BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:541@handson.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240813T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240813T170000 DTSTAMP:20240812T171138Z URL:https://www.handson.org/events/art-of-collaboration-water-for-elephant s/ SUMMARY:Art of Collaboration: Water for Elephants DESCRIPTION:Register HERE. ASL interpretation will be provided.\n\n\n\nJoin this conversation on the art of collaboration with Water for Elephants  director Jessica Stone and co-choreographers Shana Carroll and Jesse Robb. They will discuss the ins and outs of their creative processes and what g oes into a productive collaboration on a show. This will be a moderated pa nel with time for a Q&\;A. Presented in partnership with SDC Foundation \, the non-profit of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).\n\n Featuring:\n\nJessica Stone: \n\nMost recently\, Stone was nominated for a Tony Award for directing the original Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo\, which won 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Stone worked as an actres s on and off-Broadway\, in television and in film for decades before trans itioning to directing. Broadway credits included Anything Goes\, Butley\, The Odd Couple\, The Smell of the Kill\, Design for Living\, How to Succe ed in Business Without Really Trying and Grease. Her directing career be gan in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has si nce been directing all over the country at such theaters as The Old Globe\ , A.C.T\, Shakespeare Theatre Company\, Huntington Theatre Company\,  Two River Theatre Company\, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival among other s. Productions include As You Like It\, Kate Hamill’s Vanity Fair\, B arefoot in the Park\, Dancing at Lughnasa\, Bad Dates\, Ken Ludwig’s  Robin Hood! (World premiere)\, Ripcord\, Bad Jews\, Arms and the Man\, V anya and Sonia and Masha and Spike\, Charlotte’s Web\, June Moon\, Last of the Red Hot Lovers\, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee\, Absur d Person Singular\, and Kimberly Akimbo (off-Broadway premiere at the Atla ntic). She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nShana Carroll:\n\nShana is Co-Founding Artistic Director of the Montreal based circus company The 7 Fingers. Since its founding in 2002\, Carroll has written\, directed and choreographed 12 of their touring and/o r resident shows\, 3 of which (Passengers\, Duel Reality\, Dear San Franci sco) are currently running\, and which also includes Sequence 8 at NY Ci ty Center and Traces off- Broadway run at Union Square Theatre. Carroll re ceived a Drama Desk Nomination for Choreography and Best Theatrical Experi ence for their show Traces. Outside The 7 Fingers\, Carroll directed Cirq ue du Soleil’s first- ever ice show Crystal\, in addition to their perf ormance at the Academy Awards in 2012. Also\, for Cirque du Soleil\, Carro ll was circus choreographer and designer for their shows Iris (Los Angel es) and Paramour (Broadway). Other credits include: Queen of the Night  (Drama Desk Recipient)\; Soul of the Ocean (Moment Factory)\; Cité Mémoire (Lemieux-Pilon)\; and the Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremon ies (medieval segment). Prior to directing and choreography\, Carroll was herself a trapeze artist\, performing for over 20 years in the air with ci rcuses and dance companies around the world\, most notably as the original solo trapeze artist for Cirque du Soleil’s Saltimbanco. She also appea red in Cirque du Soleil produced television and film. Now based in Montrea l\, where she relocated in 1991 to attend l’École Nationale de Cirque\ , Carroll is originally from Berkeley\, California. In 2023\, Carroll was inducted into the Ordre of Arts and Letters of Quebec\, a distinction hon oring those who have contributed to artistic and cultural development in t he province of Quebec.\n\nMost recently\, Carroll was Circus Designer and Co-choreographer of the musical Water For Elephants\, first at the All iance Theatre in Atlanta and now in its Broadway run at the Imperial Thea tre\, for which she received a Suzi Bass Award and the Chita Rivera Award for Best Choreography\, as well as Tony\, Drama Desk and Outer Critics' C ircle nominations in the same category.\n\n \;\n\nJesse Robb:\n\nJess e Robb’s work spans Broadway\, Cirque Du Soleil\, Momix\, Les Ballet Jaz z de Montréal\, Mirvish Productions\, Disney\, Cameron Mackintosh\, Prime Video\, Opera Philadelphia\, and more. He is the co-choreographer (alongs ide Shana Carroll) for the Broadway production of Water For Elephants\, w hich was nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Musical. Jesse and Shana were nominated for Tony\, Drama Desk\, and OCC Awards and received the 2024 Chita Rivera award for Outstanding Choreography. Jesse is the Mov ement Director for the North American Touring\, South Korean\, and Japanes e productions of the international hit Les Misérables. He was also the As sociate Choreographer for the Broadway\, North American Touring\, and Aust rian companies of the 2017 Revival of Miss Saigon. Regionally\, Jesse has choreographed at The MUNY\, The Alliance Theater (Suzi Bass Award for Out standing Choreography)\, The Stratford Festival of Canada\, Theatre Calgar y\, and Ogunquit Playhouse among others. 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