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7 Veils
Premiere:
Philly Fringe Festival,
Painted Bride Art Center,
Philadelphia, PA, September
2008
Choreographed by
Erin Malley
Directed by Kevin Dodd
Length: approximately 35
minutes
Music compilation: Richard
Strauss, Jean-Joseph Mouret,
Michiel van der Kuy, K.T.
Tunstall, Thom Yorke, Queen &
David Bowie, The Wiseguys, and
Arcade Fire
Text compilation: Charles
Mee's 'Salome,' Chuck
Pahlaniuk's 'Invisible
Monsters,' lonelygirl15,
Margaret Atwood and various
classified ads from the
Village Voice and Craigslist'
2 female actor/dancers
Made possible in part by the
Field’s FAR residency program.
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Raised to be a
suburban domestic goddess, our
heroine employs 7 pairs of
shoes and innumerable
Craigslist classifieds to
escape her predetermined life.
7 Veils, a one-woman
dance-theater piece, is a
pastiche of images and text
inspired by Charles Mee’s
Salome.
"There's much
promise in 7 Veils."–
The Phillyist |
"…a relentless
pursuit of honesty." -
Philadelphia City Paper
Hijack
(2008)
Premiere: Lower East
Side Festival, Theater for the
New City, New York, NY, May
2008
Length: 6 minutes
Music: Delibes, Flower
Duet from the opera Lakme
5 dancers
In a light,
social satire of the control
that benefactors hold over
today’s artistic work, Under
the Influence, shares the
story of three determined,
elderly balletomanes when they
decide to hold the performers
hostage in order to present
their own artistic vision.
Etta
(2008)
Premiere: Fieldday,
PS122, New York, NY, February
2008
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Length:
3 minutes
Music: Etta James,
I just want to make love
to you
5 female dancers
Five
smoky, sassy and sexy
women dance their hearts
out in a powerhouse
homage to Etta James. |
The Tarp
Piece... Vegas Wedding
(2007)
Premiere:
Rebound Festival, Arts Hall,
New Haven, CT, November 2007
Length: 5 minutes
Music: Hildegard Knef, Du
Hast Mich Ganz in der Hand,
Elvis Presley,
Viva Las Vegas
5
dancers, 2 offstage hands
Made possible in part by
Materials for the Arts, and by
the Field's FAR residency
program.
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A woman's
wedding plans suddenly fly out
of her hands as we witness her
journey through everyone's
presumptions about what her
wedding and subsequent married
life should be. Central
to the piece are the various
incarnations of a white,
plastic 16'x18' tarp– her
wedding gown, her pregnant
belly, etc. |
View a
performance of "The Tarp
Piece... Vegas Wedding" on You
Tube!
Play the Dance
(2006)
Premiere: chashama OASIS
Festival, New York, NY, July
2006
Length: variable from 20-60
minutes
Music compilation: Songs with
color as a prevalent theme or
element
5 dancers, 1 actor/emcee
Originally intended to be
performed in a storefront
window, audience passersby are
invited by an emcee - the
"lady in red" - standing
outside to interact with the
dancers. By pressing buttons
affixed to the outside of the
window and call the dancers on
their cellphones, everybody
gets to 'activate' the dancers
and 'direct' the dance.
"a retro-spectacle in which
five dancers, each in a
different colored wig, perform
to classic pop after receiving
calls on their cell phones…"
New York Sun
"…wacky
artistic behavior for public
consumption"
New York Times
Poem for a Woman
(2000)
Premiere: Western Michigan
University, April 2000
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Additional notable
performances:
American College Dance
Festival, Detroit, MI, March
2001
Prague International Dance
Festival, Czech Republic,
April 2001
Dancenow Festival, Joe’s Pub
at the Public Theater, New
York, September 2005
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Length: 5 minutes
Music: Astor Piazzolla,
Preludio para el ano 3001 (Rinascero)
Female solo
Costume: Candace Woodhouse
Hughes
A signature solo of strength,
dynamicism and vulnerability
in which a woman comes into
her feminine power.
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