The Pool is the name for the collaborative and improvisational experiments of Madison Palffy and Michelle Huber. We dive deep into somatic practices, vocal experiments, and improvisational forms. Our work asks us to be rigorous and vulnerable; to seek connections between our dance practice and our everyday life. Our creative work is a practice of pleasure, daring, feeling, empathy, resonance, and listening that we hope can translate to a transformative experience for the audience and ourselves. The Pool has performed throughout New England, each performance shifting and morphing to address the specificity of the space and the current questions that Michelle and Madison are researching. Some of our interests and practices inside and outside the studio include: the Feldenkrais method, magic, meditation, Authentic Movement, Non-violent Communication, and ecology.
Past Performances and Workshops:
The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton MA (November 2017)
Workshop at Earthdance as a part of E|Merge (February 2018)
Northampton Center for the Arts (February 2018)
Green Space, Long Island City, NY (April 22, 2018)
Northampton Center for the Arts (June 15-16, 2018)
INTERVALS #1 and #2 held at the Northampton Center for the Arts (June and July 2019)