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Updated 3/19/2020

Hio Ridge Dance

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    ME

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Hio Ridge Dance is a queer and experimental dance company based in rural Denmark, Maine. Since 2013, directors Cookie Harrist and Delaney McDonough have built original performances in residency at the Denmark Arts Center and toured the works through New England and beyond. The company collaborates with visiting artists and local community members to craft interdisciplinary performance experiences sourced from Denmark's unique power of place. The company's works have been presented by AUNTS (NY), Portfringe (ME), Franco-American Heritage Center (ME), Eastport Arts Center (ME), Green Street Studios (MA), and many more. In 2015, 3S Artspace (NH) commissioned HRD to create a dance film installation and performance in their gallery space. Other commissions include "Placeholders" at the Denmark Arts Center, made possible by the Maine Arts Commission and Maine Humanities Council, "Dance Factory" at Bates College, made in collaboration with 20 improvisation students, "My Vinalhaven Home" at Vinalhaven School, made possible by Maine Community Foundation, and "Timekeepers" at Fryeburg Academy, made in collaboration with 13 students of all abilities. The company's most recent work, "IN THE NAME OF WHAT," made with VT artist Tommy Arsenault will make it's San Francisco premiere at La Alternativa's annual Fresh Festival.

Find Me

Cookie Harrist
Job Title: Co-Director
Phone: 207-452-2674
Address:
11 Beaver Pond Rd.
Denmark, ME 04022

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Additional Content:

  • TimeKeepers

    Original dance+film work made in a 3 week residency at Fryeburg Academy

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Unincorporated

Year Founded:

2013

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Unincorporated

Year Founded:

2013

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Production / Development
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 20

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • General Public
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens

Geographic Reach:

  • Multi-State Region

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Fractured Atlas

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Fractured Atlas

Awards

Awards:

  • Co-Director Cookie Harrist's dance, "Present Present Present," was chosen for the 2012 National College Dance Festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  • Awarded a grant from the Maine Arts Commission for the creation of the original performance work at the Denmark Arts Center in 2014

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Healthcare Facility
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - Physical Education
  • Dance

Certifications and Training:

  • BA in Dance and Theater from Colby College
  • BA in Dance and Poetry from Marlboro College

Fee range:

$60 - $2,000

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Healthcare Facility
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Health
  • Arts Integration - Physical Education
  • Dance

Certifications and Training:

  • BA in Dance and Theater from Colby College
  • BA in Dance and Poetry from Marlboro College

Fee range:

$60 - $2,000

Touring Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Basic lighting, basic sound

Fee Range:

$200 - $3,000

State of Residence:

Maine

Minimum Number of Performers:

3

Maximum Number of Performers:

4

Venues for Rent/Use

Screen House at Hio Ridge Dance
Venue Address: 11 Beaver Pond Rd. Denmark, ME 04022
Venue Phone: 207-452-2674
Venue Type: Multi-Purpose Room
Stage Details: Amphitheater / Concert Shell / Bandstand
Venue Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall
Venue Features: Exhibition Walls
Additional Comments: This is a very unconventional but flexible outdoor space for artists to use creatively.