Sit in the audience during Pearl Marill/M.O.C.'s (Modern On Command) dance-theater performance, and your confession might be read aloud. That is, if you've dropped a confession in the jar before the show.
Known for her impressive athleticism and sharp sense of humor, Bay Area artist Pearl Marill presents "Some Bodies Confessional" at Motion Pacific in Santa Cruz. Dance, pop music and dead pan comedy abound in this hour length show that premiered at ODC Theater in August, 2014.
Weaving audience confessions with personal confessions to create vibrant and comical worlds, “SOME BODIES CONFESSIONAL†combines dance, theater, and improvisational scores to create poignant and often hilarious moments.
Pearl Marill is an actress, dancer, and choreographer. She graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Theater Arts, where she received the Priscilla Newton Scholarship Award for Outstanding Work in The Arts. Pearl attended the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, and trained at American Conservatory Theater, Bay Area Theater Sports (BATS) in San Francisco, as well as Upright Citizen's Brigade in Los Angeles. In San Francisco, Pearl’s work has been shown at various nightclubs including the DNA lounge, Club Infusion, and The stud, and has shown work at performing arts venues and festivals such as ODC Theater, The Garage, Shotwell Studios, The Women on the Way Festival, StageDor, the Traveling Jewish Theater, CounterPulse, ODC’s Pilot program, WestWave Festival, and in ODC’s House Special program. A runner up in the acclaimed AWARD show at ODC Theater in January, 2012, Pearl was awarded a grant from the Boeng Foundation/Joyce Soho Theater to create new work. Her newest dance piece is a short fllm called Crunch Pop, which can be found circulating popular social media outlets, such as YouTube, Facebook, and vimeo. Crunch Pop premiered on National televsion on ABC Family's "Dancing Fools," and competed against another team to win the cash prize of the episode, "What The Funk." Pearl Marill won an Isadora Duncan Dance Award (Izzie) in 2013 for"Best Ensemble Performance 2011-1012" for her piece, "Missed Connections."
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Known for her impressive athleticism and sharp sense of humor, Bay Area artist Pearl Marill presents "Some Bodies Confessional" at Motion Pacific in Santa Cruz. Dance, pop music and dead pan comedy abound in this hour length show that premiered at ODC Theater in August, 2014.
Weaving audience confessions with personal confessions to create vibrant and comical worlds, “SOME BODIES CONFESSIONAL†combines dance, theater, and improvisational scores to create poignant and often hilarious moments.
Pearl Marill is an actress, dancer, and choreographer. She graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Theater Arts, where she received the Priscilla Newton Scholarship Award for Outstanding Work in The Arts. Pearl attended the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, and trained at American Conservatory Theater, Bay Area Theater Sports (BATS) in San Francisco, as well as Upright Citizen's Brigade in Los Angeles. In San Francisco, Pearl’s work has been shown at various nightclubs including the DNA lounge, Club Infusion, and The stud, and has shown work at performing arts venues and festivals such as ODC Theater, The Garage, Shotwell Studios, The Women on the Way Festival, StageDor, the Traveling Jewish Theater, CounterPulse, ODC’s Pilot program, WestWave Festival, and in ODC’s House Special program. A runner up in the acclaimed AWARD show at ODC Theater in January, 2012, Pearl was awarded a grant from the Boeng Foundation/Joyce Soho Theater to create new work. Her newest dance piece is a short fllm called Crunch Pop, which can be found circulating popular social media outlets, such as YouTube, Facebook, and vimeo. Crunch Pop premiered on National televsion on ABC Family's "Dancing Fools," and competed against another team to win the cash prize of the episode, "What The Funk." Pearl Marill won an Isadora Duncan Dance Award (Izzie) in 2013 for"Best Ensemble Performance 2011-1012" for her piece, "Missed Connections."
Sit in the audience during Pearl Marill/M.O.C.'s (Modern On Command) dance-theater performance, and your confession might be read aloud. That is, if you've dropped a confession in the jar before the show.
Known for her impressive athleticism and sharp sense of humor, Bay Area artist Pearl Marill presents "Some Bodies Confessional" at Motion Pacific in Santa Cruz. Dance, pop music and dead pan comedy abound in this hour length show that premiered at ODC Theater in August, 2014.
Weaving audience confessions with personal confessions to create vibrant and comical worlds, “SOME BODIES CONFESSIONAL†combines dance, theater, and improvisational scores to create poignant and often hilarious moments.
Pearl Marill is an actress, dancer, and choreographer. She graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Theater Arts, where she received the Priscilla Newton Scholarship Award for Outstanding Work in The Arts. Pearl attended the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, and trained at American Conservatory Theater, Bay Area Theater Sports (BATS) in San Francisco, as well as Upright Citizen's Brigade in Los Angeles. In San Francisco, Pearl’s work has been shown at various nightclubs including the DNA lounge, Club Infusion, and The stud, and has shown work at performing arts venues and festivals such as ODC Theater, The Garage, Shotwell Studios, The Women on the Way Festival, StageDor, the Traveling Jewish Theater, CounterPulse, ODC’s Pilot program, WestWave Festival, and in ODC’s House Special program. A runner up in the acclaimed AWARD show at ODC Theater in January, 2012, Pearl was awarded a grant from the Boeng Foundation/Joyce Soho Theater to create new work. Her newest dance piece is a short fllm called Crunch Pop, which can be found circulating popular social media outlets, such as YouTube, Facebook, and vimeo. Crunch Pop premiered on National televsion on ABC Family's "Dancing Fools," and competed against another team to win the cash prize of the episode, "What The Funk." Pearl Marill won an Isadora Duncan Dance Award (Izzie) in 2013 for"Best Ensemble Performance 2011-1012" for her piece, "Missed Connections."
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Known for her impressive athleticism and sharp sense of humor, Bay Area artist Pearl Marill presents "Some Bodies Confessional" at Motion Pacific in Santa Cruz. Dance, pop music and dead pan comedy abound in this hour length show that premiered at ODC Theater in August, 2014.
Weaving audience confessions with personal confessions to create vibrant and comical worlds, “SOME BODIES CONFESSIONAL†combines dance, theater, and improvisational scores to create poignant and often hilarious moments.
Pearl Marill is an actress, dancer, and choreographer. She graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Theater Arts, where she received the Priscilla Newton Scholarship Award for Outstanding Work in The Arts. Pearl attended the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, and trained at American Conservatory Theater, Bay Area Theater Sports (BATS) in San Francisco, as well as Upright Citizen's Brigade in Los Angeles. In San Francisco, Pearl’s work has been shown at various nightclubs including the DNA lounge, Club Infusion, and The stud, and has shown work at performing arts venues and festivals such as ODC Theater, The Garage, Shotwell Studios, The Women on the Way Festival, StageDor, the Traveling Jewish Theater, CounterPulse, ODC’s Pilot program, WestWave Festival, and in ODC’s House Special program. A runner up in the acclaimed AWARD show at ODC Theater in January, 2012, Pearl was awarded a grant from the Boeng Foundation/Joyce Soho Theater to create new work. Her newest dance piece is a short fllm called Crunch Pop, which can be found circulating popular social media outlets, such as YouTube, Facebook, and vimeo. Crunch Pop premiered on National televsion on ABC Family's "Dancing Fools," and competed against another team to win the cash prize of the episode, "What The Funk." Pearl Marill won an Isadora Duncan Dance Award (Izzie) in 2013 for"Best Ensemble Performance 2011-1012" for her piece, "Missed Connections."
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