Photo by Tatiana Wills
Requiem
Richmond Ballet, 2018
Music: Faure's Requiem
Lighting: Les Dickert
Costumes: Emily Morgan
12 dancers (6 women, 6 men)
35 minutes, 53 seconds
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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