the work.

The score to “Running in Stillness,” featured in this episode, was composed and performed by Shane Shanahan and Ricardo Gallo.

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