The Monday Morning Class Series, Curated by Stacy Dawson Stearns, has fallen in love with the NIGHT. We changed. We bid adieu to the day. Fall with us into the dark comfort of evening as we continue the ongoing exchange of body-based creative practices led by teaching artists who practice within the phases of consciousness and creation. Nourish your practice and embrace Lunacy. #getheetoclass @MNCPieter

4/22: Stacy Dawson Stearns // TALKING OUT LOUD SAYING WORDS

*A class about saying stuff on stage while dancing or just standing there*

UnMUTE your performance! You may be:

-a dancer who wants to make and use text

-an actor who is sick of the script and ready to put your own voice into the stream

-a seasoned performance talker trapped in sense-making and habits

-a living novel seeking form

Come to class this Monday and get verbal with your body! Stacy is no stranger to making words for performance and loves to work with others so they can shake out the wonders of their creative consciousness. Come experience verbal birthing tools such as “talking contexts”, “unspooling”, and “surrender to the ghost”. All experience levels welcome- this work is as individualized as your pinky prints and just as trippy.

Stacy Dawson Stearns is a Bessie Award winning (2000) interdisciplinary performing artist known for her original works as well as her collaborative work with Big Dance Theater, David Neumann, Hal Hartley, Ken Nintzel, and Blacklips Performance Cult. She has performed internationally and across the U.S. in numerous festival and venues including Jacob’s Pillow, American Dance Festival, Spoleto USA, Walker Art Center, The Whitney, The Ontological- Hysteric Theater, Classic Stage Company, HERE, Town Hall, City Center, Lincoln Center, Dance Theater Workshop, PS 122, MassMoCA, Abrons Art Center, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, The Performing Garage, Mother, and REDCAT. Commercially, Stacy has choreographed for pop icons Debbie Harry, Ann Magnusen, and the House of Jackie. Film credits include: No Such Thing, Wigstock: the Movie!, and academy award-winner filmmaker Jonathan Demme’s performance film of Big Dance Theater’s Another Telepathic Thing. Stacy teaches and writes and looks forward to the publication of her first Panflet with 53rd State Press this June entitled: how to rehearse (a dance theater piece) (or any piece of performance-based art) (with others)