29.Apr.10 - International Dance Day - Mesch to present a new excerpt of "Cavern" (work-in-progress) at an informal showing presented by Good Women Dance Collective called "What's Cooking?" Food and feedback are all part of this event. $5 for food and performance. PCL Studio Theater, TransAlta Arts Barns, 10330 - 84th Ave, Edmonton, Alberta.

20.Mar.10 Mile Zero Dance Salon Series. Mesch and composer Scott Smallwood team up to perform their new piece, "Cro-H+", a lecture-demonstration of their ultra high tech improvisation collaboration as proto-transhumans. At the Westbury Theatre at Transalta Arts Barns, 10330 - 84 Avenue, Edmonton, AB.

30.Jan.10
Mile Zero Dance Salon Series. To help Mile Zero Dance celebrate their 25th anniversary, Mesch and dancer Ainsley Hillyard will perform the conspiracy version of "Bolero". The fur is gonna fly! At The ARTery. Edmonton, AB, Canada.

15.Nov.09
ABC No Rio. Vacant (Kurt Gottschalk on guitar, Mesch on dance) vaguely covers Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and the Carter Family. At ABC No Rio 156 Rivington Street, New York, NY (between Clinton & Suffolk) 8pm.

07.05.09
Mesch to perform "Vacant" with musician and writer Kurt Gottschalk, who might sound like axed-up drawn-out Sex Pistols. Mesch might look something like Isadora Duncan in a mosh pit. At Temple M - 555W 141st Street (off Broadway), New York, NY 10031. Admission + jam session is $10. Jam session only (for both public and performers) is $5

05.04.09
Phoneme Choir - Language as a Somatic Practice - under the direction of choreographer Daria Faïn and poet Robert Kocik, Mesch and others sound out and move as dictated by the physicality of phonemes. Ancient writings, cosmology and neurology inform this complex work-in-process. Movement Research at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY. FREE but arrive early to secure a seat. Doors open at 7:45.

04.24.09
Pinot to Picasso - Mesch performs under the direction of Dawn Cargiulo Berman (formerly of Momix) at a wine tasting fundraiser for the Arts Council of Princeton. 6:30 - 9:30 pm, University Square at Alexander Road and Route One. Technically in West Windsor, NJ.

04.21.09
ffmup - Extra-Sensory Pedestrians and Jen Mesch Dance Conspiracy conspire to present dance in what is normally a music series. Music by Evidence 9 pm. The Terrace Club. 62 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ. As always, ffmup is FREE.

04.12.09
Mesch to perform "Vacant" with musician and writer Kurt Gottschalk. At ABC No Rio 156 Rivington Street, New York, NY (between Clinton & Suffolk) 8pm.

02.11.09
"Cavern" - an excerpt to be shown as a work-in-progress in Open Performance at Movement Research. New choreography in response to newly re-mastered textural music by Frank Lewin that he wrote and recorded in 1969 for IBM. Kristen Boccumini, Clara Ebersole Coleman, Elizabeth Gillespie, Vivan He, Jackie Lukas and Colleen Murphy will be dancing. Discussion and audience feedback to follow moderated by choreographer Arturo Vidich. Also showing choreography will be Laurie Berg, Keren Ganin-Pinto and Scott Lyons. 8pm - Dance Theater Workshop, 3rd Floor Studios, 219 W. 19th Street, New York, NY

02.06.09
"For the Love of Art" - a love party/performing arts event at Galapagos Art Space. Mesch is performing with Malleable Dance Theater in Erin Malley's "Grand Gesture" throughout the evening, featuring acts and dances of love, both true and false. 9pm - 2am. 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY. article & photos from the show!

10.14.08
Princeton Expedition Fall 2008 - Traveling sound and dance improv through Princeton. Movement by Kristen Boccumini, Dawn Cargiulo Berman (formerly of Momix), Clara Ebersole Coleman, Gary Echternacht and Jennifer Mesch. Sound design by Scott Smallwood and Matt Marble with Cameron Britt, Sean Friar, Jascha Narveson, Benjamin Salthouse, Theodore Thwing. Beginning at the Princeton Garden movie theater on the corner of Washington and Nassau St, ending at the Princeton Public Library. 7pm

06.03.08
"Variations On A Door" - Mesch performs with music improvisors Newton Armstrong (electronics) and Nate Wooley (trumpet). Movement Research Spring Festival 2008. at Judson Memorial Church. 55 Washington Square South, New York, New York. 8pm $5

Reviews and mentions by Matthew Lyons, James Wagner, Gelsey Bell, Kurt Gottschalk and Gia Kourlas (NY Times)

Dance for Music images

06.01.08
Seth Cluett (sound artist) and vanloads of movement researchers and other artists from NYC at Ringing Rocks Park, Pennsylvania. A sound exploration (with hammers and rocks) as part of the Movement Research Spring Festival. 11am - until Seth says it's over.

05.29.08
Princeton Expedition! Movement/sound improv through the borough of Princeton. Kristen Boccumini, Clara Coleman, Gary Echternacht, Stephan Moore, Scott Smallwood, Theodore Thwing, Kimberly Young, Jen Mesch and the local police. 6-8 pm starting at the public library.

04.22.08
Zeena Parkins performs with Seth Cluett, Lainie Fefferman, Anne Hege, Jen Mesch, Scott Smallwood and Christopher Tignor at ffmup. 9pm Terrace Club, 62 Washington Road, Princeton. As always, ffmup is FREE.

04.21.08
Kristen Boccumini, Clara Coleman and Jen Mesch perform in "Pilgrimage to the Seed of Intuition" by Ana Lorena Sanchez Castillo. Sanchez responds to sculptures by Isaac Witkin as part of the ceremony for the gift of several of his sculptures to Rider University. BLC Theater, Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. 1pm FREE.

03.14.08, 03.15.08
I'll Have What She's Having annual dance performance for Women's History Month - Mesch to perform in a new piece by Susan Tenney. Yvonne Theater, Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. $20 general admission, $15 students/seniors. Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm and 8pm.

02.12.08
The Composers' Ensemble Freelance Concert - Mesch to perform "Pipebrook" with Scott Smallwood's music of the same name. Solo dance with Eleanor Norton on 'cello and Sean McClowry on bass. 8pm Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University. Free.

10.07.07
The Outlet Dance Project at Grounds for Sculpture. Dance curator Jamuna Dasi presents site-specific pieces by women choreographers. The audience will be guided to each performance. Mesch presents "Grove" in response to Tova Beck-Friedman's sculpture, "Excerpts Of A Lost Forest - An Homage to Ashera". Structured improvisation featuring Sarah Burkhalter, Clara Coleman, Kelly Kravet and Jennifer Mesch. Live music by Scott Smallwood with Seth Cluett, Jennifer Eberhardt and Lainie Fefferman. 2 pm. 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, New Jersey.

Grove video.

09.16.07
Dancing at The Approach - TroyNewYork - Mesch and others to perform under the direction of choreographer Jack Magai and writer Amy Halloran. Witness as history unfolds and wedding vows are exchanged between the city of Troy and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Presentations begin at Noon, Dance begins at 1:45. Call performers on your cell phone during the performance and tell them what to do.

5.20.07:
6pm - Princeton Ballet School - Studio A - Mesch performs in a piece choreographed by Dr. Kim Chandler Vaccaro with Clara Coleman and Gary Echternacht. Dr. Kim on Celtic harp. Princeton Ballet School's faculty concert.

4.11.07:
History and Physical
As part of the ffmup [[free form mash up]] series.
Movement and stillness by Dawn Berman, Gary Echternacht, Kelly Kravet, Jack Magai, Jennifer Mesch and Kimberly Young.
Sound and silence by Linda Aubry (harp, electronics), Betsey Biggs (computer), Michael Bullock (contrabass), Seth Cluett (computer, electronics), Tucker Dulin (trombone), Anne Hege (voice, computer), and Scott Smallwood (steel pan, computer).
Spoken word improv H&P's by Jory Goldberg, MD and Luanne Goldberg, NP
The Terrace Club. 62 Washington Rd, Princeton, New Jersey - 9pm - As always, ffmup is free.

11.27 - 12.18.05:
Movement Research Festival

11.27.05 through 11.28.05:
24-Hour Migration Choreographer Jennifer Monson's large-scale work involving the entire island of Manhattan. Mesch joins Monson, Jack Magai, Corey Carver and other movement performers and musicians in following the waterways of 1860's Manhattan. The piece lasts from dawn until dawn.

12.09.05:
Movement Research Festival: Scott Smallwood and Jennifer Mesch participate in Dance/Music Laboratory - a residency for dance/music duos who work in improvisation as a primary medium. 12.06 through 12.09. Curated by Michelle Nagai, other duos include KJ Holmes with Roy Campbell, Estelle Woodward with Jeff Arnal and Sheron Wray with Jonathan Hart Makwaia. A concert will finish off the residency. At Body Language - 241 Bedford Avenue (near the L train), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York 8pm $8