Open Rehearsal

With Choreographer Ali Kenner Brodsky and Dancer Jenna Pollack

Thursday, August 5, 4-7 pm

and

Friday, August 6, 12-3 pm

This open-house style event offers audience members the opportunity to witness the creative process in motion, surrounded by the current exhibition, Spacing Out. These performances are free and open to the public. Cash bar and refreshments available during the Thursday evening event.

Witness the creative process at work during these open rehearsals with award winning artists.

Choreographer Ali Kenner Brodsky and dancer Jenna Pollack will rehearse in the JAC galleries in preparation for filming their dance film “tbnu.”  The film is being made by the award winning group of creatives: choreographer Ali Kenner Brodsky, filmmaker Rich Ferri, director Jarret Blinkhorn, with music by MorganEve Swain, and performed by Ali Kenner Brodsky and Jenna Pollack. 

Based on the live duet to be “near you.” performed by Kenner Brodsky & Pollack, “tbnu.” is a dance film that pushes the boundaries of time to create a feeling of reconnecting with something, or someone, who is gone. At the same time it seeks to show the interconnectedness of the movement, as well as capture the loneliness and isolation which underscores the duet.

Artist Biography

Ali Kenner Brodsky makes gesturally rich and emotionally driven dance-theater works and dance films that ask the viewer to indulge in a world of reflection, remembering, and connection. Ali was recently accepted into NEFA’S Regional Dance Development Initiative, and was a 2019 artist-in-residence (Croft: Ground for Art), 2018/19 Catalysts artist (Dance Complex), 2016 Emerging Choreographer in Residence (Bates Dance Festival), 2014 recipient of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Choreography Fellowship, and a 2003/04 artist-in-residence at Joyce SoHo. She has received support from NEFA’s New England States Touring and Dance Fund, and from the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County. 

With David Henry, Lila Hurwitz and Andy Russ, Ali co-founded Motion State Arts, which presents innovative dance-films and live performances from local, national and international artists. She is on the Board of New England Presenters, which provides leadership and support for the presentation/development of the NE performing arts. She also works as a dance advisor and curator to the Zeiterion Theater in New Bedford, MA. Ali has designed award-winning choreography for The Wilbury Theater Group (Providence), and worked as a rehearsal director/dancer with the national touring company Lostwax Multimedia Dance (2012–15). She graduated with honors in dance from Skidmore College. A Rhode Island native, AKB makes home in Dartmouth, MA with her husband, two children and five chickens.