Unbound From Space
This content highlights projects completed and derived during the pandemic and done across incredible spacial divides for the artists, collaborators, and audiences. Each project came with a unique set of challenges that have molded my artistry and awareness of space in ways unexpected. Each project has also served as a testament to the boundless nature of dance and the infinite 'stages' that might be possible if we are willing to embrace the unknown.
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Paso Installation at Kennedy Center
PASO brings dance film into an exciting new container where audiences peer into a grand heptagonal structure to watch the adjacent walls come to life. A unique panoramic world unfolds seamlessly with each of the seven panels offering a unique viewing experience that investigates the prism of paths inside oneself and within nature. The seven sided structure (with each panel 8ft wide by 14 ft tall) is designed by Ben Levine. Paso was commissioned by Extreme Lengths Productions as part of LENS at The John F. Kennedy Center (September 2021). -
Paso (Production Still)
PASO brings dance film into an exciting new container where audiences peer into a grand heptagonal structure to watch the adjacent walls come to life. A unique panoramic world unfolds seamlessly with each of the seven panels offering a unique viewing experience that investigates the prism of paths inside oneself and within nature. The seven sided structure (with each panel 8ft wide by 14 ft tall) is designed by Ben Levine. Paso was commissioned by Extreme Lengths Productions as part of LENS at The John F. Kennedy Center (September 2021). -
Paso as part of LENS at the Kennedy Center.
PASO brings dance film into an exciting new container where audiences peer into a grand heptagonal structure to watch the adjacent walls come to life. A unique panoramic world unfolds seamlessly with each of the seven panels offering a unique viewing experience that investigates the prism of paths inside oneself and within nature. The seven sided structure (with each panel 8ft wide by 14 ft tall) is designed by Ben Levine. Paso was commissioned by Extreme Lengths Productions as part of LENS at The John F. Kennedy Center (September 2021). -
Paso (Audience View)
PASO brings dance film into an exciting new container where audiences peer into a grand heptagonal structure to watch the adjacent walls come to life. A unique panoramic world unfolds seamlessly with each of the seven panels offering a unique viewing experience that investigates the prism of paths inside oneself and within nature. The seven sided structure (with each panel 8ft wide by 14 ft tall) is designed by Ben Levine. Paso was commissioned by Extreme Lengths Productions as part of LENS at The John F. Kennedy Center (September 2021). -
Reservoir
Facing unprecedented challenges to our environment and the impact we have on it 'Reservoir' is a new series of works using dance, film, and live music to remind us of the fragile but deep well of life our natural environments provide. This past year has pushed our art-making out of theaters and into natural open spaces, reminding us of a divine connection we as humans experience with nature. It is not something separate from us to tame or fence out but rather it is an awe-inspiring force of which we are a small but incredible synapse within. -
Reservoir (London Brison & Daniel Frankhuizen)
Facing unprecedented challenges to our environment and the impact we have on it 'Reservoir' is a new series of works using dance, film, and live music to remind us of the fragile but deep well of life our natural environments provide. This past year has pushed our art-making out of theaters and into natural open spaces, reminding us of a divine connection we as humans experience with nature. It is not something separate from us to tame or fence out but rather it is an awe-inspiring force of which we are a small but incredible synapse within. -
Still Standing (Trailer)
Still Standing is a site-specific, socially-distanced dance and design performance experience that took place in Annapolis, Maryland in November 2019 and at Sweet Briar College in May 2020. It was conceived, created, and performed amidst/in response to the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. -
Inner Island
'Inner Island' exists as a lighthouse on the edge of a secluded, unsteady cliff where technology serves as a soft beacon of light and a narrow navigational aid. Due to Covid-19, Choreographers Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves were unable to be in the physical space with Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company and created the entire work through Zoom and video technology. Social distancing of 6 feet was mandatory between company members out of safety and these unique circumstances deeply influenced the choreographic journey of this work. -
Inner Island (Dance Zoe Austin)
'Inner Island' exists as a lighthouse on the edge of a secluded, unsteady cliff where technology serves as a soft beacon of light and a narrow navigational aid. Due to Covid-19, Choreographers Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves were unable to be in the physical space with Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company and created the entire work through Zoom and video technology. Social distancing of 6 feet was mandatory between company members out of safety and these unique circumstances deeply influenced the choreographic journey of this work.