Residencies, Tours, Festivals

Claire Elizabeth Barratt – inter-disciplinary artist – Curriculum Vitae

Residencies, Tours, Festivals, Fairs, Conferences

2018

January:

“Fe” MSMI (presented by CVLA) for Butoh in Birmingham at the Asian Heritage Festival – Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham AL

(concept, choreography, direction, installation set design, costume, make-up, performance – movement, sound) With ‘U’u – performance - sound (percussion)

Show director – Deborah Maudlin/Bearing Light Butoh. Event producer - BMA

2017

November:

“Light & Shadow Tour” (presented by CVLA) – USA South East / South West

(performance artist collaborating with regional artists on the theme of light and shadow)

Tour Producer – CE Barratt, CVLA

Frequency Arts, Chattanooga TN

(props, costume, performance – movement)

With audio-visual duo Tape Baby / Tape Canvas. Producer – Chocolate ChooChoo

Bonfire Night – The Mudlark Public Theatre, New Orleans LA

(concept, direction, set design, props, costume, performance – movement, sound) 

Music: Death Posture - Rob Cambre, Donald Miller, Chris Robert. Video - Kook Teflon. Movement - Cypress Atlas, Emmalee Sutton. Producer – CE Barratt, CVLA with Rob Cambre

Archaeology of the Frivolous – Artist Residency, Marfa TX

“The Rhythm of Light & Shadow” series of guided actions (concept, text, installation, direction, facilitator) including: “Late Afternoon Long Shadows” – interactive shadow installation, and “High Noon Pulsations” – environmental meditations.

Residency Directors – Andrea Spaziani, Allen Ferguson

Interference Series – The Hive, Flagstaff AZ

(concept, direction, set design, props, costume, performance – movement) With Rob Wallace – sound (percussion +)

Curator, producer – Interference Series.

Plus artist talk on Sound of Movement project – Honors School, Northern Arizona University – Flagstaff AZ

Curator and producer – Interference Series with Rob Wallace and NAU.

September:

X Fest UK – cross-disciplinary free improvisation festival – YHA Edale UK

(performance – movement)

Collaborators include: Jack Wright, Anton Hunter, Adrian Northover, Sue Lynch, Michael F Dailey (sound), Jeff Lipsky (painting). Curators and producers – Walter Wright and Y Sok Schofield

July:

“Amalgamata Sonata” solo performance piece (presented by CVLA) for AfterMAF Festival – Art Rat Studios, Roanoke VA

(concept, props, costume, performance) Curator and Producer – AfterMAF collective

March:

“DJ Robo Rob & Cilla Vee the DaDa GoGo Dancer” performance duo (presented by CVLA) for X Fest 2017 – 10^th annual cross-disciplinary free improvisation festival - Holyoke City Hall, Holyoke MA 

(concept, props, costume, make-up, performance – movement)

With Rob Kopi – vinyl DJ. Curators and producers – Walter Wright, Stephanie Lak, Dei Xhrist, Jenifer Gelineau

2016

October:

PFFF! (Philadelphia Free Form Festival) cross-disciplinary improvisation festival – The Ice Box, Philadelphia PA (performance art, action paint, props, costume)

Collaborators include: Karen Nelson, Liz Meredith, Bbob Drake, Janna Meiring, Alexander D’Agostino, Jim Strong, Luke Stewart, Mauri Walton, Kaia Gilje. Curator and Producer – ISOP (Impermanent Society of Philadelphia)

September:

“SPLAT!” solo action paint performance installation (presented by CVLA) for Reviewing Black Mountain College annual conference – UNC Asheville

(concept, choreography, set design, props, costume, performance – movement, action paint)

Producers – Brian Butler, Alice Sebrell, UNCA, BMCM+AC.

April:

“RAW (Material) – Earth Day” collaborative durational inter-disciplinary performance installation (presented by CVLA) for Interlude festival – Henco Gallery, Asheville NC.

(concept, direction, installation set design, props, costume, make-up, performance – movement, sound, word)

Performers include: Julie Becton-Gillum, Elisa Faires, Randi Janelle, John Brinker, Rachel Schlafer-Parton, Jim Julien, Jocelyn Reese, Liz Lang, Richard Brewster, Diana Brewster, Chandra Shukla, Chloe Harnett-Hargrove.

Curators and producers – BMCM+AC with MAP

February:

X Fest – 9^th annual cross-disciplinary free improvisation festival – Holyoke City Hall, Holyoke MA.

(performance – movement)

Collaborators include: Audrey Chen, Id m Theftable, Forbes Graham, Katherine Liberovskaya.

Curators and producers – Walter Wright, Stephanie Lak, Dei Xhrist, Jenifer Gelineau

February:

“RAW (Material)” project journal. Artist residency at Chance House / John Cage Memorial Park – Chance, Deal Island MD.

(project research, development and thesis) Curators – David and Tara Gladden.

2015

July:

Untitled remote Skype broadcast – performance piece (presented by CVLA) for AfterMAF festival. Broadcast from wheat field in Nottinghamshire UK – received at Art Rat Studios, Roanoke VA.

(concept, direction, props, costume, performance – movement)

Simon Jamie – camera, technician. Owen and Isla Jamie (children) – play.

Curator and Producer – AfterMAF collective

February:

Artist residency at Chance House / John Cage Memorial Park – Chance, Deal Island MD.

Curators – David and Tara Gladden.

2014

August:

“Opening Invocation” solo performance (presented by CVLA) for the 11^th annual Frantasia Festival of Out music and Arts – Sound Downtown, Livermore Falls ME.

(concept, props, costume, performance – voice)

Curator and Producer – Fran Szostek

March:

“It’s a Sign!” solo MSMI (presented by CVLA) for the Marginal Arts Festival – Akademgorod gallery, Roanoke VA.

(concept, installation set design, costume, make-up, performance – movement)

Curators and Producers – MAF collective

March:

Free improvisation collaboration for the Marginal Arts Festival – RAW gallery, Roanoke VA.

(performance – movement) With ROTTY WHAT – Jack Wright, Andrew Drury – sound, John M Bennett – word. Curators and Producers – MAF collective

March:

“The Truth of the Moment” performance workshop (presented by CVLA) for City Modern Ensemble and the Marginal Arts Festival – Roanoke Ballet Theatre, Roanoke VA.

CME Director – Liza Deck

February:

X Fest – 7^th annual cross-disciplinary free improvisation festival – Gateway City Arts, Holyoke MA.

(props, costume, make-up, performance – movement)

Collaborators include: Andrea Pensado, Katherine Libersovskaya, Al Margolis, Joe Burgio, Michael F Dailey, Flandrew Fleisenberg. Curator – Walter Wright, Producers – Walter Wright and Jenifer Gelineau

2013

June:

“FLUX” sound sculpture and performance installation (presented by CVLA) for the New Dischord Festival of Intermedia – Folk School of Chattanooga, Chattanooga TN

(concept, direction, installation, set design, performance – sound, movement)

Performers: CE Barratt, David Linton, Elisa Faires, Chandra Shukla, Kimathi Moore, Tim Hinck.

Festival Curator and Producer – Tim Hinck.

April:

“FLUX” sound sculpture and performance installation (presented by CVLA) for the Asheville Butoh Festival – BeBe Theater, Asheville NC

(concept, direction, installation, set design, performance – sound, movement)

Performers: CE Barratt, David Linton, Richard Brewster, Elisa Faires, Chandra Shukla, Kimathi Moore, Emily Monteith, Dash Lewis, Rae Whitlock. Festival Producer – Julie Becton Gillum.

February:

X-Fest 6^th annual experimental arts festival of improvised collaborations -119 Gallery, Lowell MA

(movement, sound, props, costume)

Collaborators include: Emillie Mouchous, Joe Burgio, Evan Lipson, Greg Kowalski.

Curator and Producer – Walter Wright.

2012

June:

“Monochromatic Monologues” (Blue, Black, Red, Gold) a series of solo movement installations (presented by CVLA) for the Asheville Butoh Festival – BeBe Theater, Asheville NC

(movement, concept, props, costume, make-up) Festival Curator and Producer – Julie Becton Gillum.

February:

X-Fest 5^th annual experimental arts festival of improvised collaborations -119 Gallery, Lowell MA

(movement, sound, props, costume) Collaborators include: Id m Theftable, Chris Welcome, David Grollman. Curator and Producer – Walter Wright.

2011

November – December:

Residency at The Clocktower - Lower Manhattan NYC

Project development for “The Cortical Degausser” Audio/Visual installation plus “Time On its Side” object installation.

(assistant to artist-in-residence David Linton) Curator – David Weinstein.

June:

“Dome Poems” multi-media piece by Lee Ann Brown - keynote performance for To Open Eyes, Black Mountain College conference – Sussex University, Brighton UK

(movement, choreography, direction, set design)

Paul Khimasia Morgan – live soundscape. Tony Torn and Lee Ann Brown – video. Lee Ann Brown – poetry. Conference Producers – Daniel Kane, Paul Betts.

June:

“Black Mountain College – NOW” presentation for To Open Eyes, Black Mountain College conference – Sussex University, Brighton UK

(multi-media informational presentation on current events surrounding BMC in Asheville NC)

Conference Producers – Daniel Kane, Paul Betts.

April - May:

Artist-in-Residence (presented by CVLA) at FBI (French Broad Institute) - Marshall NC

Project development for “May Day Muses” cross-disciplinary collaboration performance piece.

(movement, choreography, concept, direction)

Collaborators: Steve Davidowsky – music (multi-instrumental). Jeff Davis – poetry.

FBI Directors – Tony Torn, Lee Ann Brown.

March:

X-Fest 4^th annual experimental arts festival of improvised collaborations -119 Gallery, Lowell MA

(movement, sound, props, costume) Collaborators include: Andrea Pensado, Dave Ross, Lou Cohen, Dr T, Curator and Producer – Walter Wright.

2010

December:

Night of the Wierds experimental music and noise festival – The Laboratory, Gainesville FL

(movement, props, costume)  With Jill Burton – voice. Travis Johnson – balloons. Producer – Herb Adikt.

October:

“Titled” SOM performance piece (presented by CVLA) for opening reception of Reviewing Black Mountain College conference – Black Mountain College Tribute Wall, Asheville NC

(choreography, co-concept, performance - dance)

Shane Perlowin (Parish) – concept collaborator, music composition, guitar, FX.

Producers – Brian Butler, Alice Sebrell, UNCA, BMCM+AC.

September:

“Ghost Dancer” cross-disciplinary collaborative performance piece for High Zero Festival – 2640, Baltimore MD

(movement, choreography, direction, set design, props, costume)

Susan Alcorn – concept, pedal steel guitar, percussion. Producer – Red Room Collective and Red Emma’s.

August:

Artist-In-Residence at The Improvisor Festival - Birmingham AL

30-year anniversary for festival of improvised music and dance.

Birmingham main festival venues - WorkPlay, Children’s Dance Foundation, BottleTree Music Café, The Listening Room at Pepper Place.

Satellite tour to Barking Legs Theater - Chattanooga TN. Eye Drum - Atlanta GA. Cine - Athens GA.

“Odd Places” week - performances at Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Moundville Indian mounds -  Tuscaloosa.

(movement, cello, voice, props, costume, Creator of Odd Places week)

Collaborations with Gino Robair, Chris Cochrane, Davey Williams, Andrea Centazzo, Andrew DeWar, LaDonna Smith, Jill Burton, Susan Hefner, David Appel, Juanita Suarez, Ann Law, Killick and others.

Curator and Producer – LaDonna Smith.

February:

X-Fest 3^rd annual experimental arts festival of improvised collaborations -119 Gallery, Lowell MA

(movement, sound, props, costume) Collaborators include: Katt Hernandez, Audrey Chen, Vic Rawlings, and site-specific bathroom performance with Crank Sturgeon. Curator and Producer – Walter Wright.

2009

October:

“Attack Of The Killer Stripy Tubes” solo performance and installation (presented by CVLA) for Reviewing Black Mountain College international conference – BMCM+AC and UNCA, Asheville NC

(movement, choreography, concept, installation, set design, props, costume)

Keynote Speaker – Dorothea Rockburne. Producers – Brian Butler, Alice Sebrell, UNCA, BMCM+AC.

August – September:

“Life Is Art Is Life is ...” artist residency at 119 Gallery, Lowell MA

Project development and exhibition for multi-disciplinary environmental installation plus performance series in collaboration with Sculptor Patrick Pierce.

(performance, movement, choreography, sound, cello, voice, text, co-concept, installation, set design, video, soundscape, props, costume, make-up)

Patrick Pierce – performance, concept collaboration, sculpture, installation, poetry, letter-print.

Performance series with regional New England guest artists. (guest artist info available on request)

Curators and Producers – Walter Wright and Mary Ann Kearns.

February:

X-Fest 2^nd  annual experimental arts festival of improvised collaborations -119 Gallery, Lowell MA

(movement, sound, props, costume). Curator and Producer – Walter Wright.

February:

“The Truth Of The Moment”  inter-disciplinary performance workshop (presented by CVLA) for X-Fest – 119 Gallery, Lowell MA

(concept, teacher, facilitator) Festival Producer – Walter Wright

January:

“Cilla Vee’s Water Music” site-specific performance installation – bathroom (presented by CVLA) for the Asheville Fringe Festival – BeBe Theatre, Asheville NC

(concept, costume, make-up, performance – cello and voice)

Curators and Producers – Jim Julien, Jocelyn Reese, AFF.

January:

“Sallimone” video screening debut (presented by CVLA and WU Media) for the Asheville Fringe Festival - BeBe Theatre, Asheville NC

(For video - movement, choreography, concept, visual design, costume, make-up)

Kimathi Moore – sound. Charles Elmer – camera. Directors and Editors – CE Barratt, K Moore, C Elmer.

Producers – CVLA and Wu Media. (For Festival) Curators and Producers – Jim Julien, Jocelyn Reese, AFF.

2008

October:

“Pur-i-te” solo MSMI for sculpture by Jim Gallucci. (presented by CVLA) for RiverSculpture Festival – Reynolds Mountain, Asheville NC

(movement, choreography, voice, concept, costume, make-up)

Curators and Producers – Robert and Arlene Winkler.

September:

“Modus Operandi” YOU! an audience interactive performance project (presented by CVLA) for The Spirit of Black Mountain College 75^th anniversary conference – Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory NC

(movement, concept, direction, props)

Elisa Faires – sound, performance. Greg Congleton – actor / MC. Curator and Producer - Rand Brandes.

July:

“Marigold & Butterfly” movement installation (presented by CVLA) for HerbFest - The Herb Garden, Almonte ON CAN

(movement, choreography, concept, direction, costume, make-up)

Dancers: CE Barratt – Marigold, Madeleine Jullian - Butterfly. Producer – The Herb Garden.

July:

“Motion Sculpture: Movement Installation As Divine Meditation” – workshop (presented by CVLA) for International Sacred Dance Guild Festival, Connecticut College, New London CT

(concept, teacher, facilitator) Producer – Wendy Morrell

July:

“Marking Movement” cross-disciplinary performance collaboration for opening reception of Lara Hanson art exhibition at the American Dance Festival - Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham NC

(choreography, performance – movement, voice)

Kelley Colbert – voice, Lara Hanson – action-ink-drawing. Director – Lara Hanson.  Producer – LJB Gallery with ADF

February:

X-Fest 1^st annual experimental arts festival of improvised collaborations -119 Gallery, Lowell MA

(movement, sound, props, costume) Curator and Producer – Walter Wright.

January:

“Dot, Doris & Ethel” audience inter-active characters (presented by CVLA) for Asheville Fringe Festival - various locations Asheville NC

(performance, concept, direction, props, costume, make-up)

Performers: CE Barratt, Elisa Faires, Liz Lang, Tim Coholston, Tonia Gassman, Julie Becton Gilum.

Curator and Producer – Jim Julien, Jocelyn Reese, AFF.

January:

“Modus Operandi” YOU! an audience interactive performance project (presented by CVLA) for A Night Out With Bob & John at the Asheville Fringe Festival - BMCM+AC, Asheville NC

(movement, concept, direction, props)

Elisa Faires – sound, performance. Greg Congleton – actor / MC.

Producer – BMCM+AC with the Asheville Fringe Festival.  

Plus “Avant Garde Groundhog” workshop for in-the-moment composition for music and dance – Lipinksy Auditorium, UNCA, Asheville NC. Producer – Dr Wayne Kirby

Sponsored by a grant from Meet The Composer – Creative Connections

2007

October:

“Wind In Bamboo” site-specific performance installation for environmental sculpture by Larry King (presented by CVLA) for RiverSculpture Festival – French Broad River Park, Asheville NC

(movement choreography, sound, concept, direction, costume, make-up)

Elisa Faires – sound, movement. Curators and Producers – Robert and Arlene Winkler.

September:

“Tara – Goddess Of Compassion” solo MSMI for sculpture by Ralph Berger (presented by CVLA) for RiverSculpture Festival - French Broad River Park, Asheville NC

(movement, choreography, concept, costume, make-up)

Curators and Producers – Robert and Arlene Winkler.

August:

“Egg Sucking Dogs Trio” inter-disciplinary performance collaboration Tour – North East USA

(movement, voice, props/objects, costume)

With Joe Burgio – movement, voice, props/objects. Walter Wright – electronic sound, video. Guest - Katt Hernandez – violin.

Venues - 119 Gallery, Lowell MA. Redtail Collective, Boston MA. Galapagos, Brooklyn NY. Community Education Center, Philadelphia PA. (Bowerbird production). Red Room, Baltimore MD.

Tour producers – CE Barratt, Joe Burgio, Walter Wright.

July:

“Marigold” solo MSMI (presented by CVLA) for Herbfest - The Herb Garden, Almonte ON CAN

(movement, choreography, concept, costume, make-up) Producer – The Herb Garden.

July:

“Silver” video screening for American Body Arts Festival, Sherman NY

(For video - movement, choreography, concept, costume, make-up)

Randy Simon – camera. Video edit and post production – CE Barratt, CVLA.

Festival Curator for projected images – Fred Hatt.

2006

November;

“Ramble” solo inter-active durational performance installation (presented by CVLA) for Habitats conference of Arts, Sciences and Environment (with a focus on the Gowanus canal) – Brooklyn Lyceum NY

(movement, text, concept, costume, make-up. plus performance for video by Luciana Sanz)

Keynote guest artist – Pauline Oliveros. Curator and Producer – Luciana Sanz and Eidolon Culture.

October:

“The Music & Dance of Ritual, Ceremony, Trances & Seance” performance piece for Pasquale Cangiano at the Festival of New Trumpet Music  - Tonic, Lower East Side NYC

(movement, choreography, costume)

Pasquale Cangiano – concept, music composition. Dancers - CE Barratt, Irene Ziglina. Musicians - Pasquale Cangiano – trumpet, Michael Evans – percussion. Producers – Roy Campbell, Dave Douglas

August:

“CityScape” multi-media performance piece and “Pioneer Spirit” solo performance piece (presented by CVLA) for Dans/CE Kapital Festival – Arts Court Theatre, Ottawa ON CAN

(For CityScape - movement, choreography, concept, direction, set design, video, costume)

With Lee Garbutt – soundscape and djembe.

(For Pioneer Spirit - movement, choreography, text, concept, set design, props, costume)

Curator and Producer – Saveeta Sharma, Upasana – Spirit of the Dance.

August:

“Making Dances” dance composition workshop (presented by CVLA) for Dans/CE Kapital Festival - Upasana – Spirit Of The Dance, Dance Educators, Ottawa ON

(concept, teacher, facilitator) Producer – Saveeta Sharma.

July:

“Princess Chloe” solo MSMI (presented by CVLA) for Herbfest - The Herb Garden, Almonte ON CAN

(movement, choreography, concept, costume, make-up) Producer – The Herb Garden.

May:

“COLOURS” ensemble MSMI (presented by CVLA) for Lower East Side Festival of the Arts – Theater For The New City, Lower East Side NYC

(movement, choreography, concept, direction, costume)

Dancers - refer to MSMI dancer list.  Producer – TNC.

January:

“Wind Blowing Through Reeds” multi-media performance piece (presented by CVLA) for Vision Dance & Music Collaborations festival – Clemente Soto Valez Center NYC

(movement, choreography, concept, direction, set design, video, costume)

With Daniel Carter – sax, Marianne Giosa – small percussion and movement.

Curator – Patricia Nicholson Parker, Producer – Arts For Art.

2005

November:

“Sound Of Movement” Tour (presented by CVLA) - West Coast USA

(solo movement artist to collaborate with musicians on the West Coast)

Tour Producer – CE Barratt, CVLA

Gallery 1412, Seattle WA

With Tom Swafford – violin, Bill Horist – guitar.

Food and Shelter Festival - Performance Works Northwest, Portland OR

With Zachary Reno – electronic soundscape

Plus “The Sound of Movement” workshop (concept, teacher, facilitator)

Curator and Producer - Kathleen Keogh.

“Lionlike Tracheal Primp” - Berkeley Arts Center, Berkeley CA

With Tom Bickley – voice, recorder, electronics, Karen Stackpole – percussion, Phillip Greenleif – flute, sax.  Producer – Tom Bickley.

21 Grand, Oakland CA

With Triple D: Damon Smith – bass, Aurora Josephson – voice, Jacob Lindsay – clarinet.  Producer – Damon Smith.

The Luggage Store, San Francisco CA

With Phillip Greenleif – sax. Curator - Rent Romus.

The Smell, Los Angeles CA

With Joseph Hammer – tape loops, GE Stinson – guitar, Kraig Grady – Anaphorian instruments, Sayo Mitsuishi – live drawing projection.  Producer – Joseph Hammer.

Cafe Metropol, Los Angeles CA

With Robert Jacobson – guitar, Ches Smith – percussion, Joe Berardi – percussion, Andrew Pask – wind.

Producer – Robert Jacobson.

Voltaire Arts Collective, San Diego CA

With James Ilgenfritz – bass, Chris Tonelli – voice. Producer – James Ilgenfritz.

September:

High Zero Festival of experimental improvised music and arts – The Theater Project, Baltimore MD

(movement, costume) Collaborators: Peter Jaquemyn – bass, Birgit Ulher – trumpet, Bonnie Jones – electronics, Liz Tonne – voice, John Berndt – sax. LaDonna Smith – violin, Paul Neidhardt – percussion.

Curator and Producer – The Red Room Collective.

September;

“The Sound Of Movement” workshop (presented by CVLA) for High Zero Festival - Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD

(concept, teacher, facilitator) Producer – Rahne Alexander

August:

“Glow” solo performance piece (presented by CVLA) for Dans/CE Kapital Festival - Arts Court Theatre, Ottawa ON CAN

(movement, choreography, concept, costume, make-up)

Curator and Producer – Saveeta Sharma, Upasana – Spirit Of The Dance.

August:

“The Sound Of Movement” movement workshop for Dans/CE Kapital Festival - Upasana – Spirit Of The Dance, Dance Educators, Ottawa ON

(concept, teacher, facilitator) Producer – Saveeta Sharma

August:

Motion Sculpture Movement Installation Festival (presented by CVLA) - Chashama on East 42^nd Street, Midtown NYC

(movement, choreography, concept, direction, installation, set design, props, costume, make-up)

1 “Between MA & a Soft Space” Music: David Beardsley – microtonal soundscape. Visual art: Lara Hanson - ink gesture drawing. 

2 “Gold Leaf” Music: Joyful Sonic Wash (Junichi and Megumi Matsuzaki, Don Amit Ram Claudius)

3  “Carmen Miranda Tropical Installation” Music: Yukijurushi bossa nova band (Eiji Obata, Tatsuya Nakatani, Todd Nicholson). Visual art: Wanda Raimuni-Ortez – paintings and sidewalk chalk.

4 “Human Clay” with performance sculptor Hisayasu Takashio. Music: Marianne Giosa – trumpet, percussion. Judith Berkson – voice. Visual art: Hisayasu Takashio - sculpture.

5 “From The Deep” Music: Daniel Carter – sax, flute. Marianne Giosa – trumpet, percussion.

Curator and Producer for MSMI Festival – CE Barratt, CVLA

Curators and Producers for Chashama – Anita Durst and Rachel Fleit.

June:

“Sound Of Movement” Residency (presented by CVLA) - Paris France

(solo movement artist collaborating with Paris-based musicians)

Studio sessions with Frederic Blondy – piano. Pascal Marzan – guitar. Thierry Madiot – trombone.

Bois de Vincent - site-specific performance with Agnes Palier – voice.

Club 14 Paradise – performance with Jean Borde – bass, Pascal Battus – electronics, objects.

Residency producer – CE Barratt, CVLA

May:

“Elegant Venture Cocktail Installation” ensemble MSMI (presented by CVLA) for Lower East Side Festival of the Arts – Theater For The New City, Lower East Side NYC

(movement choreography, concept, costume) Dancers - refer to MSMI dancer list.  Producer – TNC.

April:

“SPLAT!” action-paint performance piece (presented by CVLA) for the TransModern Age Festival - Baltimore MD

(movement, choreography, action-paint, concept, direction, set design, costume, make-up)

Jonathon Morris – live soundscape.

Plus - Site-specific performance at Patterson Park. (movement)

with Audrey Chen – cello, Katt Hernanadez – violin. Festival producer – TMAF.

2004

December:

“Broken Glass” Collaborative Laboratory for the Washington DC International Improvisation Festival. Culminating performance at Dance Place – Washington DC

Dancers: CE Barratt, Daniel Burkholder, Sharon Mansur, Jennifer Stone. Musicians: Tom Bickley, Jonathon Morris, Toshi Makahara, Alvin Hill. Actors: Sylvia Toone, Matthew Gotlieb.  

BG curator – Daniel Burkholder. Festival producer – Maida Withers.

December:

“The Sound Of Movement” workshop (presented by CVLA) for the Washington DC International Improvisation Festival - George Washington University, Washington DC

(concept, teacher, facilitator) Producers - Daniel Burkholder, Maida Withers

December:

“Cabaret Noir” ensemble MSMI (presented by CVLA) for Art Basel Miami – Design District event, Miami FL (movement, choreography, concept, direction, costume, make-up)

Dancers - CE Barratt, Mark G Lamb, Meg Brooker, Yana Schnitzler. Producer – HausScape.

November:

“Sound Of Movement” mini-tour (presented by CVLA) - The Fifth Story, Baltimore MD. Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia PA

(movement) with Mary Halvorson – guitar. Producer – CE Barratt, CVLA

October:

“Attack Of The Killer Stripy Tubes” ensemble MSMI (presented by CVLA) for the Golden Ball Festival – Bronx Zoo, NY

(movement, choreography, concept, direction, costume)

Dancers - refer to MSMI dancer list. Producer – Bronx Borough Council.

September:

“Butterflies & Flowers” ensemble MSMI (presented by CVLA) for Fiesta De Flores event - New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx NY

(movement, choreography, concept, direction, costume, make-up)

Dancers - CE Barratt, Meg Brooker, Pepper. Producer – NYBG.

July:

“Living Rock” cross-disciplinary performance piece mini tour - Red Room, Baltimore MD. Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia PA

(movement, choreography, co-concept, set design, props, costume, make-up)

Tatsuya Nakatani – concept collaborator, music composition, percussion.

Producers – CE Barratt, Tatsuya Nakatani.

June:

Motion Sculpture Movement Installation Festival (presented by CVLA) - Chashama on East 42^nd Street, Midtown NYC

(movement, choreography, concept, direction, installation, set design, props, costume, make-up)

1  “Elegant Venture Cocktail Installation” Music: Loren Dempster – cello. Ellen Wolfe – opera.

2  “Between Ma & a Soft Space” – Music: David Beardsley – microtonal soundscape. Visual art: Lara Hanson – ink gesture drawing.

3  “Human Clay” with performance sculptor Hisayasu Takashio. Music: Marianne Giosa – trumpet, percussion. Visual art: Hisayasu Takashio - sculpture.

4  “Aliens” Music: Michael Evans – Theremin. Visual art: Kim Fraczeck - glass.

5  “Carmen Miranda Tropical Installation”. Music: Yukijurishi bossa nova band (Eiji Obata, Tatsuya Nakatani, Todd Nicholson). Visual art: Sonomi Kobayashi. – paintings. Dancers - refer to MSMI dancer list.

Curator and Producer for MSMI Festival – CE Barratt, CVLA

Curators and Producers for Chashama – Anita Durst and Rachel Fleit.

May:

“Fairies” ensemble MSMI (presented by CVLA) for the Rites Of Spring Festival - Lower East Side Community Gardens NYC

(movement, choreography, concept, direction, costumes, make-up)

Dancers - refer to MSMI dancer list. Producer – Earth Celebrations.

2003

November:

 “Shimotsuki” (November Frost) solo MSMI – Galeria Galou at BPM and “Human Clay” ensemble MSMI (presented by CVLA) for the Shi Mo Tsu Ki Festival of cross-media collaborations – BPM Art Space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY

(For Shimotsuki - movement, choreography, concept, installation, set design, costume, make-up)

(For Human Clay - choreography, concept, direction, set design, costume, make-up)

With performance sculptor Hisayasu Takashio. Dancers - refer to MSMI dancer list. Music: Sabine Arnaud – voice, percussion.

Plus - Performance improvisation with MP3s – (movement) with Mike Pride – percussion. Mary Halvorson – guitar. Trevor Dunne – bass. Curators and Producers – CE Barratt, Tatsuya Nakatani, BPM.

August:

SOM performance piece (presented by CVLA) for the World Turning Festival - Medicine Show Theater, Midtown NYC

(movement) Music: Loren Dempster – cello. Mary Halvorson – guitar. Producer – MST.

May:

“Garden Spirits” ensemble MSMI (presented by CVLA) for Rites Of Spring Festival - Lower East Side Community Gardens NYC

(movement, choreography, concept, direction, costumes, make-up)

Dancers - refer to MSMI dancer list. Producer – Earth Celebrations.

2002

October:

Debut MSMI performance (presented by CVLA) for DUMBO Arts Under The Bridge Festival – Hillside Park, DUMBO, Brooklyn NY

(movement, choreography, concept, direction, costume)

Dancers - refer to MSMI dancer list. Music: Tatsuya Nakatani - percussion

Curator and Producer – DUMBO Arts Festival.

1992 – 2000

Circle Modern Dance – dance company - Knoxville TN

Co-Founder, Co-Director

Activities: producing, curating, directing, fund-raising, proposal-writing, promoting, teaching, choreographing, collaborating, performing, touring for company with generational and disability inclusiveness.

Directors – CE Barratt, Mark G Lamb, Kimberly Matibag, Wendy Nash.

(Detailed account of work with CMD available on request)

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