“In partnership with Omi International Arts Center, this evening of two duets features collaborations between modern dance artists”
Paper Pieces choreographed by STEPHANIE MIRACLE & ANNA SHCHEKLEINA
Show No Show choreographed by GABRIELLE REVLOCK & SASHA FROLOV
Lighting Design by SARAH TUNDERMANN
An evening of performances at Dance Place that explore the connections and intersections between arts and science, including Of Equal Places: Isotopes in Motion
Featuring choreography by CASSIE MEADOR, ELIZABETH JOHNSON, LIZ LERMAN, and KEITH THOMPSON
directed by ELIZABETH JOHNSON & KEITH THOMPSON
costumes designed by JEANNETTE CHRISTENSEN
lighting design by SARAH TUNDERMANN
projection design by KELLY COLBURN
sound design by CHERYL OTTENRITTER, ELIZABETH JOHNSON, and KEITH THOMPSON
New Site-specific work at U.S. Botanic Garden
choreographed by SARAH BETH OPPENHEIM
lighting design SARAH TUNDERMANN
choreographed by SARAH BETH OPPENHEIM
original music composed by DANIEL MANCINI
lighting design by SARAH TUNDERMANN
Premiered September 29th, 2016 at The Kennedy Center
Skirt the Wall was commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as part of the 2016 Local Dance Commissioning Project.
Drawing inspiration from significant events in JFK’s presidency including the Commission on the Status of Women, Civil Rights Legislation and the tumultuous social and congressional climate, the excitement and science of the race to the moon, and JFK’s July 1963 request to Congress to abolish the quota system of immigration, this 50-minute site-specific work created for the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage is accompanied by original music and sound score from local musicians Andrew C. Oppenheim, Daniel Mancini, and Oliver Mertz. With their signature quirky-luscious dance, intimate audience performance art, and dynamic blend of highbrow and lowbrow zeitgeist ingredients, Heart Stück Bernie invites audience members to wield powerful choice, embody creative problem solving, and experience the viscera of political movement; not unlike the ’60s and President John F. Kennedy’s great call to action when he asked the American people what they could do for their country.
Skirt the Wall Trailer and Excerpt from Sarah Beth Oppenheim on Vimeo.
Esso Affi’s Videotape Excerpt: Shadows on White from Sarah Tundermann on Vimeo.
Esso Affi’s Videotape Except from Sarah Tundermann on Vimeo.
Presented at Greenspace on OCTOBER 19, 2013
Video by Klaus Heesch
