ArtsQuest + Lehigh Valley Dance Exchange
presents Dance Exposure Showcase

January 18, 2025 @ 8pm, Doors open 7.30pm
Price: $15 regular | $14 ages 25 and under & senior* | $13.50 ArtsQuest Member
Venue: Fowler Blast Furnace Room
Ages: All Ages
Tickets: HERE

Fowler Blast Furnace Room
ArtsQuest Center
101 Founders Way
Bethlehem, PA 18015

Dance EXPOSURE, presented by ArtsQuest and the Lehigh Valley Dance Exchange (LVDE), serves up a cornucopia of exciting, engaging and captivating dance works by the region’s most talented choreographers and dance companies, including The Moving Architects (LVDE/Cedar Crest College Artists in Residence 2024) with an excerpt of “O my soul”.

Dance EXPOSURE is a curated showcase that provides established and emerging dance artists with a platform to share their work and expand their audience reach. Artists are provided with full technical support and publicity to bring their visions to life in the unique, intimate setting of the Blast Furnace Room set against the breathtaking backdrop of the SteelStacks blast furnaces.

Lehigh Valley Dance Exchange Artist Residency

April-August 2024

Lehigh Valley Dance Exchange in partnership with Cedar Crest College
Allentown, PA
More info: HERE

The Moving Architects have been selected to receive the 1st ever LVDE Artist Residency. The LVDE Artist Residency Program provides a space grant, informal showing, teaching classes in the Cedar Crest Dance Program, and performance in the Dance Exposure showcase during the residency period.

The Moving Architects
presents O my soul

May 2-3, 2024, 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Arts On Site
Studio 3R, 12 St Marks Pl
New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $30 HERE
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Where fierce femininity and intergenerational dance meet: ‘O my soul’

O My Soul is a vigorous dance project weaving together an intergenerational cast of feminine bodies with a lifetime of raw and real sensations, grounded in THE MOVING ARCHITECTS‘ signature aesthetic of strong and fiercely feminine dance. The dance work interconnects compelling solos, duets, and dynamic group performances with intriguing interactive props and memorable live violin and electronic sound scores. Step into a captivating journey through life’s real and profound emotions with O my soul, a one-of-a-kind dance project featuring a diverse cast of women aged 16-70’s

O my soul artists
Artistic Director: Erin Carlisle Norton
Visual Artist: gwen charles 
Violinist: Grace Liu Anderson
Company Dancers: Mariah Anton-Arters, Emily Cicio, Kelly Guerrero 
Guest Dancers: Hannah Liu Anderson, Meg Regan, Barbara Whitehill
Dance Film: Created/Edited/Performed: Erin Carlisle Norton

photo: Whitney Browne Photography featuring collaged fabric works by gwen charles

Essex County Teen Arts Festival (NJ)
Saturday, March 23

Essex County Payne Tech
West Market Street
Newark, NJ

Essex County teens are invited to participate in classes and workshops dedicated to fine and performing arts with the opportunity to meet other artists and peers from across Essex County. TMA Artistic Director Erin Carlisle Norton will beteaching workshops in Dance Improvisation. High schools and home-schooled students are invited to participate and individual teens can register with the help of their parents (if under 18 years old).

More Info: HERE

The Moving Architects
presents O my soul

December 1, 2023, 7.30pm
Montclair Women’s Club
82 Union Street Montclair, NJ 07042
Parking lot and street parking available

Post-show discussion with the artists will follow the performance. Wine and beverages will be available by donation before and after the show

Tickets: $20-$25 HERE
Tickets: $30 at the door cash/check/credit
Special Ticket: $50-$55
Includes Ticket and Limited Print by gwen charles. Collaged fabric works are featured in ‘O my soul’ and proceeds benefit The Moving Architects. See Print image in carousel below. Print will be available at the Box Office.

Where fierce femininity and intergenerational dance meet: ‘O my soul’

O My Soul is a vigorous dance project weaving together an intergenerational cast of feminine bodies with a lifetime of raw and real sensations, grounded in the company’s signature aesthetic of strong and fiercely feminine dance. The 1-hour dance work interconnects compelling solos, duets, and dynamic group performances with intriguing interactive props and memorable sound scores. The title of the project, O my soul, echoes a biblical phrase often sought in times of trial. Step into a captivating journey through the raw and profound emotions of a lifetime with O my soul, a one-of-a-kind dance project featuring a diverse cast of women aged 16-70’s.

After two years of artistic culmination, O my soul emerges as the company’s first ever full-length evening performance in Montclair, NJ, home of Artistic Director Norton since 2013.

Made possible by funds from the Essex County Division of Cultural Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

O my soul artists
Artistic Director: Erin Carlisle Norton
Visual Artist: gwen Charles 
Violinist: Grace Liu Anderson
Company Dancers: Mariah Anton-Arters, Emily Cicio, Kelly Guerrero 
Guest Dancers: Hannah Liu Anderson, Meg Regan, Barbara Whitehill
Dance Film: Created/Edited/Performed: Erin Carlisle Norton

photo: Whitney Browne Photography featuring collaged fabric works by gwen charles