Members of the audience for the annual Hygienic Egg performance practice motions at the prompt of event leader Marya Ursin Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Christie Wililams, right, recites "The brain is wider than the sky" to open the annual Hygienic Egg performance Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Marya Ursin sports a toadstool hat as the leads her introductory piece to open the annual Hygienic Egg performance Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Cristin Cawley Gill performs "On Tenebrous Wings", an original choreography inspired by Emily Dickinson's "Hope is a thing with feathers" to J.S. Bach's Italian Concerto during the annual Hygienic Egg performance Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Serena Judge performs a dance with glowing hula hoop during the annual Hygienic Egg performance Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Clare Byrne performs an original movement and music piece "I Envy ... " during the annual Hygienic Egg performance Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Bobbi Nidzgorski performs "I'm nobody" during the annual Hygienic Egg performance Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Ara Fitzgerald reads poetry by Emily Dickinson during the annual Hygienic Egg performance Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Linalynn Schmelzer dances with Hillyn Natter-Schmelzer singing "There is a certain slant of light" during the annual Hygienic Egg performance Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Sandra Laub performs "My Business is Circumference" during the annual Hygienic Egg performance Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Lesley Farlow dances while reciting Emily Dickinson's "Heaven" -- Is what I cannot reach! during the annual Hygienic Egg performance Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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