New Works 2008 Photo Gallery

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“Time Feelers”Photo by: Toby Keller

An emotional exploration of time and how these emotions are cyclical and recurring throughout past, present, future.

Choreographer: Erin Martinez
Dancers in photo: Erin Martinez and Kaita Lepore

“84th and Manchester”Photo by: Angel Jensen

This piece expresses the inability of two people to communicate effectively with their words. A desire to say what one feels is a through line throughout the entire dance. The theme of violence and verbal abuse is potent in this six minute piece. The choreographers, Brittany Castillo and Alonzo Johnson, made a visceral choice to use the concepts of unattainable love and unresolved emotions.

Choreographrs: Brittany Castillo and Alonzo Johnson
Dancers in photo: Brittany Castillo and Sean Nederlof

“84th and Manchester”Photo by: Angel Jensen

This piece expresses the inability of two people to communicate effectively with their words. A desire to say what one feels is a through line throughout the entire dance. The theme of violence and verbal abuse is potent in this six minute piece. The choreographers, Brittany Castillo and Alonzo Johnson, made a visceral choice to use the concepts of unattainable love and unresolved emotions.

Choreographers: Brittany Castillo and Alonzo Johnson
Dancers in photo: Brittany Castillo and Sean Nederlof

“Don’t bring me Cut Roses”Photo by: Kathee Miller

Don’t Bring Me Cut Roses is a solo inspired by the idea of bursting past the social and self-imposed boundaries that keep us confined. The piece is based on a short piece of Elizabeth’s own writing, which uses flowers and plants as a metaphor for raw, earthy sexuality and life itself. The choreographers’’ worked to push past 'pretty' and 'controlled' to a more unbridled place with the movement.

Choreographers: Robin Bisio and Elizabeth Schwyzer
Dancer in photo: Elizabeth Schwyzer

“Ranunculus”Photo by: Am Wu

This short and sweet 6 minute solo celebrates a rite of passage that softens the wrinkles of time, brings sparkle to strands of hidden grey, and surfaces from the sea of the integrated collective unconsciousness a thing I call a dance: driven, riveting, determined, and universal. The work is energetic, athletic, emotionally charged, & soul rich.

Choreographer: Misa Kelly
Dancer in photo: Misa Kelly

“Finding Selves”Photo by: Coming Soon

Losing time and the emotions that accompany it; loss of control and finding dimension within your own mind.

Choreographer: Lauren Serrano
Dancers in photo: Names coming soon

“Flight”Photo by: Christina McCarthy

Statement coming soon.

Choreographer: Christina McCarthy

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