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PHOTOS BY ANNA M MAYNARD (2019)
LOCULUS is a dance collective founded in 2015 in Western Massachusetts by Five College Dance alumni. Currently LOCULUS is the creative platform of Olana Flynn and Madison Palffy. LOCULUS has performed throughout the northeast often in collaboration with DIY musicians and artists in non-traditional dance performance spaces. In addition to creating, curating, and producing performance events LOCULUS publishes The Loculus Journal and directs LOCULUS Collective Studios. LOCULUS has published six print journals, three online journals, and produced over 20 events since 2015.
Madison is a dance-maker, performer, multi-disciplinary artist, and educator. She holds an MFA in Dance and Choreography with an emphasis in Somatics and Improvisation from CU Boulder.
Olana is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator. She holds an MFA in Experimental Choreography from University of California, Riverside.
UPCOMING EVENTS at LOCULUS STUDIOS
WINTER MOVIE SERIES
Sundays at 6pm throughout January + February
1/5: Exotica, Atom Egoyan (1994)
1/12: Strictly Ballroom, Baz Luhrmann (1992)
1/19: Possession, Andrzej Żuławski (1981)
1/26: The Last Days of Disco, Whit Stillman (1998)
2/2: Newsies, Kenny Ortega (1992)
2/9: The Color of Pomegranates, Sergei Parajanov (1969)
2/16: Top Hat, Mark Sandrich (1935)
2/23: Yumen, Xiang Huang, J.P. Sniadecki, Routao Xu (2013)
NIGHT MOVES
1/7 - 2/11, 2025 | 7-8pm
Sliding scale starting at $10 drop-in or $50 for six week session
Sara Smith Residency
February 22 + 23, 2025
Details TBA
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES by LOCULUS
LOCULUS at Mayo Street Arts in Portland Maine
Friday, February 28th | 7PM
Split Bill Performance with AJ Cornell + anne-f jacques
$15 in advance, $18 at the door
Saturday, March 1 | 2PM
Movement Workshop
Sliding Scale $5 - $15
In this workshop, LOCULUS will share some of their methods of collaborative dance making. Their work together draws from contact improvisation, ensemble work, noise, authentic movement, ecology, and rhythmic puzzles. Participants will be led through a series of scores that alternate between moving, writing, and making.
Saturday, March 1 | 7PM
NIGHT MOVES with Special Guest Rosie Borden
$15 in advance, $18 at the door
LINKS
Instagram: @lo.culuscollective
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SUPPORT LOCULUS
For the past nine years we have funded our work primarily with small grants, money from performance gigs, and from our personal bank accounts. If you would like to support us, you can make a one-time donation directly by PayPal. If you would prefer to make a tax deductible donation please reach out for a link to donate through our fiscal sponsor, Holyoke Media.
PRESS
LOCULUS on MISHMASH (September 2024)
Alumnx Spotlight: LOCULUS in Five College Dance Department Annual Newsletter (August 2024)
LOCULUS Artist Talk at The ArtSalon (May 2024)
Loculus Collective at The Northampton Print and Book Fair (October 2016)
'Loculus' Brings Dynamic Performance to Florence by Max Roth (February 2016)
Northampton Print and Book Fair Vendor q+a: Loculus Collective (September 2015)