Culture Matters in Malden - Episode #5 - Karen Krolak | Choreographing Community

A conversation with Artistic Director of Monkeyhouse, the innovative Karen Krolak, about the power of inquiry and articulate movement to help communities find more cohesiveness and compassion. In collaboration with groups and fellow artists, Krolak masterminds caring innovations that employ movement, words, and curiosity as key ingredients. She describes her creative forays, stories, and thought process with great eloquence. One could easily hang on her every word for hours. Malden is fortunate to be home to Karen Krolak, a creative spirit who has many ideas about how to increase trust and improve communication as a community. Krolak believes that "we could be more articulate with our bodies and use them for a better benefit if we had more intelligence about the way we were using them." Krolak calls herself a "free range collaborator," meaning she creates with a variety of people across sectors, artistic disciplines, region, space, and themes. Voraciously curious, Krolak follows her creative muse to unique projects in and around Boston and sometimes further: Korea, Morocco, England, or other parts of the globe. She is always up to something interesting; as she says, "you simply never know what will happen next around me." With a BA in linguistics and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts, Krolak draws from many tools, talents, and training to carry out interesting projects most often using dance and choreography. As Founder and Artistic Director of Monkeyhouse, she helps equip society to "move with meaning" and care through innovative applications of choreography. Voraciously curious, Krolak follows her creative muse to unique projects in and around Boston and sometimes further: Korea, Morocco, England, or other parts of the globe. She is always up to something interesting; as she says, "you simply never know what will happen next around me." With a BA in linguistics and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts, Krolak draws from many tools, talents, and training to carry out interesting projects most often using dance and choreography. As Founder and Artistic Director of Monkeyhouse, she helps equip society to "move with meaning" and care through innovative applications of choreography. For more info about Karen Krolak: karenkrolak.com monkeyhouselovesme.com dictionaryofnegativespace.com Music excerpts: "Toscano" | Quartet San Francisco "Cinema Pathetic" | Blue Dot Sessions "Humanity" | Scott Holmes #CultureMatters #Culture #MonkeyHouse #Dance #Choreography #Community #Malden