Signature Partner Event coming soon!
Stories of Spirit and Spirits
A soft rocks project
an ERGO/movement production
June 11-13, 2026 at 7:30pm
& June 13 at 2:30pm
Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center
60 Lake Street, Burlington, VT 05401
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Tickets: /e/stories-of-spirit-and-spirits
Stories of Spirit and Spirits is an evening-length experimental dance and music production featuring the ten members of the improvisation ensemble, soft rocks: dancers Danielle Tekut, Julian Barnett, Hanna Satterlee, Jessie Owens, Nicole Dagesse, and Beth Morelli, and musicians Matt LaRocca, Jeremy Frederick, Kyle Saulnier, and Will Andrews.
Through music and movement and with the support of structured improvisations, chance methods, costumes, personal mementos, and talismans, they explore myths and archetypes, personal ancestry, shared histories, and experimental social dynamics, as they peer into the bardo and dance with risk in search of a new kind of togetherness. With the pull of a card or the spin of a bottle, each moment will unfold according to chance, creating alternate timelines and outcomes with every performance. They invite you to join them in their seeking. See this performance more than once to experience how chance creates a new turn of events.
This project is supported by a 2025 Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant, and is funded in part by New England Foundation for the Arts’ New England Dance Fund, with generous support from the Aliad Fund at the Boston Foundation. The creation of this project has been generously sponsored by
The First Congregational Church of Burlington.
Tickets are officially on sale for the production Stories of Spirit and Spirits!
Ticket link in bio!
June 11-13, 2026 at 7:30pm
& June 13 at 2:30pm
Main Street Landing
Performing Arts Center, Burlington VT
With the support of structured improvisations, chance methods, costumes, personal mementos, and talismans, the ensemble explores myths and archetypes, personal ancestry, shared histories, and experimental social dynamics, as they peer into the bardo and dance with risk in search of a new kind of togetherness. The collective invites their ghosts and their dreams, as well as their fears and their longings to weave their stories of connection and resistance.
With the pull of a card or the spin of a bottle, each moment will unfold according to chance, creating alternate timelines and outcomes with every performance. See the performance more than once to experience how chance creates a new turn of events.
This project is supported by a 2025 Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant, and is funded in part by New England Foundation for the Arts' New England Dance Fund, with generous support from the Aliad Fund at the Boston Foundation. The creation of this project has been generously sponsored by The First Congregational Church of Burlington.
Join @soft.rocks.ensemble this Thursday, 4/16 at the First Congregational Church of Burlington for a work-in-progress performance for a new project,
Stories of Spirit and Spirits!
The audience is an integral part of the performance process, and we will be welcoming your feedback to help us craft this piece.
Raise The Spirits!
Thursday, April 16
The First Congregational Church of Burlington
Doors at 7pm
Performance at 7:15pm
Facilitated feedback session to follow
@firstchurchbtv@soft.rocks.ensemble@julesanddreams@ksaulnier.music@danielle__tek@nicoledagesse@hannasatt@jer_fred@mplarocca@bethmorelli
This project is supported by a 2025 Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant, and is funded in part by New England Foundation for the Arts’ New England Dance Fund, with generous support from the Aliad Fund at the Boston Foundation. The creation of this project has been generously sponsored by The First Congregational Church of Burlington.
Moving through April with reverence and magic ✨ Come out to see What Remains: Ephemerality in Music, Movement, and Performance, a unique cross-disciplinary event that brings together perspectives from Religion, Music, and Theatre and Dance.
Friday, April 10 at 6:00 pm
Royall Tyler Theater
116 University Pl. Burlington, VT
Free and Open to the Public (no reservation needed)
Featuring a performance by @soft.rocks.ensemble which includes our own UVM DNCE faculty @julesanddreams and @schimolerlynnellen and Music faculty @mplarocca and @ksaulnier.music as well as other local musicians and movers @jojotanzt@hannasatt@danielle__tek@willverinemusic@jer_fred
A talk by @kennyjrichards and projections by @vanishworks will add to the event in beautiful, unexpected ways.
Hope to see you there!!
Poster design by @jer_fred
Come help us Raise the Spirits!!!
Join us on Thursday, April 16th at
The First Congregational Church of Burlington for a work-in-progress and fundraising performance for
Stories of Spirit and Spirits, a new evening-length experimental dance and music production that will premiere in June.
Raise the Spirits!
Thursday, April 16, 2026
First Congregational Church of Burlington
38 S Winooski Ave
Doors open at 7p
Performance at 7:15p
Facilitated feedback session to follow
$20 Suggested Donation at the door
And SAVE THE DATES!
Stories of Spirit and Spirits
at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center in Burlington, VT
June 11-13, 2026
Featuring @soft.rocks.ensemble members Jeremy Frederick, Beth Morelli, Kyle Saulnier, Danielle Tekut, Hanna Satterlee, Jessie Owens, Nicole Dagesse, Will Andrews, Julian Barnett, and Matt LaRocca
Stories of Spirit and Spirits is supported by a 2025 Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant, and is funded in part by New England Foundation for the Arts' New England Dance Fund, with generous support from the Aliad Fund at the Boston Foundation. This project has been generously sponsored by The First Congregational Church of Burlington.
Image by Jeremy Frederick
We're excited to share this unique (and free!) performance with you. We hope you can join us!
What Remains: Ephemerality in Music, Movement, and Performance
Featuring: soft rocks, Vanish Works, and a lecture by Kenneth Richards
Friday, April 10 at 6:00 pm
Royall Tyler Theatre, Burlington, VT
Free and Open to the Public
This multidisciplinary performance examines what lingers after a performance ends. What remains of an experience that is temporary by nature? What does it mean when something so ephemeral resists preservation? The evening begins with a lecture by Kenneth Richards (Professor of Religion) on the ephemerality of the moment, followed by a performance by soft rocks, a movement and sound collective. Visual projections by Vanish Works (Alex Reeves) add another sensory dimension.
@soft.rocks.ensemble@kennyjrichards@vanishworks@julesanddreams@nicoledagesse@jer_fred@mplarocca@jojotanzt@hannasatt@ksaulnier.music@danielle__tek@willverinemusic@schimolerlynnellen@rel_uvm@uvmsoa@uvm_cas
