cvCURRICULUM VITAE February 6, 1980, US STUDIES 1997 – 1999: Dance and Anthropology coursework; Smith College: Northampton, MA, US further training 2011: 5 days of technique w/ Irene Dowd; experiential anatomy w/ Eva Karczag; choreography w/ Levi Gonzalez; Movement Research MELT Festival, New York, NY, US 2010: 5 days of technique w/ Jennifer Nugent; improvisation w/ Ishmael Houston Jones; choreography w/ Jennifer Monson; Movement Research MELT Festival, New York, NY, US 2010: 5-day intensive Axis Syllabus training w/ Kira Kirsch; Mascher Space Co-op, Philadelphia, PA, US 2009: 10 days of choreography study with Tere O’Connor; PRISMA Forum Mexico: Oaxaca, MEXICO and Independent Dance UK Winlab: London, UK 2009: 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Course; International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre: Vrindavan, INDIA 2007: Experiential anatomy w/ Eva Karczag, Trisha Brown Studios, New York, NY, US 2004: Composition and improvisation w/ Miguel Gutierrez and Kathleen Hermesdorf; Philadelphia Dance Projects, Philadelphia, PA, US 2001: Contact Improvisation w/ Nancy Stark Smith; Earthdance, Plainfield, MA, US CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS AND COLLABORATIONS (SELECTED) 2011: resonance – a piece for 10 community dancers commissioned by the Brattleboro School of Dance, Brattleboro, VT, USA 2010: expansions:contractions: co-created (w/ Bilwa) performance as part of Spencer Sweeney’s exhibition Teatre Laboratorium, VW (VeneKlasen/Werner) Gallery: Berlin, GERMANY 2010: Breathscape; sound, set, movement, video installation created in collaboration with sound artist Bilwa and costume designer Johanna Porola; SUMU space, Gallery Titanik: Turku, FINLAND 2010: Improvised performance at opening of The Big Picture w/ dance maker Mariella Greil and sound artists Bilwa and Werner Moebius; Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art: Turku, FINLAND 2009: either/or or and, created in collaboration w/ Mariella Greil and musicians Werner Moebius and Audrey Chen: European Rhythmics Congress Theater Akzent: Vienna, AUSTRIA 2009: drops will flood: performance installation created in collaboration with sound artist William Bilwa Costa and presented in the empty tank of a defunct water tower during a 2-week site specific residency with 12 international artists; FLUTEN @ Wasserturm Favoriten: Vienna, AUSTRIA 2009: Soundfield[at]Temple Gallery: An evening of improvised dance, music, + video; Concept/direction by Emily Sweeney. Performers: Rebecca Patek, Emily Sweeney, Jil Stifel, Zornitsa Stoyanova; Gene Coleman (bass clarinet); Alban Bailly (guitar); Audrey Chen and Helena Espvall (cello + vocals); Bilwa and Mikronesia (mics + effects); John J. H. Phillips (video); Event Space@Temple Gallery: Old City/ Philadelphia, PA, US 2009: Inter Continental Collaborations parts 1 – 3: audio performances created in collaboration with sound artists Florian Tuerke and Christian Weiss/ basbediender and choreographer Allison Lorenzen; NEXUSradio; NEXUS/foundation for today’s art: Philadelphia, PA, US 2009: Philadelphia Bridge, Part I: performance installation created in collaboration with Mariella Greil, Werner Moebius, and William Bilwa Costa; produced by Gene Coleman/Soundfield, funded by the Argosy Foundation; 15th Street Meeting House: New York, NY, US; NEXUS/foundation for today’s art: Philadelphia, US 2008: assembling minutiae: performance installation with concept/ live performance by Emily Sweeney; music by Michael McDermott; live sound/set design by William Bilwa Costa; movement (in video) by Brigitta Herrmann, Rebecca Patek, and Jil Stifel; video by Blaine Siegel; Philly Fringe: NEXUS/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, PA, US 2007: gasp: movement quintet choreographed by Emily Sweeney with live-feed sound and video scores by William Bilwa Costa, Michael McDermott, and John Phillips and movement performed by: Rebecca Patek, Zornitsa Stoyanova, Daniele Strawmyre, Christina Zani; Philly Fringe: Mascher Space Cooperative, Philadelphia, PA, US 2007: One on One: improvised movement and sound duet with percussionist Sean Mattio; bowerbird performance series: Philadelphia, PA, US RESIDENCIES 2010: SUMU new media art residency, Gallery Titanik/ Arte Association: Turku, FINLAND; 10-week residency with collaborator William Bilwa Costa 2009: PRISMA Forum, Oaxaca/Mexico City, MEXICO; 2-week residency to participate in “Who’s afraid of the in-between?” a laboratory investigating inter-media processes, led by dance artist Mariella Greil + sound artist Werner Moebius 2008: New Edge Mix & New York Dance Exchange, Community Education Center, Philadelphia, PA, US; 6-month residency for collaboration with sound/ visual artist William Bilwa Costa to create performance installation with set and costume design, live sound, and movement drawn from research into the sculptures of Auguste Rodin 2006 – 2007: Mascher Space Cooperative: Philadelphia, PA, US; worked as artist-member, managed performances and rentals for an artist-run cooperative that provides studio and performance space and other opportunities for Philadelphia’s experimental dance community TEACHING 2006 – present: Workshops for groups of dancers, groups of musicians, or groups integrating artists from multiple disciplines (dancers, musicians, theatre artists, visual/media artists, writers, etc.) featuring exercises and scores that explore collaborative memory, reproduction, repetition, and subjectivity; Art-EZ Academy, Arnheim, THE NETHERLANDS; Turku University of Applied Sciences: Turku, FINLAND; Kutomo: Turku, FINLAND; Mascher Space Cooperative: Philadelphia, PA, US;space: Philadelphia, PA, US; Marlboro College, Vermont, US 2011: Adjunct faculty offering an interdisciplinary course exploring Neuroaesthetics and Improvisation, culminating in a performance created collaboratively with 7 students; Marlboro College: Marlboro, VT 2010 – 2011: Instructor of dance technique, dance history, improvisation, and choreography in the Performing Arts: Dance Program; Windham Regional Career Center: Brattleboro, VT, US LAB/RESEARCH/SYMPOSIA 2011: Embodied Learning Symposium: Marlboro College, Marboro, VT; Featured presenter on Neuroaesthetics and Improvisation during a five-day symposium involving Marlboro students and international guests 2007 – present: Emergent Improvisation Project (Susan Sgorbati, director); Participate in investigation of scores inspired by theories of emergence and complexity as part of an ensemble of dancers and musicians in residence at Bennington College in Vermont, US 2006 – 2009: The Rashomon Effect Performance Project: Mascher Space Cooperative, Philadelphia, PA, US; Develop, direct, and dance as part of an ongoing investigation of improvised scores based on the storytelling method employed in Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomôn. The term “Rashomon effect” refers to the effect of subjectivity on recollection, by which observers of an event are able to produce substantially different but equally plausible accounts of it. 2004: Performance Project w/ Dana Reitz: Bennington College, Bennington, VT, US; Three months of intensive research and development leading to performance of movement trio AWARDS/GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS 1996: Janeway Scholarship, World Learning: Brattleboro, VT, US; For travel to Ghana, West Africa for independent dance study WORK AS DANCER 2008: Brigitta Herrmann/ AUSDRUCKSTANZ; Philadelphia, PA, US 2005 – 2006: Amnesiac Dance + Music and Philadelphia New Music + Dance Ensemble (Nicole Bindler, director), Philadelphia, PA, US PRODUCTION/ADMINISTRATIVE 2007 – 2009: paraphrase/NEXUS: NEXUS/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, PA, US; co-curated and produced a performance series in which artists of various disciplines and media created performances that elaborate upon exhibitions at NEXUS, including dance artists Mariella Greil, Devynn Emory, Eun-Jung Choi-Gonzalez, and Kathy Ochoa, and composers Gene Coleman and Werner Moebius 2006 – 2009: Philadelphia Music Project: The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia, PA, US; Senior Program Associate for a grant making organization that works with Philadelphia area music nonprofits to fund artistic works and provide opportunities for professional development |