Work

work for pay, 2009. Interactive performance with three unemployed artists. Artists-turned-dancers demonstrate their marketable skills to audience members.

if at all, 2008. Installation for three dancers. Original music by Paul Rome.

3 Bears, 2008. Work-in-progress for five dancers. A family of women anxiously prepare for a meeting with Goldilocks. Music by Dave Ruder.

Baby House, 2007. Performance in a private residence. Four performers dressed as babies inhabit a house for a day of experiential crying. Audience members are invited to satiate the babies’ cries with pacifying objects.

Her Blood Was Mud, 2007. Outdoor performance for two dancers, table, two wine glasses, lipstick, two metal troughs, chocolate pudding (1 lb). Music by Leon Hilton. An intimate duet between two women examines themes of friendship, strength, and childhood.

mmm… yummy, 2007. Solo performance. A omnipresent voice urges audience members to sit across from the performer and enjoy a big, tasty, chocolate cupcake.

“it broke” and other stories, 2006. Performance for four dancers, table, silver platter, and spaghetti (4 lb). Set to music by Jens Lekman and original music by Asher Schranz. Two couples enter the world of a never-ending dinner party and use spaghetti to explore sexual appetite, comfort, and consumption.

talkie/talkie, 2006. Outdoor performance for one dancer, 30 performers, 30 Ipods, 30 sunglasses. This work uses a choir of participants to describe the movement of one dancer, creating a descriptive sound collage and a multiplicity of perception.

in a box built for two, 2005. Performance for seven dancers, bowl, newspaper, rotary telephone, seven umbrellas, broom. Original music by Jack Reilly. Abstract narrative and still tableaus are used to explore themes of death and mourning. Characters and relationships shift as the dancers build attachments to household objects.

let’s name him harry, 2005. Performance for five dancers, hair dryer, trophy. Set to music by The Books and Animal Collective. A family of misfits struggles with sibling rivalry when a new baby is born.

Tea for Two, 2004. Solo performance with tea cup. Set to music by Steve Reich. This duet between one woman and her tea cup examines themes of isolation, comfort, and longing.