6:30PM at Piazza Garibaldi

10PM at Piazza Vittorio

In we’re too young to write a memoir, Charly & Eriel exploit their sister dynamic to construct a duet that's equal parts humorous and reflective. This danced fusion of their linguistic, psychological, and theatrical research empowers them to explore their incontestable similarities and radical differences together.

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Step into the NJ Club culture with mignolo's first MASH (Music Appreciation Social Hours) event! Expect a night of music and dance where the audience is encouraged to participate.

Crude Saturdays at Tictac Art Centre

Open platform for spontaneous performance.

On the first and third Saturday of each month (mostly), Tictac’s big studio gets transformed into an open stage, welcoming artists of the performance arts (dance, circus, music, theater, etc.) to show their work. The performance evening is approx 1 hour long.

Charly’s solo, blOck it oUT, represents a challenge to stay focused on what's important in the face of relentless distractions and endless external information that constantly bombards us in the fast-paced modern world we live in. As soon as we get used to one tempo, another introduces itself, layering on top of what came before to create an ever-changing foundation for the rhythms of our life to sound and echo upon.

mignolo dance is a contemporary dance company founded by sisters Charly & Eriel Santagado in 2017. They are lifelong dance and creative partners dedicated to developing new work that explores elements of various artistic mediums through movement. The company has presented at many festivals including Altofest, Thessaloniki Fringe Festival, Come Together Dance Festival, Dance on the Lawn, Dumbo Dance Festival, FAKI Festival, KoDaFe, Making Moves Dance Festival, the Moving Memory project, New Wave Dance Festival, Triskelion’s SummerFest, and Your Move. Their work has been produced by Arts On Site, The Berrie Center at Ramapo College, Dixon Place, Gardenship Art, HERE Arts Center, and Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning. Their dance film work has been featured at several international festivals including Austin Dance Festival, Dance Days Chania, Leeds International Film Festival, InShadow, New Jersey Film Festival, TANZAHOi, and Utah Dance Film Festival.

mignolo’s workshop will begin with an introduction to Movenglish, their movement language in progress with a word-to-word correspondence to English that seeks to preserve and embody the nuances of written/spoken language. Then they will teach Movenglish-based repertoire from Self Help, which is currently touring the east coast.

Vasiliki Papapostolou (a.k.a Tarantism) is an international experimental dance artist who incorporates physical theatre, ballroom Latin and movement concepts from street dance styles in her work. She holds a BA from Trinity Laban, London, an MA in Education with Distinction from King’s College London and she was trained with Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Israel. As a choreographer, she has showcased her work at Sadler’s Wells, Whitechapel Gallery, TEDx Panteion University, The Place and Block 336 - ICF. As a dancer, her credits include performing with Edifice Dance Theatre, Teatro Regio Torino, Pottporus: Company Renegade, Taira Foo Dance Company, Open Art Surgery, Breakin’ Convention. She has been invited to judge international competitions such as KRE8 Lab (UK), Percorsi Coreografici (Italy) and Torre del Lago Dancing Time (Italy).

Vasiliki’s workshop starts with a combination of improvisation and some set exercises aimed at challenging movers to use their fullest potential in movement and exceed their perceived “maximum”. This leads into movement concepts that she used to create her latest work PANOPTICON, and give a deeper understanding into the repertoire.

Self Help by mignolo dance explores mental health through the lens of a relationship between a therapist and patient using Movenglish® – a movement language in progress that directly corresponds to English. The translation of spoken conversations is complemented by fragmented and deconstructed phrases that represent what happens between the lines and inside the mind, embodying a ceaseless yet hopeful striving toward balance between thought and feeling, mind and body, self and other. @mignolodance

PANOPTICON by Vasiliki Papapostolou (a.k.a Tarantism) explores concepts of surveillance, discipline, and punishment. While the red hands of the performer are the ruler, the body represents the human spirit, the constant fight to preserve the human instinct and individual mind in a society where humans become increasingly mechanical, interested in objects, numbers, controlled outcomes and statistical rules. @tarantism___

mignolo dance is a contemporary dance company founded by sisters Charly & Eriel Santagado in 2017. They are lifelong dance and creative partners dedicated to developing new work that explores elements of various artistic mediums through movement. The company has presented at many festivals including Altofest, Thessaloniki Fringe Festival, Come Together Dance Festival, Dance on the Lawn, Dumbo Dance Festival, FAKI Festival, KoDaFe, Making Moves Dance Festival, the Moving Memory project, New Wave Dance Festival, Triskelion’s SummerFest, and Your Move. Their work has been produced by Arts On Site, The Berrie Center at Ramapo College, Dixon Place, Gardenship Art, HERE Arts Center, and Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning. Their dance film work has been featured at several international festivals including Austin Dance Festival, Dance Days Chania, Leeds International Film Festival, InShadow, New Jersey Film Festival, TANZAHOi, and Utah Dance Film Festival.

mignolo’s workshop will begin with an introduction to Movenglish, their movement language in progress with a word-to-word correspondence to English that seeks to preserve and embody the nuances of written/spoken language. Then they will teach Movenglish-based repertoire from Self Help, which is currently touring the east coast.

Vasiliki Papapostolou (a.k.a Tarantism) is an international experimental dance artist who incorporates physical theatre, ballroom Latin and movement concepts from street dance styles in her work. She holds a BA from Trinity Laban, London, an MA in Education with Distinction from King’s College London and she was trained with Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Israel. As a choreographer, she has showcased her work at Sadler’s Wells, Whitechapel Gallery, TEDx Panteion University, The Place and Block 336 - ICF. As a dancer, her credits include performing with Edifice Dance Theatre, Teatro Regio Torino, Pottporus: Company Renegade, Taira Foo Dance Company, Open Art Surgery, Breakin’ Convention. She has been invited to judge international competitions such as KRE8 Lab (UK), Percorsi Coreografici (Italy) and Torre del Lago Dancing Time (Italy).

Vasiliki’s workshop starts with a combination of improvisation and some set exercises aimed at challenging movers to use their fullest potential in movement and exceed their perceived “maximum”. This leads into movement concepts that she used to create her latest work PANOPTICON, and give a deeper understanding into the repertoire.

Come see an extra special excerpt of Self Help at Philadelphia Fringe Festival Preview Nights! FREE ADMISSION.

Workshop: 3PM

Performance: 7PM

Expanding Community is a collaborative show, at mignolo arts center in Metuchen, NJ, of artists spanning the east coast. This show is the third installment in the series, there previously has been one in NJ (July 2023) and one in Boston (February 2024). Geared at creating partnerships between different choreographers to expand their artistic community, Expanding Community seeks to grow how many artistic partnerships and connections we each have. The show is under the direction of Tess Saoirse Liddy, a Boston-based dancer and choreographer who discovered her choreographic voice in New Jersey at Drew University and therefore seeks to bring the two communities closer together. Expanding Community 3 will feature an assortment of both returning and first time EC artists!

Childhood Nostalgia presented by Collective Moments Dance Company is an hour-length show presenting works revolving around themes of childhood, care of younger self, and the freedom to move as we once had as a child! Mental Health is a rollercoaster, with the dark comes the light and with Childhood Nostalgia we look to share that light we all have inside, as we dance, and play together. 

Bringing together 5 new works from the company alongside 6 guest artists' works, Childhood Nostalgia will take place, on Saturday, June 29th, 2024, at 7:00 pm.

Crude Saturdays at Tictac Art Centre

Open platform for spontaneous performance.

On the first and third Saturday of each month (mostly), Tictac’s big studio gets transformed into an open stage, welcoming artists of the performance arts (dance, circus, music, theater, etc.) to show their work. The performance evening is approx 1 hour long.

In we’re too young to write a memoir (WIP), Charly & Eriel exploit their sister dynamic to construct a duet that's equal parts humorous and reflective. This danced fusion of their linguistic, psychological, and theatrical research empowers them to explore their incontestable similarities and radical differences together.

Join us to celebrate the 2023 Arts Council Choreography Fellows!

Over three evenings of performances, the 2024 NJ State Council on the Arts Choreographers’ Showcase Moving Into the Future celebrates the dynamic and diverse artistic visions of 14 of the 2023 Arts Council Choreography Fellows.  These talented artists bring the beauty and athleticism of dance to the SOPAC stage!

This program is conducted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, in partnership with the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.  To learn more about the Individual Artist Fellowship program, visit the Mid Atlantic Arts website.

Moving Into the Future: New Jersey Choreographers’ Festival is a co-sponsored project of SOPAC and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Come see Eruption / Regenesis at Dixon Place’s 8 IN SHOW!

Promo code "8inshow24" will give you a $3 discount on advance tickets.