contact: aileen mapes at gmail dot comTumblr (3.0; @aileenmapes)http://aileenmapes.com/I’m currently developing two new pieces. 1.  With the working title “A Tale of Two...http://aileenmapes.com/post/378202667http://aileenmapes.com/post/378202667Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:26:43 -0700Aileen Mapes has led an active role in the arts community for many years and continues to devote her...http://aileenmapes.com/post/319891149http://aileenmapes.com/post/319891149Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:09:34 -0700Hello! I have relocated to Austin, TX! Things will be shaking and moving very soon. I’ll...http://aileenmapes.com/post/308242564http://aileenmapes.com/post/308242564Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:17:02 -0700This is a random factoid of interesting things in life. I’ve always been a big fan of...http://aileenmapes.com/post/256182245http://aileenmapes.com/post/256182245Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:57:06 -0700Vimeo Account: I have been adding more films to Vimeo lately.  You should check them out!http://aileenmapes.com/post/254605232http://aileenmapes.com/post/254605232Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:18:34 -0700<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7380798&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7380798&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7380798&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>In You, is a dance or camera piece created while I was a graduate student at Arizona State University. The piece was a final project for the Composition and Consciousness course, instructed by Rob Kaplan. <br/> The movement, still images, and overarching investigation of inner creative voice came from 12 weeks of sub-conscious creative investigation.</p>http://aileenmapes.com/post/231040886http://aileenmapes.com/post/231040886Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:57:46 -0700I am developing an artistic statement.  As I enter into a new era post-graduate school, I have a...http://aileenmapes.com/post/214976084http://aileenmapes.com/post/214976084Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:19:38 -0700<object width="400" height="253"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AaWC_5ky9Z0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AaWC_5ky9Z0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="253" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>This was a study exercised at the Dance For Camera Workshop in Victoria B.C. of July 2008. I choreographed the movement and my partner Carter filmed and edited it.  The two week workshop was such a blast, thank you Ellen Bromberg, Grace Salez, Constance Cooke, fellow dancers, filmmakers, and especially the production crew!</p>http://aileenmapes.com/post/208075037http://aileenmapes.com/post/208075037Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:44:11 -0700dance for camera Victoria B.C. aileen mapes dance choreographyAileen Mapes has led an active role in the arts community for many years and continues to devote her...http://aileenmapes.com/post/207193473http://aileenmapes.com/post/207193473Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:25:05 -0700NY Times Article : I was one of many artists who participated in the Freedom of Information 24-Hour...http://aileenmapes.com/post/207144193http://aileenmapes.com/post/207144193Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:24:36 -0700<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="320" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5981757&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5981757&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /></object><br/><br/><p>I participated in the 48hr film festival.  Our genre was Film Noir, and I was an assasin disguised as a ‘power walker’.  The opening is completely gratuitous and ridiuclous.  That was the point!  I look back and remember how much fun and intense it was to make films and that I knew I loved every part of it.  The crew and cast were fantastic.</p>http://aileenmapes.com/post/157295501http://aileenmapes.com/post/157295501Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:58:33 -0700<object width="400" height="253"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6_kU4CLQNlk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6_kU4CLQNlk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="253" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Aileen Mapes Video Demo Reel.</p>http://aileenmapes.com/post/151089436http://aileenmapes.com/post/151089436Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:09:09 -0700Inside Out Still Images: Stills from a dance for camera piece made in 2006.  Inside Out was...http://aileenmapes.com/post/150913451http://aileenmapes.com/post/150913451Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:49:09 -0700<object width="400" height="253"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MlNWKV51ywk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MlNWKV51ywk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="253" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Undustrial is a dance for camera piece I made as a 2nd year graduate student at Arizona State University. It is an abstract piece that contains an industrial element and a woman who is undone.</p>http://aileenmapes.com/post/142280179http://aileenmapes.com/post/142280179Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:10:12 -0700Hi everyone! I’m taking a much needed break after completing an MFA.  I plan to have the site...http://aileenmapes.com/post/123999107http://aileenmapes.com/post/123999107Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:24:29 -0700We lost the great loner of American dance this year.  I plan to attend the memorial and report on it...http://aileenmapes.com/post/97608578http://aileenmapes.com/post/97608578Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:53:46 -0700I’m resting and recuperating post-unveiled performance.  It was a success and I look forward...http://aileenmapes.com/post/96867340http://aileenmapes.com/post/96867340Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:36:13 -0700Tonight, we hit Alwun House, our final unveiled space! It is a Spring Ball, and we have a few tricks...http://aileenmapes.com/post/86292950http://aileenmapes.com/post/86292950Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:59:20 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/FnmabYuk0klg28apgHm5wCvio1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Guerrilla Dance Attack</p> <p>MFA Applied Thesis</p> <p>Arizona State University</p> <p>Herberger College of the Arts</p>http://aileenmapes.com/post/82985507http://aileenmapes.com/post/82985507Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:26:00 -0700Aileen MapesGuerrilla Dance AttackMFA thesis