MORIAH ELLA MASON
Artist, Bodyworker, Educator
[email protected]
(412) 245-7585
EDUCATION
B.A. in Liberal Arts, 2009
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville NY
concentrations in modern dance/choreography and international development studies
Certificate in Therapeutic Massage and Hydrotherapy, 2010
Finger Lakes School of Massage, Ithaca NY
training in anatomy and kinesiology and a variety of massage therapy techniques and modalities
International Honors Program, 2008
Tanzania, India, New Zealand, Mexico
a year of travel and study abroad focusing on indigenous rights, development policies, and social movements
Bodywork Continuing Education, 2012-2017
A variety of locations around the U.S.
continuing training in additional modalities including oncology massage, infant massage, structural integration, and active isolated stretching
Gaga Training Intensive, 2016
Tel Aviv, Israel
a two-week intensive training program in Gaga methodology with Batsheva Dance Company
BODYWORK EXPERIENCE
EveryBody Integrative Massage, 2013-present
Pittsburgh, PA
A private massage therapy practice specializing in chronic pain management, injury recovery, and treatment of PTSD,
RESIDENCIES/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
Heinz Small Arts Initiative, 2019
Heinz Foundation, Pittsburgh PA
Grant to support the creation of "Queer, Jewish" with Off the Wall Productions
LANDING 3.0, 2018
Gibney Dance, NYC
A competitive professional choreographic development program with Miguel Gutierrez
Project Stream Grant, 2018
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts
A grant to support the creation of "Escape Velocity" with Double Blind Productions
New Hazlett CSA Series, 2018
New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
A grant and residency to create a new narrative circus work "Escape Velocity" with Double Blind Productions
Artist Opportunity Grant, 2016
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Pittsburgh, PA
A grant to support tuition and travel to a Gaga Intensive with Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv
Penn Avenue Creative Corridor, 2015
Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship and grant to create a program of participatory art, workshops, and massage therapy sessions geared towards treatment of PTSD and trauma within the East Liberty community.
Pearlarts Studios, 2015
Pittsburgh, PA
Residency to further develop a new dance work
ArtsMode, 2015
New Sun Rising Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
Arts incubator and fellowship
newMOVES Choreographers Platform, 2015, 2016, 2018
Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
Grant and festival residency to present new dance theater work
Trespass Residency Series, March 2015
Future Tenant Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Residency and grant to create a new performance work
New Hazlett CSA Series, October 2014
New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
Grant and residency to complete my work-in-progress “Contained”
Muslim Jewish Conference, August 2014
Vienna, Austria
Selected to serve on the arts and culture committee of this international dialogue and peace-building conference
CHOREOGRAPHY AND THEATRICAL WORKS
Queer, Jewish, 2019
A collection of dances exploring the intersections of Queer and Jewish identity in diaspora. Presented by Off the Wall Productions at Carnegie Stage, Carnegie PA
Escape Velocity, 2018
Concieved, produced, and directed a team of collaborators (Double Blind Productions) for an evening-length narrative circus. Escape Velocity featured dance, mime, and circus acts telling a story with multiple possible endings selected through audience interaction. Presented at the New Hazlett Theater as part of the CSA series, Pittsburgh, PA
Soft Block, 2018
A 13 minute dance work for 6 movers using the tactics of non-violent direct action as a jumping point for choreography. Presented at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater's newMoves9 Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Sex Werque, 2017
A one-woman dance theater show about working as a stripper in Pittsburgh. Commissioned and presented by Off the Wall Productions at Carnegie Stage, Carnegie, PA
4.48 Psychosis, 2017
Provided movement coaching for a production of this Sarah Kane play under the direction of Robyne Parrish for Off the Wall Productions at Carnegie Stage, Carnegie, PA
Frayed Harmonies, 2016
A short collaborative duet with hip-hop artist Mario Quinn Lyles. Presented at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
XXX-Positions, 2016
A cabaret style solo piece exploring the vocabulary of exotic dance and experience in the sex industry. Presented at BAAD! (Bronx Academy of Art and Dance) New York, NY
Funny, She Doesn't Look Jewish, 2016
An autobiographical solo work on Jewish, queer identity. Presented at the CURRENT SESSIONS Volume IV Issue ! at wild project, New York, NY
Diasporate, 2015
A dance theater work on Jewish identity, race, privilege, and cultural appropriation. Presented as a work-in-progress at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater’s newMOVES Choreographers’ Platform, Pittsburgh, PA
Detritus, Vestige, and Dross, 2015
An installation and performance art work developed at Future Tenant Gallery as part of the Trespass Residency Series. The work examines the experience and anatomy of traumatic memory, Pittsburgh, PA
Contained, 2014
A work exploring the lines we draw between human and animal, wild and domestic. Performed at the New Hazlett Theater in October as part of the CSA series , Pittsburgh, PA
Go Places and Do Things: A Tactile Dance, 2014
A performance art installation asking “what is dance without the sense of sight?” Four performers guide a single blindfolded audience member through one of four scores - a sensory movement experience. Presented at BOOM Concepts and BUNKERprojects in July and August, Pittsburgh, PA
Of Snails and Lips, 2013
A 6-part evolving series exploring vulnerability and openness, beauty, facade, and recovery from trauma in relationship. Each version was adapted to it’s location: Spinning Plates Artist Lofts, Pittsburgh PA; Schwartz Living Market, Pittsburgh PA; President Performance Series, Brooklyn NY; Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY; Frick Park, Pittsburgh PA; Biddle’s Escape, Pittsburgh PA
Love. . . And A Little Torture, 2013
A genre-busting dance-theater work. Inspired by Sam Shepard’s play “Fool for Love” reinterpreted by 6-8 dancers, shifting characters and genders, exploring the close territory of love and hate and cycles of abandonment. Performed at The Space Upstairs in Pittsburgh PA and at Vox Populi in Philadelphia PA as part of the Philadelphia International Fringe Festival
FILM AND INSTALLATION WORK
So I Think You've Had the Time of Your Life (2021) Choreographer, Performer, Videographer, Editor
A comedic exploration of virtuosity, minimalism, and audience reactions. Presented at Temple University's Conwell Dance Theater's virtual performance series in April 2021
Recursive Presence (2021) Videographer
A collaborative dance film directed by Drs. yaTande Whitney V. Hunter and Adam Vidikis, featuring performances by Temple University Dance Ensemble (TUDE) and Boyer College Electroacoustric Ensemble Project (BEEP). Presented at the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the US (SEAMUS) 2021 conference and at Temple University's Conwell Dance Theater's virtual performance series in April 2021
CANAL or Time is a Conveyor Belt and the Only Winners Are These Basking Turtles (2020) Choreographer, Performer, Editor
A site-specific dance film, exlporing the history and ecology of the Delaware & Raritan Canal in Princeton, NJ. An excerpt was presented by Temple University's Conwell Dance Theater's virtual performance series in December 2020
A Temporary Seal (2020) Choreographer, Performer, Editor
This screen dance was a response to the visual prompt of the Pennsylvania State Seal. It was constructed and presented over 8 hours during the 24 hour Choreofest curated by Luminarium Dance and Monkeyhouse. The film was subsequently presented in both the Choreofest in June of 2020 and by Temple University's Conwell Dance Theater's virtual performance series in November 2020
Protein Hustle (2017) Co-director and Choreographer and Editor
A short dance film explaining the DIGE process to identify proteins between samples. A collaboration with researcher Ardon Shorr. Originally an entry to the Dance Your PHD contest, now being used to introduce new graduate students to the DIGE process at the Minden Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Nativity Wall (2016) Lead Artist/Facilitator
An installation and website created in collaboration with christian artists and laypeople in three locations across the country. A recreation of the separation wall that currently surrounds Bethlehem disrupting traditional nativity scenes throughout the month of December. Presented at Valley View Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, PA; Union Theological Seminary in NY, NY; St. John's Presbyterian Church in San Francisco
Eser HaMakot / Ten Plagues (2014) Artist
An installation and task-based duration performance on American Jewish identity, Zionism, and the Occupation of Palestine. Presented at BUNKERprojects in Pittsburgh, PA
You Smell, Even in the Medicine Cabinet (2014) Director
A filmic poem using footage from my staged work “Love. . . “ to create a new non-linear tale. A collaboration with Mario Ashkar Films.
Crumbs Are Not An Instant’s Act (2012) Director, Editor, and Choreographer
A dance-for-film version of original choreography about Emily Dickinson’s life and poetry
The Groundwater Up Project (2010) Co-Director and Editor
A documentary film about the emerging water crisis in New Delhi, India.
COLLABORATIVE AND COMMUNITY WORKS
Walk the Watershed, 2012
As part of New ARTiculations Dance Theater, Tucson AZ
A collaboration with local ecologists on Tucson’s watershed. Mini-performances and dancer-led movement activities complemented the walking lectures by the ecologists.
Trickle Up, 2012
As part of New ARTiculations Dance Theater, Tucson AZ
A collaboration with Tucson non-profit Watershed Management Group. An illustrative dance for a lecture on community rainwater infrastructure. Performed at a conference for civil engineers and at Rhythm Industry Performance Factory for the general public.
Inclusion/Exclusion, 2011
Tucson AZ
A movement curriculum developed to aid discussions of inclusion, exclusion, and racial and citizen privilege. Developed as part of the training for volunteers with No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes, a humanitarian aid organization dedicated to saving the lives of lost migrants in the desert borderlands.
PERFORMING EXPERIENCE
Terminer, 2020
Philip Wesley Gates, New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh PA
An original play exploring epistemology and the impact of algorithmic and binary thinking through the historical lens of the Salem Witch Trials.
Rainbow Connection, 2019
H. Gene Thompson, Fineview Public Stairs, Pittsburgh PA
A fabric installation activated by dancers and the audience, moving through public spaces.
Nearest Neighbors, 2019
Jamison Edgar & Philip Wesley Gates, KST's Alloy Studios, Pittsburgh PA
A dance and performance art work exploring queer archives and the impact of algorithmic thinking.
A Letter Compiled From All Letters, 2019
Maree Remalia, Gigi Gatewood, & Lillian Cho, New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh PA
A dance theater meditation on communication patterns, identity and connection through handwritten letters and social media.
Invisible Jazz Labs, 2017
The Pillow Project, The Space Upstairs, Pittsburgh, PA
An experimental lecture series in which dancers, musicians, and visual artists improvisational illustrate scientific lectures by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. Directed by Pearlann Porter and John Lambert.
Thought Pockets, 2016, 2018
The Pillow Project, Downtown, Pittsburgh PA
A series of slow motion movement installations at sites throughout downtown pittsburgh over two weeks. Directed by Pearlann Porter and John Lambert
Kimono, 2016
Off the Wall Productions at Carnegie Stage, Carnegie PA
An original movement theater work conceived and directed by Mark C. Thompson
A (Micro)History of World Economics, Danced, 2015
City of Asylum, Pittsburgh PA
A play and dance written and directed by Pascal Rambert
The Sea of Enmity, 2014
Presented as part of the Pittsburgh Biennial
A dance-for-film choreographed by Maira Duerte and directed by Carolina Loyola-Garcia.
The Ubiquitous Mass of Us, 2013 - 2017
Pittsburgh PA
Choreographed by Maree Remalia and performed at Dance Alloy Studios, Pearlarts Studios, and the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh PA and at Middlebury College in Middlebury VT
Highlights, 2013
Pittsburgh PA
Choreographed by Maddy Landi and performed at the Verve as part of Downtown Pittsburgh’s First Night
Manifestations, 2013
Steel City Improv Theater, Pittsburgh PA
Choreographed by Ellen Deutsch and Geeksdanz in collaboration with dancers and a live storyteller.
Challenge Mode, 2013
Pittsburgh Dance Center, Pittsburgh PA
Choreographed by Ellen Deutsch and Geeksdanz
Prana, 2013
The Space Upstairs, Pittsburgh PA
Choreographed and conceived by Riva Strauss, Anna Thompson, and Hannah Thompson.
2084, 2012
The Space Upstairs, Pittsburgh PA
Directed by Pearlann Porter and the Pillow Project
I Robbed the Woods, 2011
Pima Community College Proscenium Theater, Tucson AZ
Choreographed by Tammy Rosen and presented by newARTiculations Dance Theater
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Record, Temple University Department of Dance, 2020-present
Taught Composition 1 for sophmore BFA students and Embodying Pluralism, a general education course for non-majors
Teaching Assistant, Temple University Department of Dance, 2020-present
Assisted in rehearsal direction, developing curriculum, meeting with students, delivering lessons, grading, and archival tasks for the Temple Dance Ensemble/Repertory Class and for Dance Science and Somatics
Workshops on Body-based Trauma Care, Stress Management, Shiatsu for Beginners, and Bystander Intervention, 2015-present
Workshops presented at the Alloy Studios, The Glitterbox Theater, Mookshi Wellness Center, Penn State-New Kensington, Middlebury College, and for private therapy groups
Guest Artist and Lecturer, 2017-2018
Sharing my artistic process with undergraduate dancers at Point Park University, with undergraduate visual artists at Carnegie Mellon University, and with members of the Presbyterian Church's Israel Palestine Mission Project at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Visiting Artist, Staycee Pearl Dance Project, 2013-2015
Taught basic modern technique and creative movement to K-4 as a visiting artist in the Propel Schools, Pittsburgh PA
Lead Teacher, MGR Youth Empowerment, 2014
Taught a class focused on dance activism for middle school students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Summer Dreamers Academy. Pittsburgh PA
Dance Specialist, Taglit Day Program, 2011-2012
Taught a weekly adaptive dance class to adults with a range of physical and developmental disabilities at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson AZ
Artist, Bodyworker, Educator
[email protected]
(412) 245-7585
EDUCATION
B.A. in Liberal Arts, 2009
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville NY
concentrations in modern dance/choreography and international development studies
Certificate in Therapeutic Massage and Hydrotherapy, 2010
Finger Lakes School of Massage, Ithaca NY
training in anatomy and kinesiology and a variety of massage therapy techniques and modalities
International Honors Program, 2008
Tanzania, India, New Zealand, Mexico
a year of travel and study abroad focusing on indigenous rights, development policies, and social movements
Bodywork Continuing Education, 2012-2017
A variety of locations around the U.S.
continuing training in additional modalities including oncology massage, infant massage, structural integration, and active isolated stretching
Gaga Training Intensive, 2016
Tel Aviv, Israel
a two-week intensive training program in Gaga methodology with Batsheva Dance Company
BODYWORK EXPERIENCE
EveryBody Integrative Massage, 2013-present
Pittsburgh, PA
A private massage therapy practice specializing in chronic pain management, injury recovery, and treatment of PTSD,
RESIDENCIES/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
Heinz Small Arts Initiative, 2019
Heinz Foundation, Pittsburgh PA
Grant to support the creation of "Queer, Jewish" with Off the Wall Productions
LANDING 3.0, 2018
Gibney Dance, NYC
A competitive professional choreographic development program with Miguel Gutierrez
Project Stream Grant, 2018
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts
A grant to support the creation of "Escape Velocity" with Double Blind Productions
New Hazlett CSA Series, 2018
New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
A grant and residency to create a new narrative circus work "Escape Velocity" with Double Blind Productions
Artist Opportunity Grant, 2016
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Pittsburgh, PA
A grant to support tuition and travel to a Gaga Intensive with Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv
Penn Avenue Creative Corridor, 2015
Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship and grant to create a program of participatory art, workshops, and massage therapy sessions geared towards treatment of PTSD and trauma within the East Liberty community.
Pearlarts Studios, 2015
Pittsburgh, PA
Residency to further develop a new dance work
ArtsMode, 2015
New Sun Rising Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
Arts incubator and fellowship
newMOVES Choreographers Platform, 2015, 2016, 2018
Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
Grant and festival residency to present new dance theater work
Trespass Residency Series, March 2015
Future Tenant Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Residency and grant to create a new performance work
New Hazlett CSA Series, October 2014
New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
Grant and residency to complete my work-in-progress “Contained”
Muslim Jewish Conference, August 2014
Vienna, Austria
Selected to serve on the arts and culture committee of this international dialogue and peace-building conference
CHOREOGRAPHY AND THEATRICAL WORKS
Queer, Jewish, 2019
A collection of dances exploring the intersections of Queer and Jewish identity in diaspora. Presented by Off the Wall Productions at Carnegie Stage, Carnegie PA
Escape Velocity, 2018
Concieved, produced, and directed a team of collaborators (Double Blind Productions) for an evening-length narrative circus. Escape Velocity featured dance, mime, and circus acts telling a story with multiple possible endings selected through audience interaction. Presented at the New Hazlett Theater as part of the CSA series, Pittsburgh, PA
Soft Block, 2018
A 13 minute dance work for 6 movers using the tactics of non-violent direct action as a jumping point for choreography. Presented at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater's newMoves9 Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Sex Werque, 2017
A one-woman dance theater show about working as a stripper in Pittsburgh. Commissioned and presented by Off the Wall Productions at Carnegie Stage, Carnegie, PA
4.48 Psychosis, 2017
Provided movement coaching for a production of this Sarah Kane play under the direction of Robyne Parrish for Off the Wall Productions at Carnegie Stage, Carnegie, PA
Frayed Harmonies, 2016
A short collaborative duet with hip-hop artist Mario Quinn Lyles. Presented at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
XXX-Positions, 2016
A cabaret style solo piece exploring the vocabulary of exotic dance and experience in the sex industry. Presented at BAAD! (Bronx Academy of Art and Dance) New York, NY
Funny, She Doesn't Look Jewish, 2016
An autobiographical solo work on Jewish, queer identity. Presented at the CURRENT SESSIONS Volume IV Issue ! at wild project, New York, NY
Diasporate, 2015
A dance theater work on Jewish identity, race, privilege, and cultural appropriation. Presented as a work-in-progress at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater’s newMOVES Choreographers’ Platform, Pittsburgh, PA
Detritus, Vestige, and Dross, 2015
An installation and performance art work developed at Future Tenant Gallery as part of the Trespass Residency Series. The work examines the experience and anatomy of traumatic memory, Pittsburgh, PA
Contained, 2014
A work exploring the lines we draw between human and animal, wild and domestic. Performed at the New Hazlett Theater in October as part of the CSA series , Pittsburgh, PA
Go Places and Do Things: A Tactile Dance, 2014
A performance art installation asking “what is dance without the sense of sight?” Four performers guide a single blindfolded audience member through one of four scores - a sensory movement experience. Presented at BOOM Concepts and BUNKERprojects in July and August, Pittsburgh, PA
Of Snails and Lips, 2013
A 6-part evolving series exploring vulnerability and openness, beauty, facade, and recovery from trauma in relationship. Each version was adapted to it’s location: Spinning Plates Artist Lofts, Pittsburgh PA; Schwartz Living Market, Pittsburgh PA; President Performance Series, Brooklyn NY; Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY; Frick Park, Pittsburgh PA; Biddle’s Escape, Pittsburgh PA
Love. . . And A Little Torture, 2013
A genre-busting dance-theater work. Inspired by Sam Shepard’s play “Fool for Love” reinterpreted by 6-8 dancers, shifting characters and genders, exploring the close territory of love and hate and cycles of abandonment. Performed at The Space Upstairs in Pittsburgh PA and at Vox Populi in Philadelphia PA as part of the Philadelphia International Fringe Festival
FILM AND INSTALLATION WORK
So I Think You've Had the Time of Your Life (2021) Choreographer, Performer, Videographer, Editor
A comedic exploration of virtuosity, minimalism, and audience reactions. Presented at Temple University's Conwell Dance Theater's virtual performance series in April 2021
Recursive Presence (2021) Videographer
A collaborative dance film directed by Drs. yaTande Whitney V. Hunter and Adam Vidikis, featuring performances by Temple University Dance Ensemble (TUDE) and Boyer College Electroacoustric Ensemble Project (BEEP). Presented at the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the US (SEAMUS) 2021 conference and at Temple University's Conwell Dance Theater's virtual performance series in April 2021
CANAL or Time is a Conveyor Belt and the Only Winners Are These Basking Turtles (2020) Choreographer, Performer, Editor
A site-specific dance film, exlporing the history and ecology of the Delaware & Raritan Canal in Princeton, NJ. An excerpt was presented by Temple University's Conwell Dance Theater's virtual performance series in December 2020
A Temporary Seal (2020) Choreographer, Performer, Editor
This screen dance was a response to the visual prompt of the Pennsylvania State Seal. It was constructed and presented over 8 hours during the 24 hour Choreofest curated by Luminarium Dance and Monkeyhouse. The film was subsequently presented in both the Choreofest in June of 2020 and by Temple University's Conwell Dance Theater's virtual performance series in November 2020
Protein Hustle (2017) Co-director and Choreographer and Editor
A short dance film explaining the DIGE process to identify proteins between samples. A collaboration with researcher Ardon Shorr. Originally an entry to the Dance Your PHD contest, now being used to introduce new graduate students to the DIGE process at the Minden Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Nativity Wall (2016) Lead Artist/Facilitator
An installation and website created in collaboration with christian artists and laypeople in three locations across the country. A recreation of the separation wall that currently surrounds Bethlehem disrupting traditional nativity scenes throughout the month of December. Presented at Valley View Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, PA; Union Theological Seminary in NY, NY; St. John's Presbyterian Church in San Francisco
Eser HaMakot / Ten Plagues (2014) Artist
An installation and task-based duration performance on American Jewish identity, Zionism, and the Occupation of Palestine. Presented at BUNKERprojects in Pittsburgh, PA
You Smell, Even in the Medicine Cabinet (2014) Director
A filmic poem using footage from my staged work “Love. . . “ to create a new non-linear tale. A collaboration with Mario Ashkar Films.
Crumbs Are Not An Instant’s Act (2012) Director, Editor, and Choreographer
A dance-for-film version of original choreography about Emily Dickinson’s life and poetry
The Groundwater Up Project (2010) Co-Director and Editor
A documentary film about the emerging water crisis in New Delhi, India.
COLLABORATIVE AND COMMUNITY WORKS
Walk the Watershed, 2012
As part of New ARTiculations Dance Theater, Tucson AZ
A collaboration with local ecologists on Tucson’s watershed. Mini-performances and dancer-led movement activities complemented the walking lectures by the ecologists.
Trickle Up, 2012
As part of New ARTiculations Dance Theater, Tucson AZ
A collaboration with Tucson non-profit Watershed Management Group. An illustrative dance for a lecture on community rainwater infrastructure. Performed at a conference for civil engineers and at Rhythm Industry Performance Factory for the general public.
Inclusion/Exclusion, 2011
Tucson AZ
A movement curriculum developed to aid discussions of inclusion, exclusion, and racial and citizen privilege. Developed as part of the training for volunteers with No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes, a humanitarian aid organization dedicated to saving the lives of lost migrants in the desert borderlands.
PERFORMING EXPERIENCE
Terminer, 2020
Philip Wesley Gates, New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh PA
An original play exploring epistemology and the impact of algorithmic and binary thinking through the historical lens of the Salem Witch Trials.
Rainbow Connection, 2019
H. Gene Thompson, Fineview Public Stairs, Pittsburgh PA
A fabric installation activated by dancers and the audience, moving through public spaces.
Nearest Neighbors, 2019
Jamison Edgar & Philip Wesley Gates, KST's Alloy Studios, Pittsburgh PA
A dance and performance art work exploring queer archives and the impact of algorithmic thinking.
A Letter Compiled From All Letters, 2019
Maree Remalia, Gigi Gatewood, & Lillian Cho, New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh PA
A dance theater meditation on communication patterns, identity and connection through handwritten letters and social media.
Invisible Jazz Labs, 2017
The Pillow Project, The Space Upstairs, Pittsburgh, PA
An experimental lecture series in which dancers, musicians, and visual artists improvisational illustrate scientific lectures by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. Directed by Pearlann Porter and John Lambert.
Thought Pockets, 2016, 2018
The Pillow Project, Downtown, Pittsburgh PA
A series of slow motion movement installations at sites throughout downtown pittsburgh over two weeks. Directed by Pearlann Porter and John Lambert
Kimono, 2016
Off the Wall Productions at Carnegie Stage, Carnegie PA
An original movement theater work conceived and directed by Mark C. Thompson
A (Micro)History of World Economics, Danced, 2015
City of Asylum, Pittsburgh PA
A play and dance written and directed by Pascal Rambert
The Sea of Enmity, 2014
Presented as part of the Pittsburgh Biennial
A dance-for-film choreographed by Maira Duerte and directed by Carolina Loyola-Garcia.
The Ubiquitous Mass of Us, 2013 - 2017
Pittsburgh PA
Choreographed by Maree Remalia and performed at Dance Alloy Studios, Pearlarts Studios, and the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh PA and at Middlebury College in Middlebury VT
Highlights, 2013
Pittsburgh PA
Choreographed by Maddy Landi and performed at the Verve as part of Downtown Pittsburgh’s First Night
Manifestations, 2013
Steel City Improv Theater, Pittsburgh PA
Choreographed by Ellen Deutsch and Geeksdanz in collaboration with dancers and a live storyteller.
Challenge Mode, 2013
Pittsburgh Dance Center, Pittsburgh PA
Choreographed by Ellen Deutsch and Geeksdanz
Prana, 2013
The Space Upstairs, Pittsburgh PA
Choreographed and conceived by Riva Strauss, Anna Thompson, and Hannah Thompson.
2084, 2012
The Space Upstairs, Pittsburgh PA
Directed by Pearlann Porter and the Pillow Project
I Robbed the Woods, 2011
Pima Community College Proscenium Theater, Tucson AZ
Choreographed by Tammy Rosen and presented by newARTiculations Dance Theater
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Record, Temple University Department of Dance, 2020-present
Taught Composition 1 for sophmore BFA students and Embodying Pluralism, a general education course for non-majors
Teaching Assistant, Temple University Department of Dance, 2020-present
Assisted in rehearsal direction, developing curriculum, meeting with students, delivering lessons, grading, and archival tasks for the Temple Dance Ensemble/Repertory Class and for Dance Science and Somatics
Workshops on Body-based Trauma Care, Stress Management, Shiatsu for Beginners, and Bystander Intervention, 2015-present
Workshops presented at the Alloy Studios, The Glitterbox Theater, Mookshi Wellness Center, Penn State-New Kensington, Middlebury College, and for private therapy groups
Guest Artist and Lecturer, 2017-2018
Sharing my artistic process with undergraduate dancers at Point Park University, with undergraduate visual artists at Carnegie Mellon University, and with members of the Presbyterian Church's Israel Palestine Mission Project at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Visiting Artist, Staycee Pearl Dance Project, 2013-2015
Taught basic modern technique and creative movement to K-4 as a visiting artist in the Propel Schools, Pittsburgh PA
Lead Teacher, MGR Youth Empowerment, 2014
Taught a class focused on dance activism for middle school students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Summer Dreamers Academy. Pittsburgh PA
Dance Specialist, Taglit Day Program, 2011-2012
Taught a weekly adaptive dance class to adults with a range of physical and developmental disabilities at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson AZ