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McKinley Park Charrette - UIC Master of City Design Summer Studio (2022)

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McKinley Park Charrette - UIC Master of City Design Summer Studio (2022)

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Shot, edited, and directed for the UIC Master of City Design Summer Charrette in partnership with the McKinley Park Development Council (MPDC), Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE), and international consulting firm Design Workshop.

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McKinley Park Charrette 2022 - UIC Master of City Design Summer Studio (English subtitles)

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Subtítulos en español: https://vimeo.com/720687919
中文字幕: https://vimeo.com/721172626
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In partnership with the McKinley Park Development Council (MPDC), Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE), and international consulting firm Design Workshop, the UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs Master of City Design program conceived and facilitated a community-led design process for civic improvements in McKinley Park. Three sites were carefully selected by studying past planning efforts and through conversation with community stakeholders. After conducting preliminary research, the team carried out a range of engagement events at various locations in McKinley Park culminating in a design charrette. 

This video shows the process of UIC’s research and engagement events. The forthcoming plan document represents community preferences and ideas via co-designed concepts intended to form the bases for further discussion about the future of select sites in McKinley Park. 

Next steps for feedback, policy recommendations, and pathways to implementation that will be shared on the McKinley Park Development Council (MPDC) website shortly; our efforts have been intended to offer resources and generate further discussion amongst community members so that they may ultimately shepherd a future brought by collaboration and self-determination.


Shot and edited by Jenna Pollack

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Created By Sue Murad and Jenna Pollack
Music By Andrew Bird
Produced by Reciprocity Collaborative with support from the National Park Service and the Boston Foundation
70 minutes

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Old North
Created By
Sue Murad and Jenna Pollack

Music By
Andrew Bird

Produced by Reciprocity Collaborative

A full-length documentary art film. Inspired by the architecture, history, and community of Boston’s oldest church known for its role in the American Revolution, a group of artists and dancers inhabit a site that is both a national park and a parish. For one year they follow the site’s daily rhythms, and offer slight alterations of actions and practices traditionally embedded in the space. In the final months, they document their embodied research, inviting participation and play from their friends, peers, clergy, congregation, park staff, and tour groups. Although filmed in 2019, a foreshadowing emerges that touches on the personal and communal, the public and the private, the past and the present. Old North is an introspective portrait of a sacred and civic space, paired with music by Andrew Bird and held together like a poem. 

Featuring Old North Church and Historic Site;
A Boston National Historic Park
and Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts

70 minutes

Old North Church (Partner) was established in 1723 as Christ Church in the City of Boston. We are both a national historic landmark operated by the Old North Foundation and an active Episcopal Church congregation. Old North is the oldest church building and the longest-serving Episcopal congregation in the City.

The National Park Service (Partner) preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. The Park Service cooperates with partners to extend the benefits of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world.

The Reciprocity Collaborative (Partner) believes the way to understand 
reciprocity is through practice. As an organization, we are committed to interactive, immersive, and interdisciplinary collaboration. We are a platform for sharing arts-based expertise in a wide range of disciplines including clinical care, creative technology, and social practice. 


Copyright 2022

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Bessie Schonberg Mentored Residency Program

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Video and editing by Dancing Camera

Residency Press Release: dancetheyard.org/summer2021/jenna-pollack

This project continues a long love for The Yard. In thinking about this moment of change for the organization, I was reminded that it will soon also celebrate a lineage of 50 years. I have become fascinated by the move from Tabor House Road to Middle Road, with the tales of Patricia's corralling vision, with the legacy of the vineyard community. I'm thinking about how engaging with broad notions of place and space in this project may be of utility to The Yard's future - how can we celebrate the campus as a collection of memories and people, as well as architecture? How do we engage the archives as a practice of the future? How do artists hold the layered, complex, and sometimes contradictory identities of the organization in residence?

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"Behind the Dance" - Jenna Pollack and collaborators in the 2021 The Yard creative residency (by Dancing Camera)

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Video and editing by Dancing Camera Residency Press Release: https://www.dancetheyard.org/summer2021/jenna-pollack This project continues a long love for The Yard. In thinking about this moment of change for the organization, I was reminded that it will soon also celebrate a lineage of 50 years.

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With additional support from Olin College of Engineering, Boston Dance Alliance, New England Foundation for the Arts, New Movement Collaborative, and Walnut Hill School for the Arts.

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Work in Process** by Jenna Pollack Projects

**This piece is yet unnamed, though this specific residency in 2021 culminated in public performances. I avoid naming conventions until the work is done as a practice of agency, self-determination, and institutional pressure to reimagine long-term support and care for artists.

From the press release: "Jenna Pollack will present an in-process showing of an ongoing collaboration with mechanical engineer and sustainable designer Dr. Benjamin Linder. They are exploring the intersection of materiality and agency, working inside states of construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction to consider what is in our control."

Choreography | Jenna Pollack, with the team

Directors | Jenna Pollack & Dr. Benjamin Linder

Performers | Victoria Awkward, Frederick Moss, Whitney Schmanski

Directors' Assistant & Understudy | Linnea Thorne

Composer & Sound Designer | Elizabeth Cahill

Costumes | Caitlin Canty

Dramaturg | Bonnie Duncan

Scenic Designer | Dr. Benjamin Linder

Lighting Designer & Production Manager | Harrison Pearse Burke

Photographer | Olivia Moon Photography/@halfasianlens

Videographer | Ernie Galan/Scalped Productions

Video Editor | Jenna Pollack

Additional Construction & Financial Support | Olin College of Engineering, Boston Dance Alliance, New England Foundation for the Arts, New Movement Collaborative, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and the City of Boston Opportunity Fund

Working budget: http://bit.ly/JPPboxbudget

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WIP Trailer, Boston Center for the Arts (2021)

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Work in Process** by Jenna Pollack Projects **This piece is yet unnamed, though this specific residency in 2021 culminated in public performances. I avoid naming conventions until the work is done as a practice of agency, self-determination, and institutional pressure to reimagine long-term support and care for artists.

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Boston Center for the Arts Residency (2021)

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Boston Center for the Arts Residency (2021)

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A BCA-produced documentary about our residency.

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Behind the Scenes - Boston Center for the Arts Residency, Work in Process

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Work in Process** by Jenna Pollack Projects

**This piece is yet unnamed, though this specific residency in 2021 culminated in public performances. I avoid naming conventions until the work is done as a practice of agency, self-determination, and institutional pressure to reimagine long-term support for artists.

From the press release: "Jenna Pollack will present an in-process showing of an ongoing collaboration with mechanical engineer and sustainable designer Dr. Benjamin Linder. They are exploring the intersection of materiality and agency, working inside states of construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction to consider what is in our control."

Choreography | Jenna Pollack, with the team
 
Directors | Jenna Pollack & Dr. Benjamin Linder
 
Performers | Victoria Awkward, Frederick Moss, Whitney Schmanski
 
Directors’ Assistant & Understudy | Linnea Thorne
 
Composer & Sound Designer | Elizabeth Cahill
 
Costumes | Caitlin Canty
 
Dramaturg | Bonnie Duncan 
 
Scenic Designer | Dr. Benjamin Linder 
 
Lighting Designer & Production Manager | Harrison Pearse Burke  
 
Photographer | Olivia Moon Photography/@halfasianlens
 
Videographer | Ernie Galan/Scalped Productions

Video Editor | Jenna Pollack
 
Additional Construction & Financial Support | Olin College of Engineering, Boston Dance Alliance, New England Foundation for the Arts, New Movement Collaborative, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and the City of Boston Opportunity Fund

Working budget: bit.ly/JPPboxbudget

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A Boston Institute for Contemporary Art commission by Boston-based interdisciplinary artists Jenna Pollack, Sue Murad, and Frederick Moss.

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A Boston Institute for Contemporary Art commission, 2021.

A short film project by Boston-based interdisciplinary artists Jenna Pollack, Sue Murad, and Frederick Moss exploring the relationship between land and time, manifested through cycles of labor and leisure. Prompted to respond to the ICA’s exhibition i’m yours: Encounter with Art in Our Times, the piece reflects themes presented in the “Unbound” section of the exhibition related to unbounded stories of land, history, and the body.

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Snippets from our winter residency at Walnut Hill School of the Arts (Boston, MA), which was unfortunately cut off by the start of the pandemic.

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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Professional Program, a collaboration between me and Chicago-based pop artist E.LEE  at The University of Chicago's Logan Arts Center

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University of Chicago Logan Center and E.LEE collaboration "In The Red"

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Collaboration with E.LEE and the HS Pro dancers*, commissioned by the Hubbard Street Professional Program (HS Pro) in residence at The University of Chicago's Logan Arts Center.

Full work is 21 minutes long.

Curated by Alexandra Wells 

Assisted by Kelsey Matsch

Shared bill with Robyn Mineko Williams and Melina Ausikaitis

Facilitated by Erin Harner, Julia Rhoads, Leigh Fagan, and The University of Chicago's Facilities Operations and Maintenance. 

Special thanks to Benny Hood, Peter Hinsdale, Alex Ridgers, Lisa Carlin Krainik, Teagan Reed, Caroline Sharkey, Melody Morrow, Rachel Ferring, Frances Whitford, and Hanna DiLorenzo.

*Hubbard Street Dance Chicago HS Pro Dancers: Alessandra De Paolantonio, Ali Webb, Audrey Sides, Ava Farley, Benjamin DeFaria, Erica Schwartz, Frances Orlina, Gabe Katz, Hunter Chrislyn Mikus, Isabelle Edgar, Jake Nahor, Kirsten Gianna Webb, Maddison Burg, Mikaela Sinclair Brandon, Miyu Honda, Morgan Coyle-Howard, Moscelyne ParkeHarrison, Sam Elizondo, Sarah Mack, Savannah Dunn, Valentina Reneff-Olson, and Valeria Cruz.

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Olin College of Engineering's Sketch Model Initiative Summer Studio

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BOOM Residency / Olin College of Engineering - Process Teaser

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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Professional Program, a collaboration between me and Chicago-based pop artist E.LEE at The Chicago Art Department

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Chicago Art Department and E.LEE collaboration ". . . and Smell the Roses"

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Commissioned by the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Professional Program, this was a collaboration between me and Chicago-based pop artist E.LEE on an immersive gallery experience at The Chicago Art Department. The dancers underwent an “art heist” amidst the performance, entangling and implicating the artist, the venue staff, and the audience.

Videography and Editing by Sam Cejtin + Benjamin Hood

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Urbanity Dance Company commission

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Urbanity Dance Company commission "the promenade" teaser

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Urbanity Dance Company commission
June 2019
Tsai Performance Center

Dancers: Dorothy Cherry, Alex Davis, Fred Moss, Jacob Regan

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Bridge Repertory Theater

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Brandeis University Theater Department

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Brandeis University Theater Department "The Bacchae" trailer

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Brandeis University Theater Department
Directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky
Choreography by Jenna Pollack
Music by Dewey Dellay and Daniel Kluger

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Salem State University Theater Department

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Salem State University "Ragtime The Musical" selected clips

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Salem State University March 2019 - Selected Dance Clips

:18 - Crime of the Century
3:15 - Gettin' Ready Rag
4:37 - Henry Ford
6:33 - Harlem Nightclub
7:25 - Atlantic City
10:47 - Buffalo Nickel
12:42 - Gliding
13:26 - Prologue | Ragtime

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A LadyBos Productions commission with residency support from OnStage Dance Company

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Courtesy of LadyBos Productions, created as part of the Residency Program at OnStage Dance Company.


Sound: Peace Pilgrim
Footage: Victoria Awkward

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Jewish Arts Collaborative commission

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Museum of Fine Arts Boston - Jewish Arts Collaborative commission

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This piece was commissioned by the Jewish Arts Collaborative for the Museum of Fine Arts Boston's 2019 Hanukkah celebration. While the specific parameters felt like a tall order at the beginning, I ultimately reveled in the challenge of restraint as a distillation process of ideas. How could I satisfy the institutions that presented the work while also holding onto the integrity of my voice? Ultimately I chose specific defining values to guide the duet forward: 1) site- responsiveness in its revolving around the brick centerpiece; 2) male and female-identifying partnering that does not rely on the traditional gender norms in dance; 3) a continuation of my current research of interruptions, distractions, and sabotage from within - both from a physically generative place but also as a dramaturgical consideration of the episodic ways in which we consume performance, and entertainment at large, today.

Taking on this commission is representative of how I wish to continue working with institutions who don’t traditionally program dance, but who are excellent artistic and ethical partners.

Dancers: Caitlin Canty and Frederick Moss
Videography: Sue Murad

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InDance Barcelona Festival, reprised at the Boston Contemporary Dance Festival

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InDance Barcelona Festival - 'foamed' solo trailer

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Filmed at the Boston Contemporary Dance Festival 2018, The Huntington Theater | music: Photay

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Providence College Dance Department commission

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slipped/sprouted Trailer - Providence College

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Boston Moving Arts Productions commission

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Boston Center for the Arts "Work" Short Trailer, BMAP commission

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Commissioned by Boston Moving Arts Productions, Boston Center for the Arts November 2018. Choreographed by Jenna Pollack in collaboration with the dancers: Jim Banta, Caitlin Canty, Gisela Creus, Jackson Jirard, Kelsey Saulnier, Whitney Schmanski

Music: 'Sextet' by Steve Reich, assigned with rights procured by the Producer

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Salem State University Dance Ensemble commission

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Salem Dance Ensemble "A Passing Point of View" trailer

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Salem State Dance Ensemble Commission - December 2017

Music: Erik Truffaz, Murcof, Wun Two

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Co-created and performed by me and Michael Bronczkowski, commissioned by the City of Mannheim and the Felina Theater

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"Temperature" trailer - Mannheim, Germany

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Co-created and performed by myself and German dancer Michael Bronczkowski in Mannheim, Germany. It was commissioned and funded by the City of Mannheim and the Felina Theater in 2017.

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"Our Times: On The Street Where I Live" (2017)

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"Our Times: On The Street Where I Live" (2017)

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Institute of the Arts Barcelona (IAB) Graduate Program project

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Institute of the Arts Barcelona M.A. Project "Our Times: On The Street Where I Live" at Wylie Brewery, Spain

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Juilliard Center for Innovation in the Arts commission

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Produced and Performed by Jenna Pollack, Michelle Ross and Leah Walsh with Juilliard's Center for Innovation in the Arts

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Juilliard Center for Innovation in the Arts commission

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Beyond The Machine 13.1
March 26-30, 2013
In collaboration with Juilliard's Center for Innovation in the Arts:

Preferred Project(ion)
JENNA POLLACK - Creator, Choreographer, Dancer
SARAH OUTHWAITE - Director of Photography
WILLIE FASTENOW - Technical Director
PAUL HUDSON - Set and Lighting Design
LANGDON CRAWFORD - Video Coordinator and Interaction Designer
AARON SEVERINI, TREVOR DOHERTY, GABRIEL MEDINA, MICHAEL WALL - Composers