“Nothing was sacred. Disarmingly frank.”
A Curious Invasion
Engagement Calendar
2022
Research trips to Greece for new dance/theater/lighting/projection work in Elefsina, a port city outside of Athens that has been designated the 2023 European Capital of Culture
2021
Filming of Bearnstow, Mount Vernon, ME
Filming of Tiny Town, Bowie, MD
2020
Dance Place: live stream of excerpts from new works-in-progress in place of postponed performance season
2019
Castillo San Cristóbal: A Curious Invasion/San Juan site-specific performance, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Meher Theater: creative residency (sabbatical), Meherabad, India
Meher Spiritual Center: performance/presentation/teaching residency, Myrtle Beach, SC
2018
3-city tour as part of the XXXII Festival Internacional de Danza José Limón, Mexico (Mazatlán, Culiacán, Los Mochis)
Escuela Profesional de Danza de Mazatlán: master classes and lecture, Mazatlán, Mexico
Meher Theater: choreographic, performance residency, Meherabad, India
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center: annual faculty dance concert, College Park, MD
Asheville Music Sahavas: duet performance, Asheville, NC
Bearnstow: choreographic/site workshop, Mount Vernon, ME
2017
ExtraSchicht Festival/Zollverein, collaborative site-specific project
in collaboration with Folkwang Tanzstudio, Essen, Germany folkwang-uni.de
Dance Place: commission by ArtWorks for Freedom, Washington, DC artworksforfreedom.org
Zvi Sahar/PuppetCinema: research residency, Jerusalem, Israel puppetcinema.com
Bates Dance Festival: performing and teaching residency, Lewiston, ME batesdancefestival.org
Bearnstow: choreographic/site workshop, Mount Vernon, ME bearnstow.org
2016
Folkwang Tanz Studio, Essen, Germany: master classes folkwang-uni.de
École des Sables, Toubab Dialaw/Dakar, Senegal: cultural exchange ecoledessables.org
Compañía Rosario Cárdenas, Havana, Cuba: company residency havanatimes.org
Joe's Pub/DANCE NOW NYC, New York City: performance dancenownyc.org
Dance Place, Washington, DC: gala performance danceplace.org
2015
Joe's Pub/DANCE NOW NYC 20th Anniversary, New York City: performances dancenownyc.org
The Clarice/NextNOW FEST, University of Maryland College Park: performances theclarice.umd.edu
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT: setting Ordinary Festivals on student company
American Dance Institute/Dance & Dessert, Rockville, MD: performance thelumberyard.org
Abrons Arts Center/From the Horse's Mouth, New York City: performance
2014
Open Look Festival/Alexandrinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia: company tour open-look.ru
Governors Island, New York City: site-specific performance
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland College Park: Spring Awakening, co-directed with Brian MacDevitt – theclarice.umd.edu / UMD School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies
Dance Place, Washington, DC: performance season – dance place.org
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC: performance – kennedy-center.org
Paul Taylor Studios, New York City: performance
2013
Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival/Dance Metro DC 2013 Commissioning Project, Washington, DC: performance
Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA: performance
PS21 Summer Festival, Chatham, NY: choreographic and performing company residency
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City: performance with live music by James Nyoraku Schlefer
2012
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland College Park: performances – theclarice.umd.edu
Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York City: company performance – movementresearch.org
TanzPlan Ost, Switzerland: choreographic commission and 9-city tour
Middlebury College/Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury, VT: site-specific performance residency
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile: collaboration with OTUX Compañia de Danza
2011
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China: teaching residency
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC: performances - Kennedy Center: Millennium Program
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland College Park: Performances – theclarice.umd.edu UMD School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies
Connecticut College, New London, CT: choreographic, performance, and teaching residency
Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME: teaching residency
Queens College, Flushing, NY: performing and teaching residency
Dance Place, Washington, DC: performance season
Velocity Festival, Washington, DC: performances
2010
Tenri Cultural Institute - Performances - New York City
Clarice Smith Center - Performances - College Park, MD UMD: School of Theatre, Dance and Performance
Dickinson College - Unmoored repertory, master classes - Carlisle, PA
Dance Exchange - Performance - Washington, DC
CRS Barn - 3-week NYSCA company residency - Ithaca, NY Unmoored (Love Letters to New Orleans) Tour
Kennedy Center - Washington, DC Kennedy Center: Millennium Program
DTW - New York City
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center - College Park, MD UMD: School of Theatre, Dance and Performance
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY
Berkeley-Carroll School - Brooklyn, NY
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop - Washington, DC
Blake School - Silver Spring, MD
2009
Daejeon City Dance Company - Daejeon, South Korea - Choreographic commission and teaching residency
University of Maryland - College Park, MD - Associate Professors of Dance www.dance.umd.edu
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center - College Park, MD - Repertory Performances claricesmithcenter.umd.edu
The Juilliard School - Teaching - New York City
Vassar College - Creative Process residency, lecture-demonstration
Ithaca College - Ithaca, NY - 3-week NYSCA creative, performing and teaching residency
Internationale Bodensee Konferenz - St. Gallen, Switzerland - Workshop, Panel Discussion, Performance
Meher Theater - Meherabad, India- Research residency for The Sky Is Falling, The Sky Is Falling
2008
Pacific Northwest Ballet - Choreographic residency - Seattle, WA
Contemporary Arts Center - Unmoored performance residency - New Orleans, LA
Dance Place - Unmoored performance residency - Washington, DC
Agnes Scott College/Several Dancers Core - Unmoored performance residency • Atlanta, GA
Thalia Theater @ Symphony Space - Performance season - New York City
Ithaca College - 3-week NYSCA residency, Unmoored performance - Ithaca, NY
Dance New Amsterdam - performance - New York City
Skidmore College - Unmoored performance residency - Saratoga Springs, NY
The Juilliard School - Teaching - New York City
Queens College - Teaching - Queens, NY
2007
Ministry of Culture, Tobago/Hunter College Dance Company - Teaching - Scarborough, Tobago
dancenOw/NYC at Dance Theater Workshop - Video installation - New York City
Bates Dance Festival - Choreographic, teaching, performing residency - Lewiston, ME
Skidmore College - Choreographic & performing residency - Saratoga Springs, NY
Joyce Theater Family Matinée - Lecture demonstration - NYC
Trinity School - Lecture demonstration - NYC
Blue Creek Elementary School - Lecture demonstration - NYC
2006
Hunter College - Choreographic residency - New York City
Tulane University - Choreographic residency - New Orleans, LA
Newcomb Dance Studio Theater - Performances - New Orleans, LA
ACDF @ University of Texas - Performance - Austin, TX
Emma Willard School - Choreographic, performing residency - Troy, NY
Kaatsbaan - Performance - Beacon, NY
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage - Performance - Washington, DC watch the performance online: kennedy-center.org/millennium
Kennedy Center Family Theater - Performance - Washington, DC
Bearnstow - Choreographic workshop - Mount Vernon, ME
University of Florida - Lec-dem/master classes - Gainesville, FL
SUNY Albany - Lecture-demonstration/master class - Albany, NY
Mandali Hall - Performance - Meherazad, India
2005
Duke Theater, 92 on 42 Series, New 42nd Street - NYC
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center - College Park, MD
University of Maryland Dance Department - College Park, MD
Tulane University - New Orleans, LA
Emma Willard School / NYSCA company residency - Troy, NY
Movement Research MELT - NYC
Skidmore College - Saratoga Springs, NY
Bearnstow - Mount Vernon, ME
Myrtle Beach Middle School - Myrtle Beach, SC
Minnesota Dance Educators Coalition - Minneapolis, MN
Meher Theater - Meherabad, India
2004
Alice Sheets Marriott Center for Dance - Salt Lake City, UT
City Center Fall for Dance Festival - NYC
Kyoto Arts Center - Kyoto, Japan
BankArt 1900 - Yokohama, Japan
MOGA Studio - Matsuyama, Japan
Posthof International Festival - Linz, Austria
Flynn Center for the Arts - Burlington, VT
Tulane University; new site/community project - New Orleans, LA
University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT
University of Montana - Missoula, MT
Fitchburg State College - Fitchburg, MA
2003
Joyce Theater Altogether Different Festival - NYC
Dance Umbrella / The Place Theatre - London, England
New Territories Festival / Choreographic Intensive - Edinburgh, Scotland
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage - Washington, DC
Dance Place - Washington, DC
Hopkins Center / Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH
swisspeaksFESTIVAL - Four Seasons Restaurant, NYC
Bates Dance Festival - Lewiston, ME
Skidmore College Dance Center - Saratoga Springs, NY
Tulane University - New Orleans, LA
Wesleyan University - Middletown, CT
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Bearnstow - Mount Vernon, ME
Nikolais Legacy Forum - Hunter College, NYC
2002
US-Japan Project: Kyoto Arts Center, Kyoto - American Center, Tokyo
Painted Bride - Philadelphia, PA - Japan Society - NYC
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts - Burlington, VT
Keene State College - Keene, NH
SUNY Potsdam - Potsdam, NY
Duke Theater on 42nd Street - NYC
Movement Research - NYC - workshops since 1992
Bearnstow - Mount Vernon, ME
Hunter College - NYC
Meher Theater, Mandali Hall - Meherabad, India
2001
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage - Washington, DC
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center - University of MD/College Park
Goucher College - Baltimore, MD
L/A Arts - Lewiston/Auburn, ME
Dancing in the Streets - NYC, Coney Island 87; Bethesda Terrace 89; Wave Hill 93, 01
Symphony Space - NYC
Keene State College - Keene, NH
2000
Joyce Theater Altogether Different Festival - NYC
Portland Museum of Art - Portland, ME
University of Massachusetts - Amherst, MA
Grace Street Theater - Richmond, VA
Keene State College - Keene, NH
1999
XI Festival Internacional de Danza - Lima, Peru
Dance Umbrella Festival / Woking - Woking, England
Bates Dance Festival - Lewiston, Maine
Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors - NYC
Antioch College - Yellow Springs, OH
1998
Wagon Train Project - Lincoln, NE
Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church - NYC
Antioch College - Yellow Springs, OH
Rochester University - Rochester, NY
1997
Joyce Theater Altogether Different - NYC
Central Park Summerstage - NYC
Tanzherbst Ostschweiz 9-city tour - Switzerland
Dance Umbrella / The Place Theatre - London, England
Belluard Bollwerk International Festival - Fribourg, Switzerland
Bates Dance Festival - Lewiston, ME
Encontro de Danza Iguatemi - Campinas, Brazil
Omaha Summer Arts Festival - Omaha, NE
1996
Central Park: 6 site-specific performances - NYC
Hudson River Park at Battery Park City - NYC
Bryant Park / New Work New York - NYC
Roberto Clemente State Park - Bronx, NY
1995
Padatik Dance Center - Calcutta, India
Darpana Academy of Performing Arts - Ahmedabad, India
MS University - Baroda, India
Bates Dance Festival - Lewiston, ME
Maine Summer Festival - Brunswick, ME
Tripotamos Arts Center (92,93,94,95) - Tinos, Greece
Pro Danza Italia / USA - Rosignano, Italy
P.S. 122 (89,92,93,95) - NYC
Stony Brook State University - Stony Brook, NY
1994
Dance Theater Workshop - NYC
Chang Mu Arts Center - Seoul, Korea
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival - Lee, MA
The Dance Experience - Basel, Switzerland
Pegasus Theatre / Lissamlore Dance Company - Oxford, England
Antioch College - Yellow Springs, OH
1993
Chang Mu Arts Center - Seoul, Korea
P.S. 122 - New York City
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes - Monterrey, Mexico
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN
Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors - NYC
1992
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes - Mexico City, San Luis Potosi
Teatro Nuovo - Milano, Italy
Teatro Firkas - Chania, Crete, Greece
Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow, Scotland
1991
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes - Mexico City
Choreo-Tanz-Studio (89,90,91) - Wattwil, Switzerland
Meher Theater, Mandali Hall - Meherabad, India
Temple University (88,91) - Philadelphia, PA1990The Kitchen • NYC
Mayfest International Festival - Glasgow, Scotland
Chisenhale Dance Space - London, England
Leicester Polytechnic - Leicester, England
Chössi-Theater - Wattwil, Switzerland
Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ
Bard College - Annandale-on- Hudson, NY
Swiss Dance Festivals - NYC
Nikolais/Louis Foundation (86,87,89,90) - NYC
Winter Dance Festival / Simon's Rock College - Great Barrington, MA
1989
Dance Theater Workshop - NYC
Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church - NYC
Rubicon Dance Center - Cardiff, Wales
George Washington University - Washington, DC
Swiss Dance Festival - NYC
Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH
1988
Community Education Center - Philadelphia, PA
"Serious Fun!" Festival, Lincoln Center - NYC
Swiss Dance Festival - NYC
1987
Dancing in the Streets, Coney Island - Queens, NY
ChoreoSpace - NYC