Eilish Henderson July 20th-29th

2023 Artists in Residence

Eilish Henderson (B.S. Hofstra University | M.A. New York University) is a movement artist working with subjects of the body based in NYC. She is interested in nourishing the practice of translation through interdisciplinary methods. Her work seeks to explore resonance, discord, decay and healing. Rooted in nature, the body escapes its skin shell and reinvents itself dispelled of trauma, an unearthly creature insect. Through ritual, disorientation, and unlearning, her creations emerge. As a choreographer, she draws upon butoh, contemporary floorwork, Capoeira, and release technique. Through movement she navigates the infinite patterns of a body’s relationships— negotiating touch, desire, intimacy and disgust. She develops the nuance of the movement work through accessing visual art, words, and fleeting images. Her work has been presented as a part of the Emerging Artists Festival: New Works Series, Smush Gallery, Arts, Letters, and Numbers, and Agropoli Dance Festival in Italy.

Robert Rubama/Terre Dance Collective, August 12th-19th

Robert Rubama is a graduate of George Mason University with a BFA in Dance. They have been able to work with companies such as Agora Dance, Haus of Bambi, Groundworks Dance Theater, PrioreDance, Carolyn Dorfman Dance, LaneCo Arts, Orange Grove Dance, & Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. Robert has also danced for choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo at The Joyce Theater in NYC & The Harris Theater in Chicago. They are the Artistic Director of Terre Dance Collective, a dog walker/sitter, and a freelance dancer/choreographer. Robert’s choreography has been performed by Jane Franklin Dance, Company E, Colgan High School Dance Company, Cleveland Dance Project, Spark Movement Collective, and Dogwood Dance Project. They are currently working with Flockworks Dance.