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Mark Zemelman 12 South Main Street, Haydenville, MA 01039 Phn. (413) 268-0146 / [email protected] / www.contactimprov.com EDUCATION M.F.A. B.F.A. Summer Program Pre-college courses

Virginia Commonwealth University, 1995 Indiana University, 1992 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1988 Art Institute of Chicago, 1985-1987

My respected and beloved teachers in the various movement arts have included: Nancy Stark-Smith, Andrew Harwood, Ruth Zaporah, Danny Lepkoff, Felice Wolfzahn, Vera Orlock, Olivier Besson, Martin Keogh, Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen, Ricardo Puccetti, Daniel Trenner and many more…

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Faculty: 2004-2005 1998-2005 2002-2005 2001, 2005 2001-2004 2004 2004 1995-2002 1999-2002 1998-2001 2001 2000 2000

Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA “Contact Improv” Dance New England - Camp, Poland Springs, ME “Contact Improv” Moving Heart Studio, Leiden, The Netherlands, “Contact Improv” Studio 848, San Francisco, CA “Before the Jam” series Simon's Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, MA, “Contact Improv” Green River Yoga Studio, Greenfield, MA, “Contact Improv” Branford Hall Institute, Springfield MA“Dance for Massage Therapists” Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY- artist in residence/Dance Core Faculty Karuna Yoga Center, Northampton, MA, “Contact Improv” The Art Bank, Shelburne Falls, MA "Mask Theater" & "Mural Painting" Kripalu Yoga Center, Lenox, MA, “Contact Improv” Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA, Creative Movement for kids Journey Camp, Deerfield, MA, Co-director of Arts Camp for kids 6-11

Workshop Leader: Upcoming Upcoming Upcoming 2005 2005 2005 2005 2004

Earthdance Retreat Center, Plainfield, MA., “Intro to Contact” Apr 7-9,2006 Studio 303, Montreal, Canada, “CI and the Five Senses” Apr 1-2, 2006 Villas Sumaya Center, Guatemala, “Writing,Yoga,& Creative Movement”, Feb 2006 Freiburg Contact Festival, Freiburg, Germany Aug 2-7, 2005 Western Mass Moving Arts Festival, Earthdance, Plainfield, MA, July 2005 8th St. Studios, Berkeley, CA, “Tuning-UP: Light Body, Sound Body” Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY Mazopalooza Festival, Mazomanie, WI, “Contact with Props” and “Touching the

Moment; From Stillness to Impulse to Action” 2004 Earthdance Retreat Center, Plainfield, MA. - Falling Leaves Jam 2003 & 2004 Studio Pauline de Groot, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2004 & 2005 Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA, “Touching the Moment”, “Lifting and Landing” 2003 Centrum Heel en Al, Schoorl, Netherlands, “Dancing in the Dunes” 2003 7th Annual Richmond Contact Improv Jam – Principal teacher 2003 2nd Annual Israeli Contact Improv Festival, Jerusalem, Haifa & Tel-Aviv 2003 1st Annual Portsmouth Jam, Portsmouth, NH - Principal teacher 2003 Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, "Contact Improvisation Series” 2002 Earthdance Retreat Center, Plainfield, MA “July 4th Jam” Facilitator 2002 Trinity College, Hartford, CT, "C.I." 2002 Hampshire Shakespeare Company, Amherst, MA. "Movement for Theater" 2001& 2002 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, "C.I." 2001 Pioneer Valley Performing Arts High School, Hadley, MA, "C.I." 2001 Body, Mind, And Soul Studio, Maui, HI, "C.I." 2000 Earthdance Retreat Center, Plainfield, MA "Drawing and Movement" 2000 Emerson College, Boston, MA, "Movement for Theater" 1999 Adventure Games Theater, camp for teens, "Movement for Theater"

DANCE COMPANIES & PERFORMANCES 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2003 2002 2002 2002 2002 1999 - 2002

Shouting at the Moon -dances by Kristen Horrigan, A.P.E. Gallery, Nov.11-12 Mid-Day to Mid-Night Duet - twelve hour site specific performance, TotalKunst Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 14 Earthdance Gala – “Up Grow When I?”, Solo for Earthdance fundraiser. A.P.E., Northampton, MA Apr. 2, Set in Motion - M.F.A. Thesis Dance Concert - Northampton, MA, Stiltwalker in Madelyne Camera's thesis piece, “Grande Balancing Act” Feb. 10 - 12 Choreographer’s Showcase - Northampton, MA, “?Up Grow I When”, Jan. 20-21 Fermata Alma-mater Frittata - Mazomanie, WI, Improvised duet and music solo. We’re Going to the Therapist - Lead role in Mini Musical writen and directed by Rene Lewis Phister, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA. May 4 -6 Israel Dance Festival Showcase - Tzavta Theater, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Jan.1 Dune Improvisation - Findhorn Foundation, Scotland. Outdoor site-specific group improvisation at the annual E.C.I.T.E. (European Contact Teacher’s Exchange), July 26 Friendly II - Muiderport Theater & Studio Pauline de Groot, I.D.E.A. (International Dance Exchange Amsterdam), The Netherlands. Week long collaboration of dancers, musicians, and visual artists exploring interdisciplinary improvisation, Dec. 1 - 7 …And She Cried Wolf - Trinity College, Hartford, CT.& A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA, Dance/theater/femenist intepretation of the popular fairy tale, "Little Red Riding Hood". Directed by Trinity Dance Prof. Lesley Farlow. Oct. 24 - 26 Earthdance Improvisors - Memorial Hall, Shelburne Falls. Mar. 30 Fertile Ground - A.P.E. , Northampton, MA Featured performer Mar. 24

Wire Monkey Dance Company: * Holyoke Arts Walk Parade, Holyoke, MA, August 19, 2002 * Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, "Endangered Species", , Oct. 18-19, 2001 * Noho Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA, Sep. 28-29, Oct. 5-6, 2001 * University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA "Endangered Species", Sep 13, 2001 * A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA, "Crank It Out" Oct. 30-31 and Nov. 17-18, 2000 * The Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA, Jul. 21-22, 2000

REFERENCES Samantha Burnell, Director, Earthdance

(413) 634-5678

Pauline De Groot, Director, Studio Pauline De Groot

(011) 31 (0)20 6226859

Paul Marienthal, Dean of Students, Bard College

(845) 758-6822 x7056

Heather Good, C.I. Events Organizer, Madison, WI

(608) 218-9607