Bodydrama at The Nave

Bodydrama

Joe Burgio, Rachael Rosner and Betty Wang:  Butoh-style movement

Matt Samolis, flute

Walter Wright, synthesizer

Walter Wright's Synthesizer

JOE BURGIO, born in Boston Massachusetts, received his first formal dance training from Jody Weber at Green Street Studios in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  At the Dance Complex, also in Cambridge, he studied Experiential Anatomy, Somatic Movement and Contact Improvisation with Debra Bluth.  He has appeared with several dance-theater groups, including Callie Chapman-Korn's Zoedance and Rose-Pasquerello-Beachamp's inFluxdance, which made an award-winning appearance at the 2006 Montreal Fringe Festival.  He has performed extensively with experimental and improvisational musicians, and has on-going collaborations with Katt Hernandez, Lou Cohen, Matt Samolis and Jack Wright.  His principle area of interest is intermedia performance, and has worked on many projects with interdisciplinary Walter Wright: electrovideomove, the BopAnts, Egg Sucking Dogs, the dadallamas, and the Apocalypse Trio with Shayna Duhlberger.  Joe leads bodydrama, a movement ensemble rooted in Butoh aesthetic, and teaches informally in Boston's Fort Point arts community.

Matt Samolis has been working in sonic and visual mediums since 1987. He began studying flute, and later composition and tenor banjo. He has worked with ensembles at New England Conservatory, Brandeis University, Berklee, and Tufts, as well as Open Hand Theatre, Pilgrim Research Collaborative, Mobius, Roy Hart Theatre, and numerous other projects. Currently, his primary focus is as a flutist with various local performance groups and his drone alliance, The Metal & Glass Ensemble. He is also often found about town practicing freelance photography.

WALTER WRIGHT, born in Ottawa ON, is a graduate architect and engineer. He worked as a video animator for the Children's Television  Workshop, as an Associate director at the Kitchen. and as artist-in-residence at the Experimental Television Center. He has taught video art, sound art and computer graphics at Williams James College, Allendale MI, at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, and at UMass Lowell, Lowell MA. In 1992 he and Mary Ann Kearns founded 119 Gallery. In 2007 he received an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College. He is interested in multimedia performance, and has worked on many projects with movement artist Joe Burgio: dadallamas performance co, Egg Sucking Dogs with Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Amalgam Trio with Katt Hernandez, Apocalypso Trio with Shayna Dulberger, Core Duo, and bodydrama.

 This album is a recording of a live performance by Bodydrama on October 3, 2009. It was produced by Randy Winchester for ARTSomerville.  

ARTSomerville (ARTS) is a volunteer arts organization based in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, which draws upon the talents of local creativity, strengthening communication among artists and the public by presenting exhibits, performances, and educational activities. Albums appearing under the ARTSomerville logo are from artists that have given performances at ARTSomerville sponsored events. Visit http://www.artsomerville.org to learn more.