Compass - By Ellen Godena and John Morrison for Juddertone

Videotaped by Charles Daniels!

This is a piece that represents a 6 month collaboration by me and Composer John Morrison (of the Longy School of Music in Cambridge MA).

It is based on an elemental map we created that was loosely derived from the landscape of a Japanese Brush Painting. The movement is spare

and the sound so too. It is improvised according to the areas traversed on the map by the travelers. In this case, me (Ellen), the mover, and Dennis

Shafer (bari sax) and Wei Wang (Trombone). We performed this at the BU Dance Theater in Boston Massachusetts in November 2009 for the Juddertone

Performance Series.

This is a new rehearsal vid for my show this weekend 12/12. I'm a new member of the Mobius Artists Group (MAG): http://www.mobius.org

I am thrilled to become a member of this experimental arts community. The goal, for me, is to bring as much awareness as I can to experimental/movement/dance works created by and for local Boston-based artists. As a RISD grad, I would also like to cross-fertilize a bit, the work of some alumni who live in the New England area.

That said, my personal website really needs some updating: http://www.oceanbody.com

...and d really needs a website herself.