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A devised dance performance for 3 dancers in an evolving landscape of paper and projection.

How do we juggle the eco-scenographic paradox of existing in an age of deforestation, combustion, and erosion that longs for renewal and relief?

• choreographic anthropo-scene •

reading | rolling improv from yesterday’s rehearsal • Lauren as human log 🪵

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a choreographic anthropocene depicting the soulless wave of climate catastrophes in Northern California
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Meet the Collaborators

MAXINE FLASHER-DÜZGÜNEŞ
CHOREOGRAPHER
CO-CREATOR

Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş is a hybrid artist & poet from Northern California, and was recently awarded the Alternate position for the US-UK Fulbright Award in Dance. She is a writer for Dance Art Journal (UK), a teaching artist for Big Sky Workshop (NY), and a future Djerassi Resident Artist and producer of Bay Area Women’s Theatre Festival (CA). She graduated Magna Cum Laude from NYU Tisch with a B.F.A. in Dance and is currently pursuing an M.A. in Dance Philosophy & History at the University of Roehampton. Awards: First Place in Choreography | Dance Prix de New York (2019), Rubin Prize for Poetry (2020).

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HAMILTON GUILLÉN
LIGHTING DESIGNER
CO-CREATOR

Hamilton Guillén is a multidisciplinary designer and creative director from California. His process integrates a holistic approach — synthesizing visual research, dramaturgy, politics, and pop culture. Recent credits include: Projection Design for Mud & Springtime (Colm Summers, Lenfest Center for the Arts); Lighting Design for Call Me By Any Other Name (Nigel Semaj, Muhlenberg College); Production Design for narrative short films Married to the Bag (Zane Bhansali, NY) and Parent Trip (Leah Chen Baker, VT). Upcoming: Art Direction for Rose: You Are Who You Eat by John Jarboe — a Guggenheim Works & Process funded artist residency. He studied performance design at the University of Leeds (UK) before earning his MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

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CAMILLA DELY
COSTUME DESIGNER
CO-CREATOR

Camilla Dely is a costume designer and visual artist born and raised in South Africa, currently working in New York City. She is equally fueled by poetic texts and devised processes, and is drawn to stories that concern the limits of our humanity, questions of violence and justice, and the stunning messiness of human beings. She received her B.A. in Theater from Bryn Mawr College, her M.F.A. in Design for Stage and Film from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and was a 2015-16 Watson Fellowship Recipient. She was a core company member at the Orchard Project in Hunter, NY, and is an alum of Headlong Performance Institute in Philadelphia, PA.

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SUNHI WILLA
DANCER

Sunhi Willa was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai'i, surrounded by two wonderful parents, a brilliant big sister, and many, many feisty dogs. After graduating from Punahou School with a love of humanities, art, and dance, she traveled to New York City to further her dance education. In spring of 2021, she graduated from New York University with a BFA in Dance and a BA in Art History. She is currently earning her MA at London Contemporary Dance School. As an emerging choreographer and maker, she uses humor, curiosity, and her perspective as a part-Korean American woman to broaden the contemporary dance canon. She focuses on inclusive work through collaboration.

LAURYN PINARD
DANCER

Lauryn Pinard is a theatre and dance artist currently working as an access support worker to Rosie Heafford at Second Hand Dance, a disabled-led dance company creating bold, accessible and sensory dance experiences for children and adults, and independent choreographer Sivan Rubinstein. She also assists Producer Lia Pentraki in her work. She is a Rambert Grades teacher, as well as a performer involved in works such as the Becoming-Animaldance film series by Emilia Robinson and Sidonie Carey-Green, Womanewer R&D by Laura Kenyon and Living in Black Skins by Renee Landell. She studied Dance and Drama at Royal Holloway University where she graduated with a First-Class in 2020 and was nominated for the 2020 Black Impact Academic Excellence award.

GIADA PALMISANO
DANCER

Giada Palmisano has attended professional dance formations with several companies, including: Hofesh, Batsheva, Rambert, Tavaziva. While in Berlin she met the choreographer Alessio Trevisani who invited her to join his company in Leipzig, Germany. She attended the dance journey program with Kibbutz Dance Company in Israel where she worked with Olga Stetsyu before moving to China to study kung fu shaolin with Shifu Shi Yan Jun. She won a scholarship to Vivo Ballet in Rome with Enzo Celli; and that same year she danced with his company, bringing “Fragile” at Quinzena de dança de Almada in Portugal. She is currently studying a Dance Practice and Performance Postgraduate at University of Roehampton, London.

MICHAEL WALL
COMPOSER

Michael Wall is an internationally recognized composer, performer, and educator who collaborates with dancers, choreographers, and filmmakers around the world. He composes original music, accompanies dance classes, and teaches sound design for dance and performance with Ableton Live. Michael has worked at Rutgers University, Princeton University, NYU, The Ohio State University, The Bates Dance Festival, The American Dance Festival, and The University of Utah, School of Dance. He continues to support independent artists in digital music distribution and offers a comprehensive online library of music for dance students, teachers, and choreographers.

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JADE LIEN
ANIMATION DESIGNER

Originally from Taiwan, Jade Lien is a cross-disciplinary artist experimenting with different mediums including film, photography, writing, and digital art with the goal of finding new visuals and ideas in an era when even "originality is dead" has long been an olden phrase. Poetry is the basis of her work, and technology is the tool she uses to create. Through them, she seeks to discover original perspectives hidden and thriving in the "blind-spots" of our world.

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