n January, we welcomed two new members, Emily Stone and Storme Sundberg, who have brought wonderful energy into the company. During the second half of our Joyce SoHo residency, we had the gifts of time, rehearsal space and funding from Princeton University to delve deeply into the creation of a new piece: Terminal. One of the best parts of the residency for Rebecca was the opportunity to have Susan Marshall as a mentor. Working with Susan helped Rebecca ask new questions, open fresh perspectives and develop a changed process in which intention came before physicality. The residency also supported an administrative assistant for Terrain, Mariah Steele, allowing Rebecca to spend additional time in the studio where she belongs! On June 11th, Joyce SoHo hosted a final showing for our residency in which we performed the re-vamped Serenade and brand-new Terminal. A stimulating Question and Answer session after the showing provided Rebecca with more ideas for further development.

A simultaneous residency with Movement Research supported Terrain's two performances at the Judson Church. The second of these shows occurred on Mother's Day and was one of the most moving performing experiences of Rebecca's career. After congregation members shared stories and thoughts about what it means to be a mother, including a man singing “I just called to say I love you” into his cellphone for his mother, the atmosphere in which Terrain performed was unusually open and receptive. The mainly non-dancer audience members' positive responses to the work were truly inspiring.

In addition to choreographing for Terrain, Rebecca was the choreographer and movement coach for the world premiere of Boris Godunov at Princeton University in April. This production featured Pushkin's uncensored script, Prokofiev's never-heard-before score and Meyerhold's set-design and dramatic intentions that partly led to his state-sponsored-murder. Because of the play's historical importance, the production was given prime coverage in The New York Times and Moscow1.

The “twin-filled” summer for Rebecca ushered in yet another exciting fall season. We were presented by the 92nd Street Y in their “Sundays at 3” series. This performance was notable because Terminal coalesced one step-further and Silas Riener debuted in the first movement of Serenade. As a second-year-artist-in-residence at Movement Research, Rebecca is spearheading changes in the program to make the artists-in-residents more involved in the community of Movement Research. In particular, Rebecca hopes to soon see the rise of online discussion boards that will offer a forum for many pertinent questions to be aired within the larger dance community.

Looking ahead into 2008, Terrain will be presented at Dance Conversations @ The Flea on January 8 at 7:00 p.m. and in an APAP showing hosted by the Joyce SoHo on January 12 at 11:00 a.m. We will also perform at the Judson Church again on May 5. Next summer, Rebecca will complete her fifth year as Associate Head of Dance at Princeton University, and she will return to the White Mountain Summer Dance Festival, newly re-located to Sarah Lawrence University, to teach choreography class in July.