Downtime with CabinFever

Strut your stuff CabinFever! CabinFever Performance Company creates site-specific original dance and music pieces in people’s homes that incorporate the architecture of the home and the memories of the people who live in them. On last summer’s West Coast “Salutations” tour  I shot a one hour documentary which Creative Director  Elana Jacobs and Musical Director Doug Barber edited this past fall.  With three sold out screenings in Seattle and Boston and a whole slew of exciting press, we embarked on this summer’s East Coast tour titled “Arms Length Wonders”. From July 14 – August 3, we carravaned through Cape Cod, Woodstock, Isle La Motte and Boston in our old family Volvo and a rented Rav 4.

Left: At the swimming hole in Duxbury Vermont.

Right: Jude is company dancer Emily Pacilio’s four year old nephew. Soft spoken, observant, eyes full of wonder and only three feet off the ground, Jude captures your heart with one look.

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Warm Up, Chatham

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Coast Guard Beach Party

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“Shello?”

Left: Elana, Emily, Emily and Jesse reviewing the morning’s footage.

Right: Guitarist Patrick Glennon joined CabinFever for the first time this summer. When at the wheel, Pat’s playlist included Talk Talk, New Order, Nils Frahm and Midlake. Joy Jacobs Photography Elana Jacobs Cabin Fever Arms Length Wonders

Isle La Motte might be the most idyllic place I’ve ever been. Way up in Northern Vermont along the Canadian border, the small storybook island has resisted the passage of time. In the Archipelago of the Champlain Islands, this Neverland was our home for one week. Pictured Above: The company in tech rehearsal blocking lighting with the sunset.

Right: Sprite Jesse Kovarsky joined CabinFever for the first time on Arms Length Wonders. This fall, Jesse’s wings will land him in on the Great White Way in Broadway’s Fiddler on the Roof.

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Strange Design: Of all the summer homes in New England, Doug’s grandparents rented a lakeside house coincidentally up the road from our performance home. Doug’s mom further surprised him by driving up from Chatham the night of the show.

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Joy Jacobs Photography Elana Jacobs Cabin Fever Arms Length Wonders

Pictured Above: Evening Swim after the show, Isle La Motte

On the horizon, look out for Arms Length Wonders Tour post part two.