Qualia Dance Collective

Qualia Dance Collective is excited to return to The Foundry to perform a mixed-bill program, which will include the premiere of a new work choreographed by Fiona Scruggs, as well as works from the company's repertoire including, "Une, Deux, Trois" and "Barefoot Dances."

The new work will explore nuances of human connection amidst challenging experimentation with time and space.

"Une, Deux, Trois" is a solo in three parts set to Erik Satie's three "Gymnopédies." "Une," French for one and in the feminine form with an "e," is an intimate exploration of control, longing, and tension. "Deux" becomes undone, relinquishing the control and tension of the previous work in a cathartic, unkempt release. "Trois" is in development and will premiere at this performance.

"Barefoot Dances," is the ethos of the liminal space between a dream and a scream. Reverie and haunting melodies evoke hazy, yet familiar experiences from our dreamlands. Through evocative and wistful vignettes, we are bound in our mind’s eye to a feeling we can’t quite describe, but all know well.

Qualia Dance Collective seeks to explore the qualities of space, time, and energy as catalysts for movement and art and performs the choreography of Fiona Scruggs. Fiona’s background is in ballet, so her movement is grounded in principles of line and technical precision. The work she creates explores creative narratives of visual art and often possesses a surrealist quality, inviting her audience to envision new worlds. Dialogues with the audience following performances are integral to engaging with our community and bridging access into the artistic process. Our work is poetic and classical, smart and inventive. We aim to awaken the imaginations of everyone we meet. 

Qualia Dance Collective has performed at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, 5x5 Dance Festival, The Mount, Chesterwood, Wandering Dance Festival, Choreography on the Edge, Berkshire Busk, and is excited to return to The Foundry.

Born in Tübingen, Germany, Fiona Scruggs is a dancer, choreographer, researcher, educator, and writer. Fiona is an American Ballet Theatre Certified Teacher (Pre-Primary-Level 5) and received her classical ballet and contemporary training at Radford University with Inessa Plekhanova, Aleksey Plekhanov, and Deborah McLaughlin, Salzburg International Ballet Academy with Ildiko Pongor and Amelia Wanderlingh, Next Generation Ballet, Louisville Ballet, and Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts with Donna Carver. She has performed lead and ensemble roles from ballets including The Nutcracker, Chopiniana, and Don Quixote, musicals including Oklahoma! and Anything Goes, and numerous contemporary and modern works. Fiona’s choreography has been presented at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (MA), 5×5 Dance Festival (CT), The Foundry (MA), Bard College at Simon’s Rock (MA), The Mount (MA), Chesterwood (MA), Choreography on the Edge (NY), Wandering Dance Festival (MA), Salzburg International Ballet Academy Gala (Austria), and Radford University (VA). She is the founder, artistic director, and choreographer of Qualia Dance Collective, the Director of Communications & Marketing at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, and a contributing dance writer for The Berkshire Edge. Formerly, she was a Teaching Artist Fellow through the Massachusetts Cultural Council Creative Youth Development program, the School Programs Coordinator at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and has modeled for fashion designer Samantha Pleet. Fiona received a bachelor’s degree in dance education, summa cum laude, from Radford University.

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Tickets: $18 (in-advance); $20 (at-the-door)

Seating/Bar: 1:30PM Show: 2:00PM

This event is indoors.

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Parking is limited at the venue so please utilize the three public parking lots in Town. One is across from the Post Office, one is behind Berkshire Bank and the other is just off Main Street. They are clearly marked. Do not park at Trúc Orient Express Restaurant or the Post Office or you might receive a ticket.

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