Photo by Tatiana Wills
Photo by sarah ferguson
Requiem
Richmond Ballet, 2018
Music: Faure's Requiem
Lighting: Les Dickert
Costumes: Emily Morgan
12 dancers (6 women, 6 men)
35 minutes, 53 seconds
photo by keith sutter
Poetry of Being
Smuin Contemporary American Ballet, 2017
Music: Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence
Lighting: Michael Oesch
Costumes: Susan Roemer of S-Curve Apparel and Design
10 dancers (5 women, 5 men)
20 minutes, 43 seconds
photo by yi yin
Illuminations
(created for the Choreography XX competition)
Oregon Ballet Theater, 2017
Music: Benjamin Britten's Illuminations
Lighting: Michael Mazzola
Costumes: Mark Zappone
9 dancers (5 women, 4 men)
23 minutes
Photo by chris hardy
Sarcastic Sketches
Smuin Contemporary American Ballet, 2017
Music: Daniel Sullivan's Sarchasms (original score)
Lighting: Michael Oesch
Costumes: JoEllen Artnz
5 dancers (2 women, 3 men)
9 minutes, 30 seconds
photo by chris hardy
There's Rosemary...
Smuin Contemporary American Ballet, 2017
Music: Handel's Rodelinda "Ho Perduto Il Caro Sposo"
Lighting: Michael Oesch
Costumes: JoEllen Artnz
2 dancers (1 woman, 1 man)
2 minutes, 41 seconds
Photo by keith sutter
J-I-N-G-L-E BELLS
(created for Smuin's annual Christmas Ballet)
Smuin Contemporary American Ballet, 2016
Music: Frank Sinatra J-I-N-G-L-E BELLS
Lighting: Michael Oesch
Costumes: JoEllen Artnz
4 dancers (2 women, 2 men)
2 minutes, 4 seconds
photo by dave friedman
Labyrinth
National Choreographic Initiate, 2016
Music: Ludovico Einaudi's Tracce, Ombre, Questa notte, and La linea scura
Lighting: Monique L’Heureux
Costumes: JoEllen Artnz
9 dancers (5 women, 4 men)
18 minutes, 20 seconds
photo by dave friedman
Staring at Clouds
National Choreographic Initiate, 2016
Music: Michael Torke's Bright Blue Music for Orchestra
Lighting: Monique L’Heureux
Costumes: Susan Roemer of S-Curve Apparel and Design/ JoEllen Artnz
9 dancers (5 women, 4 men)
7 minutes
photo by david de silva
With Alacrity
Amy Seiwert's Imagery, 2016
Music: Waelandanna's Swamp Song w/Ania
Lighting: Jim French
Costumes: Susan Roemer of S-Curve Apparel
4 dancers (3 women, 1 man)
8 minutes
photo by chris hardy
Merely Players
Smuin Contemporary American Ballet, 2016
Music: Vampire Weekend's Unbelievers, Fleet Foxes' White Winter Humnal, and Bon Iver Flume
Lighting: KT Graham
Costumes: Susan Roemer of S-Curve Apparel and Design/ JoEllen Artnz
10 dancers (5 women, 5 men)
9 minutes, 30 seconds
photo by sarah ferguson
From My Life
Richmond Ballet, 2015
Music: Smetana’s String Quartet No.1 in E minor "From My Life"
Lighting: Christopher Devlin Hill
Costumes: Emily DeAngelis
10 dancers (5 women, 5 men)
13 minutes, 35 seconds
Created for Richmond Ballet's New Works Program
photo by chris hardy
What Just Happened
Smuin Contemporary American Ballet, 2015
Music: Shostakovich’s Jazz Suite No. 2
Lighting: Michael Oesch
Costumes: JoEllen Artnz
6 dancers (3 women, 3 men)
3 minutes, 41 seconds
photo by vincent of dreamhouse
La Linea Scura
Smuin Contemporary American Ballet, 2013
Music: Ludovico Einaudi’s La linea scura
Lighting: Michael Oesch
Costumes: JoEllen Artnz
Duet (1 woman, 1 man)
5 minutes, 6 seconds
Commissioned by Dayton Ballet for their 2016-2017 season
photo by chris hardy
Joy To The World
(created for Smuin's annual Christmas Ballet)
Smuin Contemporary American Ballet, 2015
Music: Eugene Ormandy's Joy To The World
Lighting: Michael Oesch
Costumes: JoEllen Artnz
14 dancers (7 women, 7 men)
1 minutes, 52 seconds
photo by chris hardy
Remember When
(created in collaboration with Weston Krukow)
Smuin Contemporary American Ballet, 2015
Music: Nancy Sinatra's Bang Bang
Lighting: Michael Oesch
Costumes: JoEllen Artnz
Duet (1 woman, 1 man)
2 minutes, 52 seconds
Selected and performed for the 2015 McCallum Theater Dancing Under the Stars Choreographic Competition
photo by keith sutter
Fantasia
(created for Smuin's annual Christmas Ballet)
Smuin Contemporary American Ballet, 2014
Music: James Galloway's Fantasia on "I Saw Three Ships"
Lighting: Michael Oesch
Costumes: JoEllen Artnz
6 dancers (3 women, 3 men)
3 minutes, 10 seconds
photo by jackie pinto
Pieces of Eight
Sacramento Ballet 2011
Music: Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata
Lighting: Kyle Lemoi
Costumes: Theresa Kimbrough
8 dancers (4 women, 4 men)
11 minutes, 41 seconds
photo by Sacramento ballet
Unconscious Surrender
Sacramento Ballet Ballet, 2010
Music: Barber's Adagio For Strings
Lighting: Kyle Lemoi
Costumes: Theresa Kimbrough
18 dancers (8 women, 10 men)
9 minutes, 46 seconds
photo by alexander biber
Erbarme dich
Sacramento Ballet Ballet, 2011
Music: Bach's St. Matthew's PAssion
Lighting: Caitlin Sapunor-Davis
Costumes: Theresa Kimbrough
7 dancers (3 women, 4 men)
7 minutes, 28 seconds
photo by alex biber
Scars Already Seen
Sacramento Ballet, 2011
Music: Civil War's Dance Me To The End of Love
Lighting: Caitlin Sapunor-Davis
Costumes: Theresa Kimbrough
Duet (1 woman, 1 mn)
3 minutes, 5 seconds
Selected and Performed at the Mondavi Center for the Arts
photo by jack hartin
MomentTarry
Sacramento Ballet Ballet, 2008
Music: Prokofiev's Overture on a Hebrew Theme
Lighting: Caitlin Sapunor-Davis
Costumes: Theresa Kimbrough
10 dancers (6 women, 4 men)
8 minutes, 46 seconds
Selected and performed for the 2009 McCallum Theater Dancing Under the Stars Choreographic Competition
photo by keith sutter
Fading Shadows
Sacramento Ballet Ballet, 2007
Music: Albinoni's Adagio For Strings
Lighting: Caitlin Sapunor-Davis
Costumes: Theresa Kimbrough
10 dancers (5 women, 5 men)
6 minutes, 3 seconds
Selected and performed for the 2008 McCallum Theater Dancing Under the Stars Choreographic Competition
photo by jack hartin
Souvenir
Sacramento Ballet Ballet, 2006
Music: Tchaicovsky's Souvenir de Florence
Lighting: Caitlin Sapunor-Davis
Costumes: Theresa Kimbrough
6 dancers (3 women, 3 men)
4 minutes, 47 seconds
Selected and performed for the 2007 McCallum Theater Dancing Under the Stars Choreographic Competition
Selected and performed for the 2008 Los Angeles Dance Invitational