Separation Salon: Now There Is Something More
Program
April 24, 2021 | 6:30
Presented by:
ChristinaNoel & The Creature
About ChristinaNoel & The Creature
ChristinaNoel & The Creature is a Brooklyn-based dance theater company producing immersive performance pieces. Comprised of dancers, musicians, and visual artists, the hybrid performance medium utilizes the dancers’ voices, bodies, and individual perspectives of the world. The resulting work envelops viewers in multi-textured environments derived from human connections and encounters. The Creature’s mission is to push the boundaries of dance performance and create a space for dialogue and educational outreach.
Driven by Artistic Director & Choreographer ChristinaNoel Reaves, in collaboration with Visual Director & Composer Aeric Meredith-Goujon, The Creature artists are dedicated to the joys of fearless creation and expression; honing their skills and unique style through consistent group training and experimentation in order to expand their collective understanding of dance performance and expression.
THE PICNIC
Choreographer: Sarah Foster and Friends
Performers: Sarah Foster, Christina Morris, Heather Seagraves, and Isaac Mann
Music: Original composition by Isaac Mann and other classical diddies
Sarah Foster is an NYC-based performer, dancer, choreographer, and occasional actor and opera singer. She's performed her own work all over the place—from Italy, to Boston, to Jacob's Pillow, to Governors Island and all over the New York area—and has worked with all sorts of fabulous people. Currently, she performs with Amalgamate and is psyched that ChristinaNoel & The Creature has organized this real live performance in a real live place with real live people. The story of Helga is a long one, that still has yet to be written. www.sarahfoster.info
trumpet solo
Performer: Jake Henry
Music: an improvised solo trumpet piece
Trumpet player Jake Henry is an active performer, composer, and improviser on Brooklyn's young jazz and avantgarde scenes. He was raised in Toronto, Ontario, playing both guitar and trumpet before ultimately switching to the trumpet in 2003. Jake holds a B.Mus. from McGill University in Montreal and an M.A. from the City College of New York CUNY in New York City. He is a two-time alumnus of Dave Douglas's workshop in Jazz and Creative Music at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts. Jake has studied primarily with Tony Malaby, John Patitucci, Ralph Alessi, Laurie Frink, Brian Sand, Bill Mahar, Chris McCann, and Lorne Lofsky. Jake performs regularly in New York City and around the USA and Canada with his trios 100 Times Yourself (feat. Adam Hopkins and Flin van Hemmen), Sweet Talk (with Dustin Carlson and Devin Drobka), his duo Du-Ah-Oh! with prepared bass virtuoso Sean Ali, quartet Perfect Friend, and various other ensembles, both improvised and composed. He has performed and recorded with award-winning musicians across many disciplines. His debut album with Sweet Talk, Glitterbomb, was released on Prom Night Records in April 2013. www.jakehenrytrumpet.com
tumbling towards teamwork
Company: BREAKTIME
Choreographers: Holly Sass and Jonathan Matthews
Performers: Jonathan Matthews and Holly Sass
Music: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, “Inca Roads"
Costumes: Haircuts by Maddie Schimmel
BREAKTIME is a site-fluid reservoir for bad ideas, generated and performed by Holly Sass and Jonathan Matthews. Classmates at NYU, they were often cast together until joining forces in 2017 for Tisch Dance’s Alumni Choreographic Mentorship with Gus Solomons, Jr. They have since been hosted by such kind folks as UNA Projects, Center for Performance Research, Dixon Place, Create:ART, Arts On Site, Triskelion Arts, Spoke the Hub, Circadium School of Contemporary Circus, and Tisch Dance’s Summer Residency Festival. The pair has been nourished by residencies through Jonah Boaker Arts Foundation, Create:ART, and The Croft. Interested in community-based initiatives, BREAKTIME participated in Jemila MacEwan’s inaugural Land Falls residency and helped convert Bridget Struthers’ Brattleboro barn into a shared performance space. BREAKTIME has enjoyed collaborations with director Julia Barrett-Mitchell, choreographer-costumer Maddie Schimmel, installation artist Dave Hannon, brass quartet The Westerlies, cinematographer Derrick Belcham, and is always on the prowl for creative relationships. www.clickonbreaktime.com
fake art / fake people (the system is fucked up)
Directed, conceived, and performed by colectivodoszeta / carlos a . cruz velázquez
Music: Astor piazzola, Antonio Vivaldi
Costumes: colectivodoszeta
colectivodoszeta / carlos a. cruz velázquez is a performance artist and choreographer who explores the complexity of the human condition through movement experiences. Carlos holds an MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is a Fulbright fellow. www.colectivodoszeta.org
je suis Gremlin
Company: ChristinaNoel & The Creature
Choreographer: ChristinaNoel Reaves, in collaboration with the performers
Performers: Julia Antinozzi, Dot Armstrong, Alexandra Doyle, Therese Ronco, Lea Torelli
Music: Jake Henry
Text and vocals by The Creature.