MOLLY&NOLA
Molly Ross & Nola Sporn Smith
Brooklyn, NY
Original Work:
Agituhhhhh (evening-length)
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY. May 2024
68,309 (work-in-progress)
Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY. April 2023
Chaos Computer, Brooklyn, NY. June 2023
Trans Pecos, Brooklyn, NY. August 2023
STEER
Judson Church (as part of the Crossroad Series curated by Pioneers Go East Collective), New York, NY. May 2022
New Dance Alliance’s 35th Anniversary Performance Mix Festival, New York, NY. June 2021
Center for Performance Research’s Fall Movement Festival, Brooklyn, NY. December 2021
Getaway
Movement Research Open Performance (work-in-progress), New York, NY. April 2019
The Woods Cooperative, Ridgewood, NY. June 2019
Assembly Room Gallery, New York, NY (as part of the exhibition PLAYS ON CAMP, curated by Ksenia M. Soboleva). June 2019
SHAG,
Keshet Center for Dance and the Arts, Albuquerque, NM. February 2019
The Glove, Brooklyn, NY. February 2019
TECHNICAL COMFORT (installation), with artwork by Dana Buhl, SECRET DUNGEON Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. November 2018
g e l a t i n, Sugarlife Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. November 2018
SLEEPOVER (installation), First Person Plural salon fundraiser, Brooklyn, NY. July 2018
be my girl
Sugarlife Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. July 2018
First Person Plural salon (curated by Anneke Hansen and Halston Bruce), New York, NY. April 2018
“It’s better from behind,” BIRNAM PRESENTS at Birnam Wood Studio, Ridgewood, NY. January 2018
Princess Porno (installation), with artwork by Jackie Guido, Beatriz Viterbo Gallery, Woodside, NY. December 2017
Residencies
2021 LiftOff Residency, New Dance Alliance, New York, NY
2019 Makers Space Experience, Keshet Center for Dance and the Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Teaching
2021 “Moving, Playing, Seeing,” all-ages class, Pine Lake Park, Cortlandt, NY
One-hour movement-centered creative exploration class developed for adults who do not identify as dancers.
This class is designed to ignite sensation, curiosity, and a sense of play through movement-based tasks. We will improvise both on our own and in small and large groups to open ourselves to new ways of being in space, observing our surroundings, and working with others.
2019 “Collaborative Play” Master Class, Keshet Center for Dance and the Arts, Albuquerque, NM
90-minute class for adults, all levels and abilities welcome.
In this workshop, Brooklyn-based choreographers and performers Molly Ross & Nola Sporn Smith will guide participants through a series of compositional and improvisational structures. Illuminating how the two build their collaborative performances as MOLLY&NOLA, we will play with leading/following (using specific strategies developed in our research), storytelling, use of voice, character development, and partnering exercises to create set movement material.