Dance Works
Punky Bees (April 2019)
Dancers created lasting patterns on stage inspired by bees communication in a hive. Canvas drop cloths covered the stage as dancers painted their way through the punky, groovy, bug dance. This 20 minute piece debuted in the University of Minnesota's show BluePrint(Barker Center for Dance, Minneapolis). It was also presented as a part of LCcreations' full 50 minute show titled Botanical Dancing for the Minnesota Fringe Festival in 2019(Southern Theater, Minneapolis). Trailer video is attached.
Roots (Aug 2019)
Dance and visual art piece using markers and paper to bring the ecological concept of growing plants to life. This 6 minute piece debuted in LCcreations' full 50 minute show titled Botanical Dancing for the Minnesota Fringe Festival in 2019(Southern Theater, Minneapolis).
Stems (Jul 2019)
Dance and visual art piece using markers and rolls of paper to bring the ecological concept of growing plants to life. This 8 minute piece debuted in Artbox's anual production, inbox@artbox(Artbox, Minneapolis). It was also presented in LCcreations' full 50 minute show titled Botanical Dancing for the Minnesota Fringe Festival in 2019(Southern Theater, Minneapolis).
Petals (Aug 2019)
Dance piece bringing the ecological concept of growing plants to life. This 8 minute piece debuted in LCcreations' full 50 minute show titled Botanical Dancing for the Minnesota Fringe Festival in 2019(Southern Theater, Minneapolis).
Is Spring Blooming? (April 2020)
This 4 minute dance for film piece debuted in the University of Minnesota's eARThing Art production. The piece was inspired by and grapples with the climate crisis during covid-19, and feelings of isolation.
Two Minutes to Places Dancers (May 2021)
'Two Minutes to Places Dancers' relays the hecticness of show business in a playful way. Starting to the tune of the flight of the bumblebee while setting the stage and finishing with a show stoping jazz number full of lights and sequins. This 10 min groovy number was performed over livestream for the MN Fringe Festival's Five Fifths fundraising event.
Shuttle (July 2021)
Alex Beaumount, a textile artist, and Lily Conforti, a dance artist, wove their mediums together to create this work. With the theme of transformation in mind, the artists begin the piece from behind a frame of intertwined textile panels. Out of sight of the viewers, the artists initially poke out only fingers, hands, and arms from between the cloth panels and around the sides of the frame. The movement stretches gaps between the panels, providing glimpses of kinetic bodies. Continuing on, the artists unfasten panels, moving with the cloth and revealing different colors and patterns on the back. The artists extend the cloth panels outward, around, above, transforming the closed frame space into an open structure. Shuttle premiered in DanceBarn's outdoor show, CollabArts.
Limbo (August 2021)
Limbo is a 10 minute dance for film piece. Imagery of dancers waiting at the train tracks for a train that is obviously not coming works to signify feelings of limbo in our lives. Limbo was released in the virtual MN Fringe Festival, ONDEMAND Calgary Fringe Festival, and several film festivals. Limbo was selected and received an honorable from Frostbite Film Festival and Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival.