Early Era Collective

EARLY ERA COLLECTIVES MISSION IS TO PRESENT MULTIFORM ART FEATURING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES FOR DIVERSE AUDIENCES. IN ONE OF OUR NATIONS MOST SEGREGATED CITIES, WE AIM TO BRING AUSTINITES TOGETHER ACROSS THE PHYSICAL DIVIDE OF I-35 WITH HIGH QUALITY, ACCESSIBLE, INCLUSIVE ART. WE

SHIFT WAS A LIVE PRODUCTION THAT TOOK PLACE FROM 6/10/22 TO 6/12/22. EARLY ERA COLLECTIVE PRODUCED FOUR PERFORMANCES OF THIS SHOW, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT ELECTRIKCITY DANCE MOVEMENT. OUR PRODUCTION COMBINED MULTIPLE FORMS OF DANCE, SPOKEN WORD, ACTING, AND FILM. OUR WORK IN THIS SHOW USED EARLY ERAS FOUNDATION OF MULTIFORM COLLABORATIVE ART AS A SPRINGBOARD TO EXPLORE THE SHARPENED FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE THAT THE PANDEMIC CAUSED MANY OF US TO PURSUE, ON COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL BASES. SEVEN ARTISTS PERFORMED IN THIS PRODUCTION, AND ROUGHLY 90 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ATTENDED OUR PERFORMANCES. THIS PRODUCTION WAS DIRECTED BY STEPHANIE PATRICK, AND FEATURED CHOREOGRAPHY BY STEPHANIE PATRICK AND DANIEL BROXTON.

MILEZ IS A DANCE FILM THAT WAS FILMED AND EDITED DURING THE PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN. THIS SHORT FILM FEATURES AUSTINS LOCAL HIP-HOP DUO MAGNA CARDA AND EIGHT DANCERS. IN THE STORYLINE OF THE FILM, OUR CHARACTERS MUST DECIDE WHETHER TO STAY WITHIN THE BOXES THAT CONFINE THEM OR BREAK FREE. MILEZ HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO 10 FILM FESTIVALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE FILM WAS CO-DIRECTED BY STEPHANIE PATRICK AND BEN LEE, AND CO-CHOREOGRAPHED BY DANIEL BROXTON AND STEPHANIE PATRICK. MUSIC WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY MAGNA CARDA. DANCED BY LAUREN PARRA FAUDREE, DANIEL BROXTON, MIA MOI, JAIRUS CARR, MICHELLE BARFIELD, CICELEY FULLYLOVE, JAYLIN LANE, AND STEPHANIE PATRICK.

EARLY ERA COLLECTIVE PARTICIPATED IN A PERFORMANCE THAT SERVED AS COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR OUR COMPANY, AND WE PRODUCED TWO PROGRAMS THAT BENEFITED THE COMMUNITY, RESPECTIVELY TITLED THOUGHTS THAT MOVE AND EMBOLDEN WORKSHOP SERIES.IN AN EFFORT TO MARKET EARLY ERA AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, WE PERFORMED AT THE LONG CENTERS LOOKOUT FEST ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2022. SIX OF OUR DANCE ARTISTS PERFORMED IN THE THEATERS KODOSKY DONOR LOUNGE FOR ROUGHLY 40 VIEWERS. WE COMPLETED OUR THIRD SEASON OF THOUGHTS THAT MOVE, A DISCUSSION SERIES THAT EXPLORES HOW ART AND RACE INTERSECT IN AUSTIN. IN 2022, WE RECORDED, EDITED AND RELEASED THE FINAL TWO EPISODES OF THE SEASON, ENTITLED TAP: A THRIVING BLACK AMERICAN ART FORM AND CREATIVITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE. COLLECTIVELY, THESE EPISODES HOSTED NINE ARTISTS FROM MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES. THE EPISODES ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL.