Erika Senft Miller is a dancer and choreographer who draws inspiration from specific sites and incorporates them into to her performances.
As an arts educator and steward of the land and the lake, Senft Miller has chosen to stage her latest site-specific piece at the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center on Burlington’s waterfront.
She’ll act as a conductor of sorts, orchestrating a multi-sensory performance with more than 40 artists and dozens of moving parts at this weekend’s 24th Annual SEABA South End ArtHOP.
The piece is meant to touch on a concept Senft Miller uses often; that of liminality, or that ambiguous place between the stages of a ritual. She describes it as, “The time or place where you are too far in to return, yet not far enough to see where you will arrive.”
The South End Art Hop is generally confined to, well, the South End. But this year, Erika Senft Miller is attempting to expand those boundaries by drawing crowds to the Community Sailing Center on the Burlington waterfront.
“Between Land & Water” is a collaborative, site-specific performance featuring choreography of multiple movers on land and lake. Roxanne Scully of WND&WVS will lead dancers on paddleboards. Other groups, directed by local choreographers, will be stationed on the retaining wall, dock and other features of the sailing center.
Composer Matt LaRocca, along with area musicians and the South Burlington Community Chorus, will provide the soundtrack to the evening. Expect them, too, to appear in unexpected places.
To the sounds of waves on Lake Champlain, you’ll find yoga. Liz Moore started practicing there this summer.
“It’s been awesome,” Moore said.
Monday was her puppy Hooper’s first class. But instead of demonstrating a proper downward facing dog, he lounged around.
“He was a super good yoga dog today,” Moore said.
The Community Sailing Center teamed up with Evolution Physical Therapy and Yoga to offer the classes.
Rachel De Simone is one of the teachers.
She said they’ve offered Yoga on the Dock for a few years, but it’s become so popular that it’s now three days a week. Classes are offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 7-8 a.m.
Burlington Free Press: Paddleboarding grows in popularity on Lake Champlain
Stand Up for the Lake annual race quadruples in participation
An increasing number of people are picking up paddleboarding as way get out on Lake Champlain.
The Stand Up for the Lake paddleboard race has quadrupled participants in the past eight years with 85 paddlers from around the country participating in this year’s event.
“I think industry-wide, nationwide, the thought is that paddleboarding is still growing. I think in Vermont it is certainly growing,” said Russ Scully, founder of the race.
About 85 paddlers of all ages gathered at Burlington’s Oakledge Park on Saturday for the eighth annual, Stand Up for the Lake paddleboard race. The competitors participated in either the 6-mile elite course or the 3-mile recreational race.
Action sports pro Chuck Patterson came all the way from Hawaii to take part in the event and shared tips on paddling form with fellow racers.
BURLINGTON, Vt. –Celebrate the outdoors today with the 8th annual stand up for the lake festival.
The festival includes a stand up paddle board race of some of the most elite paddle boarders around the world, including some from Vermont.
The event is hosted by The Spot and Wind and Waves and the proceeds all go to the Community Sailing Center in an effort to get more people out onto the lake.
“When people come in play out on the lake, they have a personal connection to it and keeping our lake clean and healthy, a source of our drinking water for a large population in Burlington, its important to us that we can celebrate it and learn how to take care of it,” says Jen Guimaraes, Associate Director of Community Sailing Center.
Sailing out of Burlington is getting easier thanks to the Community Sailing Center and the newly approved Burlington Harbor Marina project.
In late June, Burlington City Council approved plans for a new 160-slip marina. With that, and a new facility for the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center in the works, there’s no excuse not to learn to sail this summer.
Over the last year, nearly 6,000 people have gone through the Community Sailing Center’s programs, taking part in everything from adult learn-to-sail classes to “Floating Classroom” visits. The center also hosts high school and University of Vermont racing teams and rents sailing dinghies, canoes, kayaks and SUPs.
So you want to see the world without messing it up? There’s no easy way to do that. Simply going on a tripmakes you something of a carbon hog, unless you’re planning to walk, bicycle or sail to your destination. That said, there are ways tomake your trip as harmonious with the earth as possible. To give you guidance, we have bypassed the thicket of greenwashing prevalent in travel marketing, and instead asked experts at leading environmental groups how they approach travel. Based on their advice, we’ve put together a guide to traveling while keeping your footprint light.
Local 22: The Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center is gearing up for a busy season.
“We rely heavily on volunteers so we wouldn’t be able to do what we do without the community support of people coming down and helping us out,” says Jen Guimaraes, Associate Director of Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center.
The non-profit relies on dozens and dozens of volunteers to do everything from painting to flipping boats.
“I always say that with all the traveling I’ve done, the Lake Champlain Valley is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in the world” says Volunteer Emily Tompkins.
Guimaraes says all the work is leading up to their public opening Memorial Day weekend. With not as much snow fall, the lake hasn’t been frozen in Burlington Bay, so we are actually kind of lucky we can start right on time.”
COLLEGE SAILING SPOTLIGHT: UVM Team members, alumni, parents and the coach all contribute to keeping the team running smoothly and consistently one of the top teams in the country. By Jennifer Mitchell Posted March 23, 2016
The best way to describe the University of Vermont sailing team is as a cooperative. Team members, alumni, parents and the coach all contribute to keeping the team running smoothly. From helping with coaching duties to fundraising to clerical work, the UVM sailing community pulls it all together. “The way the team is set up, the sailors take on a lot of tasks that an assistant coach might otherwise do,” says Caroline Patten, the team’s head coach. Patten is in her first year of coaching at Vermont, and she says the sailors and local alumni have helped make her first season a success.
vermontbiz: Community Sailing Center welcomes new board members
Wed, 03/23/2016 – 11:38am — words by tricia
The Community Sailing Center (CSC) has announced that six new members have been elected to its Board of Directors. The new members will serve three year terms, which began onJanuary 1, 2016. In addition to the new board members, the CSC has also announced the officers and full Board of Directors for 2016.
Joining the Board of Directors are Pat Burns, Tom Porter, Jessica Bridge, Lindsay DesLauriers, Grant Leibersberger and Marc Sherman.
“Our new Board members embody the spirit of the Community Sailing Center and bring diverse talent, expertise and energy to the table. We are very fortunate to have their leadership during this pivotal year, as we expand our facilities and grow our community programs,” said Mark Naud, Executive Director of the Community Sailing Center.
