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little house dance is an artist-led contemporary dance company based in Portland, Maine on traditional Wabnaki land. Founded by Heather Stewart in 2020, little house dance’s current mission is to build an artistic platform based in practices of partnership, equity, good working conditions, ideation and collaboration, and mindfulness of craft. After several years of working as an independent artist Heather established little house dance in order to formalize her collaborative relationships with other dancers, musicians, visual artists, and writers. From creation to performance, little house dance’s work is rooted in collaboration. As a small project based company, little house dance is committed to creating healthy, sustainable employment opportunities for artists. The company’s aim is to foster a democratic working environment where the individual voice is as important as the collective.
As dance is inherently a social art, little house’s work forges new community connections and partnerships in dance programming and production in regional and national spheres. little house seeks to build mindful working partnerships with venues, presenters, audiences, patrons, and production, particularly in Maine. Our aim is to create meaningful and deeply physical dance experiences with the people around us.
The company’s dance work engages both formal shaped based movement, and a more sensitive, human approach to performance. Exploring human disorder and melancholy, little house dance draws viewers into dark and intimate worlds of movement ritual and duration. Movement vocabulary is created and performed with a clear, rigorous approach to choreography and performance presence. little house dance creates work for audiences who are invested in seeing performance that stretches the boundaries of movement potential while touching on experiences that are uniquely human.
little house values the dynamics of the creative process and an artist’s need for dedicated time, space, money, and artistic growth in concert with other artists. The company has a particular interest in the prioritization of mental health and meeting the needs of neurodivergent artists and individuals living with mental illness.
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Performing Group
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
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2020
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Performing Group
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
Year Founded:
2020
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Dance - Modern / ContemporaryAdditional Disciplines:
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$200 - $6,000State of Residence:
MaineMinimum Number of Performers:
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