In 2017 and 2018, I created a series of dance works *loosely* inspired by Boccaccio’s Decameron, in which 10 people isolate themselves to escape the plague and pass the time by telling stories. For the next couple of weeks, I’ll be sharing short excerpts from this series, along with a little bit of context. You're welcome to follow along on instagram.
Of Iron and Diamond v1, Excerpt 1: Frank and Christine, excerpt from Of Iron and Diamonds (June 2017 at BAX). When I began rehearsing this first chapter of my Decameron series, Of Iron and Diamonds, I was pregnant, so I wanted to keep my projects simple and manageable. Because of the vulnerability I felt during this period of my life, the people that I invited into the room to work with me were folks I considered family. People I had history with, both professionally and personally. I had known both Christine Bonansea and Frank Conversano a long time. Christine was a muse and collaborator in several of my early dances in San Francisco, and Frank was a collaborator of my parents. The two of them danced together for the first time in GET DANCING, a show I had produced at Danspace in 2015 with Andy de Groat, and they had naturally gravitated toward one another in that process, so I was intrigued by the possibilities of building a duet for them. Frank is a performance veteran with Parkinsons who recently returned to the stage. Recalling movement was a struggle, but his jolly disposition in rehearsal, as well as dynamic presence as a performer made it more than worth it. Their duet is a riff on another arm duet I was building at that time with Meghan Frederick and Kristopher K.Q. Pourzal, which I will post separately. The music in this excerpt is by Noveller, and we developed this material thanks to a residency at BAX. This full ensemble of this first chapter of my Decameron series also included Meghan Frederick, Kristopher K.Q. Pourzal, Ashley R.T. Yergens and my 8-month old son, Atlas Green. |
*upcoming*September 18-19, 2020:
Field Notes: Outdoor Dances for This 21st Century PS21 in Chatham, NY June 2021 Alone Together reprisal at ODC Theater, San Francisco recent historyJanuary-February 2020:
Gibney DiP Residency for City of Women December 13 2019: reprisal of notes on de groat & GET DANCING at Kohler Arts Center December 7 2019: premiere of Cloud Dance 2.0, new commission for Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin July 2019: Catherine choreographs "The Miracle of Heliane" at Bard Summerscape March 2019: "COLORS" Catherine's collaboration with TPO Company (Italy) Premiers at BAM December 2018: "Alone Together" premieres at ODC Theater San Francisco November 2018: Catherine assists Annie-B Parson with "Antigonick" at Abrons Arts Center NYC June 15-17 Of Granite and Glass at Brookfield Winter Garden, NYC October 2018: Residency collaboration with TPO Company in Prato, Italy May 2018: LMCC Residency April 13-14, 2018 Sight Lines curation at BAX Feb 11, 2018 BAX Open Studios Jan 20, 2018 "notes on de groat" at Bard Graduate Center Fall 2017: Teaching Choreography at NYU's Experimental Theater Wing June 23-24, 2017: Of Iron and Diamonds v1 at BAX Feb & Nov: BAX Open Studios GET DANCING Nominated for a Bessie! May 30, 2016: CATCH at the Knockdown Center December 2015: GET DANCING at Danspace Project October 2015: LMCC Open Studios September 2015: Residency at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center June 26-28 2015: Fall of the Rebel Angels X at River To River Festival May 1-10 2015: Jim Neu's The Floatones at La MaMa March 2015: Extended Life Residency at LMCC Governors Island February 6, 2015: Andy de Groat Remounts at 92nd Street Y January 22-25, 2015: in residence at the Watermill Center November 2014 : Sundays on Broadway August 2014: Residency in Paris with Andy de Groat June 2014: Residency in Bucharest, Romania Other news... May 2014: Fall of the Rebel Angels #8 in Fort Greene Brooklyn April 2014: Food For Thought Guest Curator Danspace Project NYC blog archives
May 2020
November 23: Sundays on B'way
September 2014: Venice, Italy August 2014: Residency Paris June 2014: Residency Bucharest May 30-31: Fort Greene Brooklyn April 4 2014: Danspace Project March 24 2014: Dixon Place categories
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