The Ten PM Dream

The Ten PM Dream's opening scene.
Performers: Jorge Luis Morejon and Kerry Mehlin

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Operatic Jam, music by Richard Marriott. (From left to right), Singers:

Mantra Plonsey, Sarah Kliban and Jorge Luis Morejon. Dancers: Shannon Preto and Travis Rowland

The Wonderful Musician
(From left to right), Rebecca Johnson, Shannon Preto (The Wonderful Musician)and Jorge Luis Morejon (Storyteller).

The Wonderful Musician. Rebecca Jhonson, Sahnnon Preto and Jorge Luis Morejon(Storyteller)



Iron Hans
(From left to right) Mantra Plonsey, Jorge Luis Morejon and Sarah Kliban (Storytellers),
(Center) Travis Rowland ( Iron Hans)

Rapunzel
From left to right, Sarah Kliban, Mantra Plonsey and Jorge Luis Morejon (Storytellers)

The Dancing Princeses
JorgeLuis Morejon and Mantra Plonsey (Storytellers)

Sleeping Beauty
Jorge Luis Morejon and Kerry Mehling

Link to The Ten PM Dream's previews, reviews, program and photo album: http://thetenpmdream.blogspot.com/

Divide Light: A New Opera

Jorge Luis Morejon. Divide Light. Thrill Skirt.

DIVIDE LIGHT MOVIE, NEW YORK PREMIERE, MARCH 29 2009, at 7:30 ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES, 32 Second Ave (at 2nd St.) NYC Seating is limited. Reservations required. RSVP to: info@georgeadamsgallery.com or call (212) 564-8480 A film by ED ROBBINS

Jorge Luis Morejon. Reheasal of Divide Light. Thrill Skirt. Montalvo Arts Center. Saratoga, Ca. August, 7th, 2008 Jorge Luis Morejon. Reheasal of Divide Light. Apron: To be Alive is Power. Montalvo Arts Center. Saratoga, Ca. August, 7th, 2008 Jorge Luis Morejon. Reheasal of Divide Light. Apron: To be Alive is Power. Montalvo Arts Center. Saratoga, Ca. August, 7th, 2008

Jorge Luis Morejon. Reheasal of Divide Light. Apron: To be Alive is Power.

Montalvo Arts Center. Saratoga, Ca. August, 7th, 2008 

 

Jorge Luis Morejon was recently invited by choreographer, theatre and stage director Della Davidson, to perform in Divide Light: A New Opera. Based on Emily Dickinson’s poems, created by Lesley Dill, with music by Richard Marriott, and conducted by Daniel Hughes, the world premier took place at the Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, California, on Wednesday, August 13. 2008. Jorge had the opportunity to share the stage with soprano Jennifer Goltz, mezzo soprano Kathleen Moss, baritone Andrew Eisenmann, the Del Sol String Quartet, The Choral Project, and performers Christina DeYoung, Sarah Gifford, Angelina and Isabella Marriott.

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In a message sent to Jorge through facebook, Kathleen Kuebelbeck, a member of The Choral Project remarked:

“I love watching you on stage- your intensity is captivating. This whole production is captivating and provocative. I've been singing in choirs and musical theater for about 30 years and I've never experienced anything like this.

Resources:

Divide Light. August 15, 2008. <http://dividelight.com/about/>

Metro Active. August 16, 2008. <http://www.metroactive.com/metro/08.06.08/arts-dividelight-0832.html>

Planetary Dance 2008: Making Peace with the Planet

Jorge Luis Morejon during the Earth Run.

28th Annual Planetary Dance - Santos Meadows, Mount Tamalpais.

California. Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Movement Ritual Practices are in tune with Jorge Luis Morejon's doctoral research focus, which is to investigate how the practice of Art Rituals can help violently displaced communities, without return, to integrate culturally with a new and unfamiliar environment.

As expressed by Jorge, "experiential learning is not readily available. One has to go out in the world and search for those rare opportunities where one can find it. Finding the Planetary Dance has given me the privilege of intenalizing the practice of an art ritual. The Planetary Dance was scored by teacher, choreographer, and community leader Anna Halprin. During the dance I was able to witness its healing and artistic potential.

“The Planetary Dance is an annual all-day ritual of healing and community renewal. It brings people of all ages and abilities together in a beautiful setting to “dance for a purpose.” As Anna Halprin has said: “it's going to take the willing commitment of enough people to say, we will heal this earth. Every step is a prayer, and we must pray together for the healing of the earth... The circle is an act of unity, and the four directions give it stability. It's the squared circle which is the archetypal mandala of harmony.”

"I say, concludes Jorge, that it is through the community’s practice of art rituals that displaced peoples would begin to heal their sense of otherness in order to reintegrate with the larger community. In the same way that “the Planetary Dance Community invites people all over the world to join in a dance for peace in their own communities, I think it would be wonderful if displaced communities join efforts in the practice of all inclussive Art Rituals in order to recover a new sense of belonging."

Resources:

- Anna Halprin, Moving Toward Life: Five Decades of Transformational Dance, p. 200, ©1995, Wesleyan University Press

-Planetary Dance. Wednesday, July 16th, 2008. <http://www.planetarydance.org/index.html>

Empowering Creativity Through Dance

Jorge Luis Morejon and fellow participants dancing during the Empowering Creativity through Dance Workshop. Closing Ceremony. Tamalpa Institute, Mountain Studio, Kentfield, California. June 26th, 2008

Jorge Luis Morejon and fellow participants dancing during the Empowering Creativity through Dance Workshop. Closing Ceremony. Tamalpa Institute, Mountain Studio, Kentfield, California. June 26th, 2008

At age 87, Anna Halprin( center) still enjoys teaching and dancing. Empowering Creativity through Dance Workshop.
Closing Ceremony. Tamalpa Institute, Mountain Studio, Kentfield, California. June 26th, 2008

Jorge Luis Morejon and teacher, choreographer, director and community leader Anna Halprin during the
Empowering Creativity through Dance Workshop. Tamalpa Institute, Mountain Studio, Kentfield, California. June 25th, 2008

Jorge Luis Morejon and fellow participants dancing during the Empowering Creativity through Dance Workshop.

Closing Ceremony. Tamalpa Institute, Mountain Studio, Kentfield, California. June 26th, 2008

"For me ritual means dancing for a purpose"

Anna Halprin

"The Empowering Creativity Through Dance Workshop with Anna Halprin reassured me of the importance of finding home in the arts. Through community-building opportunities, like this workshop, I manage to find a sense of grounding hardly experienced otherwise. During the process, I realized that movement needs to be objectified in order to be understood in its full capacity. The work allows for one to experience how physical activity is connected with one’s own expressive mind. The study of pelvic and sacrum movements, the place where emotions are stored, are the foundation for all sorts of polarities and connections. "

Jorge Luis Morejon

Mirrored Spaces

Jorge Luis Morejon and Anna Griffith in Mirrored Spaces

Jorge Luis Morejon. Solo RehearsalAcademy of Spherical Arts, La belle epoque.
Monday, April 7. Toronto, 2008.

Ana Griffith, Jorge Luis Morejon, Silvia Diaz Brown.

Adam Sherkin in the background. Rehearsal

Academy of Spherical Arts, La belle epoque.
Monday, April 7. Toronto, 2008.

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Jorge Luis Morejon, Ana Griffith,

Adam Sherkin and Silvia Diaz-Brown in Mirrored Spaces. (publicity picture)

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Mirrored Spaces was a collaborative performance work that expressed the way in which chance manifests in relationships. The characteristics of the lounge setting defined the performance idea. Manipulated by the dance of Chance, a duet between Passionate Man and Femme Fatale was expressed through the music of Per NØrgård, Wolfgang Rihm, Barbara Pentland, Avro Pärt and Luciano Berio.

The resultant work invited the audience to reflect upon the complexity of romantic relationships. It developed from the artistic interaction of pianist Adam Sherkin, cellist Angharad Parkes, costume and make-up designer Andrea Romero E. and dancer/choreographers Silvia Diaz-Brown, Ana Griffith and Jorge Luis Morejón. The piece derived its richness from melding the differing creative techniques, professional backgrounds and cultural influences of the collaborating artists.

The Acheli Chronicles/ Fall 2007

Jorge Luis Morejon. The Ashley Plays. Self-Performance.

July 24, 2007. 1 Webster Ave. Toronto. Ontario. Canada

Avatar. The Acheli Chronicles.

Photogrphy/ Judith Rudakoff. Fall 2007

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Jorge Luis Morejon collaborated with The Ashley Chronicles under the artistic direction and dramaturgy of Dr. Judith Rudakoff. The project consisted of a cycle of short-devised, site-specific performances. Each cycle began with the participants collaboratively delineating a profile of a non-gender specific character named Ashley. In the new The Acheli Chronicles, Ashley was trasformed in its phonetic Spanish equivalent, Acheli. She was still the focus of the work, but she appeared in the name of "Mercedes Bravo," a pseudonym for Acheli, who represented the voices of several Cuban women. On the Common Plants website, the audience moved through a virtual cycle of work and sites enacted through slide show images, text and audio clips. Jorge Luis Morejon gives voice to Mercedes Bravo and her meomories of a distant Cuba. There was no linear narrative, but rather a common theme: Home. " Jorge Luis Morejon invites you to share with him and other colleagues the Common Plants' cyber plays.

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link: http://www.yorku.ca/gardens/html/

Origins

Jorge Luis Morejon. Origins Project's rehearsal.

York University. Toronto, 2007
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Jorge Luis Morejon was one of the actors who participated in the September 11th, 2007, Origins Project at York University’s Joseph G. Green Studio, where they had the opportunity to create together a memorable night of ritual and magic. Origins aimed at reconnecting theatre with theatre’s ancient roots. The creative process involved getting together and sharing myths and stories of creation from different ancient cultures. In turn, these stories became the fabric of the performance that emerged as a result of the project’s workshop.

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"The content, though important, was not the most valuable thing that night. What was truly important for us, I feel, was that the essential purpose of theatre and performance was once again revealed. Before our eyes, we saw the wonders of community building, the importance of creating meaning, the different degrees of bonding, and a reviving atmosphere of solidarity, humanity and concern."

Jorge Luis Morejon

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Livejournal. Artlander. Escambray Country. July 2, 2008. http://jorgemorejon.livejournal.com/