about
Stone Depot Dance
Stone Depot is a collaboration between Ellie Goudie-Averill and Beau Hancock, who have been making dance together for 20 years. The company’s name comes from the Brooklyn loft (located above a stone factory) where they lived, rehearsed, and presented their first shared concerts. Now based in Philadelphia and Western MA, Stone Depot is a container for their shared work and their personal choreographic projects.
Previous
Projects
Casual Friday, an evening length piece that took a lighthearted look at office culture and the embodiment of “work,” which premiered at the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts and was supported by the Lawrence Arts Center.
In the wings, a collaboration with book artist Anna Mavromatis and visual artist Nicole Donnelly presented as part of the Bodies of Text Festival, sponsored by the Philadelphia Center for the Book.
Ongoing
Projects
The Blue Road is a multi-year project that drew inspiration from William Least Heat Moon's Blue Highways: A Journey into America. The project began as an improvisational practice using 45 body landmarks to guide new movement pathways. Support from a Stockton University Research Grant allowed Stone Depot to work with noted dance filmmaker Tori Lawrence on video and film studies. Stone Depot has continued their Blue Road investigations as artists-in-residence at the Subcircle dance residency space in Biddeford, Maine in summers of 2019 and 2024 and presented versions of the work at Philadelphia's fidget space and CEC, as well as at Small Moves/Big Picture and Exchange in Northampton, MA.