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2015: Imposter/ContainedLinks Hall, Chicago

Imposter/Contained unites movement, textural installation, and immersive video installation with live original score to embody how hierarchical power structures impact mood, choice, and dynamic within individual character and community. Movement sequences reveal exaggerated shaping, acceleration and deceleration of time, and gestural mannerisms unique to each performer. Installation elements enclose, contain, and guide movers and audience members through a divided space. Animated movement characters are revealed as the viewer experiences a world of dynamic mood shifts, layered sounds, and vibrant video projections.

The evening features solo, duet, and trio dance vignettes exploring repetitious chaos, relative size, sharp angular line, and dynamism of the body and the face. Alongside a trio ensemble, a solo dancer performs within a contained installation that audience members may visit, as they like. Jazz influenced original score, composed by Chris Fisher-Lochhead, embraces simplicity and avoids refinement. The space is divided into two environments: organic and dark, versus constructed and stark. Audience members are allowed to choose proximity, comfort, and duration of engagement.

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2023: bloom

2022: DWELL/burrow

2022: DWELL/burrow

2021: Dwell

2021: Dwell

2020: Fade

2020: Fade

2020: 10 years of dancemaking

2020: 10 years of dancemaking

2019: NOOK: At Our Edges & Lustre

2019: NOOK: At Our Edges & Lustre

2018: Invitation No. 1

2018: Invitation No. 1

2017: The Remains

2017: The Remains

2016: FloatBrilliance

2016: FloatBrilliance

2015: Imposter/Contained

2015: Imposter/Contained

2014: Imposter/Malleable

2014: Imposter/Malleable

2013: Exhale (Esalare)

2013: Exhale (Esalare)

2012: Memento

2012: Memento

2012: Catch and Release

2012: Catch and Release

2011: PUSH / Becoming

2011: PUSH / Becoming