Movement n' Play Improvisation Series (Sundays, 10/6/24-11/10/24)
Do you want to write poetry while we dance? Paint? Draw?
Take a nap? Play with toy cars or an instrument you love?
Bring your art/play/writing materials and be ready to move!
This series is for Autistics 8 years-old and up.
Wherever you land on the spectrum, young or old, join us!
No need to have a clinical diagnosis to participate.
(Young ones must have a participating caretaker)
This free series is created and facilitated by Haas, in partnership with the Autism Society of Southern Arizona & Odaiko Sonoro (Tucson's taiko group) and Rhythm Industry, the only artist-owned performing arts incubator in the southwest.
For more information and to sign up: Contact Me Here
The Anger Project (2019 -current)
The Anger Project investigates the multiplicitous layers of anger and the ways it manifests in the body, researches deeply ingrained and policed societal conformities intended to suppress and control anger and works towards healing these wounds through private workshops and public events that include movement/body research, conversation and film.
For more information visit: https://www.angerproject.org
“This program was funded in part by the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona with funding from the City of Tucson and Pima County.”
“This project is supported in part by the Arizona Commission on the Arts which receives support from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts.”
Rosie's Ranch (2015-2021)
Haas, Marisa Muro, Haas's dog, Sugar, and Marisa's dog, Spock, arrived on August 2, 2014 in Rosie (tiny house/stage).
In August 2014 Haas stopped a three-year long traveling performance tour to homestead on unincorporated land in northern Arizona. There they opened Rosie's Ranch, which served as an informal art residency and retreat space that included ecologically supported alternative building practices from 2015-2021. This twenty-acre, off-grid, rural desert landscape supported artists of all mediums including, but not limited to, writers, dancers, multi-media and earthen installation artists as well as those folks interested in building tiny livable structures and stages. During this span of time Rosie's Ranch hosted 7 artists in residence and 2 art retreats for small groups; all were free to participants.
Art/Work Traveling Experiment (2011-2014)
Photo by Robin Scholz
The stages were not attached to the MPD yet so we positioned them on the ground. Pictured: Armand Beaudoin, Sarah Haas, Dorothy Martirano, Tamin Totzke
I connected Rosie to concrete piers and created a permanent porch from the back stage. Alterations to her continue.
Photo by Robin Scholz
In August 2011 Haas began a three-year building/performance tour. Traveling from town to town they performed out of a tiny mobile house/stage while building the structure and organizing art events. These events brought people of diverse skills, passions, and interests together to share experiences, dreams, and stories. From discussions about local organic farming, to mime workshops, to movement studies, to live-body installation pieces, to drag shows, the stage was utilized as a platform for each community it traveled to. Within that span of time Haas hosted twelve separate events, each ranging from one to thirty days, all free of charge for participants. From Chicago to Huntsville to Albuquerque Haas partnered with art centers, city agencies, universities and individuals utilizing the MPD as a gathering site for lectures, workshops, brainstorming sessions, rehearsals and performances.