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BIOGRAPHY
Aldrich's career in choreography, improvisation, and performance has taken her to both urban and wild locations across the globe. Hallie presents dance works through various media including video, performance, and site installation. She choreographs and designs with Incite Company and teaches dance, performance composition and somatic education to dance professionals and the general public.
Hallie Aldrich graduated with a B.A. in Theater from UCLA Dept. of TFT in 1994. After working in film, she returned to Vashon Island, WA, her hometown, to study and perform physical theater and dance in Seattle, where she moved in 2001. In 2006, she relocated to San Francisco-- losing clouds, finding fog. From 1999 - 2008, Hallie performed regionally and internationally with several contemporary dance companies on the west coast: UMO Ensemble, BetterBiscuit, dropout dance, Birlibirloque, Phfft!, Karl Frost/Axlotl, and Scott Wells & Dancers, to name a few. In 2008 Hallie moved to Urbana, Illinois to study and teach as a MFA candidate and Fellow in the Department of Dance at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She completed her MFA in 2011, and returned to Vashon Island to complete her mobile dance pod which debuted at Bellevue Art Museum's Bellwether Project in 2016.
Aldrich started dancemaking in 1999, combining choreography with improvisation, and has presented works and commissions in Seattle, San Francisco, Canada, and France. She has received support from Vashon Allied Arts, Seattle Allied Art Foundation, Velocity Dance Center, Zellerbach Family Fund, Dancer’s Group, IMC Urbana-Champaign, and many individual contributions to her company. Her research has been published in the book Encounters with Contact, and Contact Quarterly Journal.
Aldrich started her movement specialist career in 2000. Trained in Pilates at the Pacific Northwest Ballet Conditioning Studio, she worked with all levels of ability, from principal dancer to the general public. She went on to instruct, coordinate, and consult with several Pilates studios and fitness centers in Seattle and San Francisco and opened her own studios on Vashon Island and in Seattle. After 10,000 hours of individual and small group instruction, Aldrich began to augment her instruction with methods influenced by Alexander Technique and Trager(r) Bodywork. In 2012 she completed her Trager(r) certification. Her bodywork and dance technique courses always utilize a somatic, experiential viewpoint to learn the science of movement and the sustainable artistry that it can provide.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY
1994 BA in Theater, School of Theater, Film and Television, University of California, Los Angeles
2011 MFA in Choreography, Department of Dance, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
DANCE & COMPOSITION
1994-2010 Contemporary Cynthia Oliver, Sarah Hook, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Helene Bastin, Lisa Race, David Dorfman, KT Niehoff, Michele Miller, Amii LeGendre
2003-2010 Improvisation Jennifer Monson, Mary Overlie, Benoit LaChambre, Keith Hennesey, Dana Rietz, Andrea Sitter,
Nigel Charnock, Jess Curtis, Nita Little, Kim Epifano
1999-2010 Contact Improv Kirstie Simson, Scott Wells, Cyrus Khambatta, Karl Frost, Amii leGendre, Nancy Stark Smith, Karen Nelson
1999-2010 Composition Tere O’Connor, Jenine Durning, Nina Martin, KT Niehoff, Joan Skinner
THEATER
1990-1998 Physical Theater UMO Ensemble Physical Theater Workshops
1990-1994 Acting & Directing Delia Salvi Actors & Directors Workshop (Actor’s Studio member, UCLA Professor)
SOMATIC PRACTICES
2007-2010 Alexander Shelley Senter, Rebecca Nettl-Foil
2006-2010 Trager Mind Body Integration Gwenn Cromwell, Gail Stewart, Deanne Juhan
2000-2010 Pilates Carol Appell, Cary Regan, Karen Clippenger, Marjorie Thompson/Pacific Northwest Ballet
AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS
2009 Hamstrom Award for Graduate Study, Department of Dance, University of Illiniois, Urbana-Champaign
2008 MFA Candidate/Fellow/Teaching Assistantship, Department of Dance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011)
2007 Individual Grant, Zellerbach Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2007 Fiscal Sponsorship, Dancer’s Group, San Francisco, CA
2005 Travel Award to Impulstanz Pro Series, Private Donations, Seattle, WA
PUBLISHED MATERIALS
2010 Author, “Academia, Diversity and Contact Improvisation,” Encounters with Contact Improvisation, compilation by Ann Cooper Albright
2009 Author, “Sexuality and Social Structures in Contact Improvisation”, Contact Quarterly, Vol. 34/2, 2009
2009 Co-Speaker, “Contact Improvisation and New Music” Dance Accompanist Conference, Miami, FL
2009 Graduate Contributor, Tele-Immersive demo with UIUC and UCB, Conference for Interactive Computer Networking, Portland, OR
WORK HISTORY—CHOREOGRAPHY
2010 Rhizome, a multi-media mini-performance; programming, video editing, sound, set, choreography and performance by Hallie Aldrich, house concert, Urbana, IL
2010 Pretty Ghost, solo performed by Hallie Aldrich, DRK, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL
2009 with Love and Vanish , created with ensemble, site specific performance, University of Illiois Arboretum, Urbana IL
2009 Guest Choreographer, Lullaby, Lecture Demonstration class (Kate Kuper), Department of Dance, University of Illinois, Urbana IL
2009 My Genius is Better Than Your Genius, collaboration with Mark McKight, Jonah Weisskopf, Stephen West, Studio II, KCPA, Urbana IL
2005 PED’s Militia Drill Team, guerilla dance choreography for nine dancers, performed at Anti-Inauguration March and Artist Trust Auction Party in Seattle and Sasquatch Music Festival at
Columbia Gorge (PED stands for Politics Experiments Dance) WA
2004 Wading Pool Project I and II, and Beach Tour, for four to eighteen dancers, various site specific locations in Seattle parks, Seattle, WA
Act II, improvisation and contact dance for four dancers, Chamber Theater, Seattle, WA
2003 Lullaby, choreography for five dancers, “Under Construction” Series, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA
2000 Choreographer, Cures, a trio, Ethnic Cultural Theater, commissioned by dropout dance productions, Seattle, WA
1999 Beneath Her, a full length dance/mask trio, Blue Heron Center for the Arts, Vashon Island, WA and Freehold Performance Theater, Seattle, WA
1996-9 Choreographer, Performance Workshops for Crabs Wars, Mudmun, and WaterBucket Circus Corporate Clowns,
Islewilde Community Celebrations, Vashon Island, WA
1996 Choreographer, Vashon Island Youth Theater Workshop, Fantastiks, Vashon Island, WA
WORK HISTORY— ADMINISTRATIVE & COLLABORATIVE DIRECTION
2010 Co-organizer/Work-study Director/Site Manager, West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, produced by CIRF, San Francisco, CA
2006-7 Interim Managing Director, Joe Goode Performance Group, San Francisco CA
2003-05 PHFFFT! COMPANY, Cyrus Khambatta , Artistic Director, Seattle, WA:
2005 Choreographer and Program Director for Dance France Exchange Project, Mensetsu, Multi-media Performance (performed at Evergreen University, Le Theatre Scene Nationale de Poitiers & Theatre Universitaire Centre-Ville de Nantes FRANCE
Co- Director, Dans Specifique, a site specific performance, with Cyrus Khambatta, Nantes Museum Nacionale, Nantes, FRANCE
2004 Co-Director/Performer, Generation Zero , Dance France Exchange Project, Cornish College, Le Theatre Scene Nationale de Poitiers & Theatre Universitaire Centre-Ville de Nantes FRANCE
2003 Assistant Director, Death Becomes, Ensemble Performance Workshop, Under Construction, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA
2003-05 Company member
2002 Artistic Director, Fischer Pavilion Opening Gala, a piece with 72 performers and 14 ethnic arts groups, Seattle Center Productions, WA
WORK HISTORY—PERFORMANCE
2010 The Crow Flies, a Spontaneous Composition by Michele (SNDO) and Kirstie Simson, November Dance, KCPA, Urbana IL
2010 House of Glances, an Improvisation with Brenton Cheng, Rosemary Hannon, Kyra, Dan Bear, Vitali Kolnikov, and Kristen Greco (director), West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley, CA
2009 Improvisation & John Cage, New Music Ensemble Concert, Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, IL
2009 Improvisation with Greco, West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley, CA
2006-9 SCOTT WELLS AND DANCERS COMPANY: Over You, Home Again, Company Improvisations, Home Seasons at ODC Theater, Theater Artaud, Counterpulse, San Jose State, CA
2004-5 KARL FROST AND COMPANY, Karl Frost, Artistic Director, San Francisco, CA: Axlotl Improvisational Performance WestCoast Tour (Canada, Washington, Oregon, California); Axlotl, Dance Underground, Seattle, WA
2003-5 PHFFFT! COMPANY, Cyrus Khambatta, Artistic Director, Seattle, WA: Caucasian Talk Circle, Arts West Theater (West Seattle), American College Dance Festival, WWU, Bellingham, WA; In the Field, in the Lodge, an Improvisation, Camp Long Nature, Consortium Festival, West Seattle, WA; Complexio Oppositorum, for six dancers, Theatre Universitaire Centre-Ville.
Nantes, FRANCE; Improvisation and Complexio Oppositorum, WAC, Bellingham, WA; Generation Zero, Dance ExchangeProject, Universitaire du Poitier and Nantes, FRANCE
2003-6 DROP OUT PRODUCTIONS, choreography by Nicole Poirier, Virgin Slut Actuality, Revolver Cabaret , Seattle WA
2003 BIRLIBIRLOQUE COMPANIA, Carla Barragan, Artistic Director, Seattle, WA: Fantasmas, a trio, Groundwork Concert,Chamber Theater, Birlibirloque Dance, Seattle, WA; Descuajaringado, for eight performers, a five city tour to Guayaquil,Manta, Quito, Esmereldas, Birlibirloque Dance, ECUADOR
2000-3 BETTER BISCUIT, Freya Wormus and Alex Martin, Artistic Directors, Seattle, WA: Winners, Site Specific Performances in various Seattle parks, Seattle and Olympia, WA; No Tilt, Whirl, Bumbershoot and Federal Way Regional Theater, Seattle, WA; FEAST CONCERT: Blight, andTilt, Whirl, and Seeds, three pieces with six dancers each, choeography by Alex Martin, Freya Wormus, and Kristin Tsiassos (of glassbones), On The Boards, Seattle, WA
WORK HISTORY—FILM/VIDEO PRODUCTION, DANCE FOR CAMERA
2010 Performer and Editor, Lula, camera work by Daniel Bruttig and Chantelle Hougland, Urbana, IL
2009 Performer and Editor, International Proportions, performers Kristin Greco, Thomas Zomolo, Ori Zimmel, video- Ken Martini, WCCIF, Berkeley CA
2009 Videographer, Choreographer and Editor, Backyard Trash, performed by Jonah Weiskopff and Hope Goldman, Urbana IL
2008 Editor, Water and Motion, Interactive Video Performance, creator John Toenjes, November Dance, Krannert Center, Champaingn, IL
Featured, Soul Moves, a short documentary HD video featuring Hallie Aldrich, directed by Marlene Sinicky, San Francisco, CA
2006 Featured, Mensetsu, a videos for multi-media dance, directed by Aldrich and Eva Barnett, Evergreen College, Olympia, WA
2004 Featured, Pilates Workout I and II, video, produced by Hallie Aldrich, Pilates Techniques International District, Seattle, WA
2003 Featured, Terminal, Wiggly World Films, a dance film, directed by Lilith Piri, choreography by Abby Enson, Seattle, WA
2002 Featured, Concrete Coup, Hallie Aldrich, Mercer Island, WA, filmed by Daniel Thornton.
2000 Associate Producer & Combat Choreographer, Scream Queen, Scream Queen Productions, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Assistant Production Manager, Video CD-ROM Project, Ryan Productions, Hollywood, CA
Script Supervisor, Chanticleer Films Director Discovery Program, Hollywood, CA
1993 2nd 2nd Assistant Director, Post Production Office Manager, Endangered/Chrysalis Productions, Van Nuys, CA
Editing Intern (film), Bob Shugrue Editing Services, Burbank, CA
WORK HISTORY—THEATER, PHYSICAL THEATER
2009 Ensemble Member, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, directed by Bob Anderson, Choreography by Sarah Hook, KCPA Playhouse, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, IL
2008 Ensemble Member, Map Light, directed by Laurie Carlos, KCPA Studio, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
1998 Ensemble Member (Physical Theater), UMO, Vashon Island, WA: UMO Benefit Empty Space Theater, Seattle, WA
UMO Masks! King County Arts Commission, A three week tour across Eastern Washington
1996 Member, AH HA NA ENSEMBLE, Vashon Island, WA: Intoxicated, Distraught, and In Love, directed by Jeni Johnson,
Seattle Fringe Festival (‘Pick of the Fringe’, Presidents Invitation to International Festival to Experimental Theater, Cairo), Seattle WA
WORK HISTORY—INSTRUCTION FOR DANCE TECHNIQUE, COMPOSITION, AND IMPROVISATIONAL PERFORMANCE
UNIVERSITY
2010 Instructor, Introduction to Contemporary Dance (lecture and lab), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Instructor, “Contemporary Tumbling” Intermediate Contemporary Dance for Non-majors, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Instructor, Contemporary Dance for Non-majors, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Guest Instsructor, "Recuperation Techniques for Dance Majors", University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2009 Instructor, Introduction to Contemporary Dance (history of dance and lab), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Guest Instructor, Musicians, Actors, and Dancers Improvisation (Kirstie Simson), University of Illinois, IL
Guest Instructor, Music Theory for Dancers (John Toenjes), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Lab Instructor, Exposing the Senses, West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley, CA
2008-10 Instructor, Contact Improvisation for non-majors, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2004-5 Instructor, Inside/Outside, a Contact Improvisation Workshop, Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, FRANCE, Evergreen College Olympia, WA
Instructor, Release Technique and Improvisation, American College Dance Festival, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Sub-contract Supervisor, Contact TeachingandMovement as Artistic Catalyst, Evergreen College, Olympia, WA
Instructor (substitute), Contact Improvisation, Theater Department, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
COMMUNITY
2009-10 Instructor, Contact Improvisation and Viewpoints, Hougland Studio, Urbana, IL
2004-8 Instructor, Exposing the Senses, A Performance Workshop Santa Cruz, CA, Sechelt, CANADA
2004-5 Instructor, Inside/Outside, a Contact Improvisation Workshop, Seattle, WA, Ellensburg, WA,
2005 Instructor, Release Technique: Modern Tumbling at Dance Underground and Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA
Instructor, Contact Partnering and Modern Tumbling Workshop at Acrosports San Francisco, Seattle WA
Assistant Instructor, Contact Improvisation and Partnering, Strictly Seattle 2003, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA
WORK HISTORY—INSTRUCTION FOR SOMATICS AND SPORTS
PILATES
2009 Instructor, Carol Appel Pilates Plus Studio, Petaluma, CA
2008-9 Mind Body Program Coordinator, Presidio Community YMCA, San Francisco, CA
2006-8 Lead Pilates Personal Trainer, Yoga Instructor, Presidio Community YMCA, San Francisco, CA
2006 Pilates Consultant, Yoga Kula, Berkeley, CA
2000-5 Owner/Instructor: Pilates Techniques International District, 525 South Main Street, Seattle WA, Loci Studio, Vashon Island, WA
Instructor: Privates, semis, groups and group mat classes (Reformer, Trapeze Table, Ladder Barrel, Chair, ball, band) atVitality, Pilates Body Fitness, Pacific Northwest Ballet Conditioning Studio, Boeing Corporation , Club Emerald
SPRINGBOARD DIVING AND SWIMMING
1996-8 Assistant Coach, Emerald Divers, Goodwill Games Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA
Head Springboard Boys and Girls Diving Coach, Tyee and Mount Rainier Highschools, Highline School District, WA (AAA Champions)
1987-90 Assistant Coach, Vashon Swim Team, Diving Instructor, Swim Instructor, Lifeguard, King County Aquatics Seattle, WA, Incline Village Recreation Department, Incline Village (Lake Tahoe), Nevada
OTHER SKILLS
Graphic design, interactive design (Isadora), poetry, backpacking, horseback riding, basic carpentry, gardening, Spanish
REFERENCES
Scott Wells, Artistic Director, Scott Wells & Dancers, San Francisco, CA
Cyrus Khambatta, Artistic Director, Phffft! Company, Seattle, WA
David Dorfman, Artistic Director, David Dorfman Dance, New York, New York
Joan Skinner, Founder of Skinner Release Technique, Seattle, WA (contact available upon request)
Mik Kuhlman, Performer, Paris, France
Aldrich's career in choreography, improvisation, and performance has taken her to both urban and wild locations across the globe. Hallie presents dance works through various media including video, performance, and site installation. She choreographs and designs with Incite Company and teaches dance, performance composition and somatic education to dance professionals and the general public.
Hallie Aldrich graduated with a B.A. in Theater from UCLA Dept. of TFT in 1994. After working in film, she returned to Vashon Island, WA, her hometown, to study and perform physical theater and dance in Seattle, where she moved in 2001. In 2006, she relocated to San Francisco-- losing clouds, finding fog. From 1999 - 2008, Hallie performed regionally and internationally with several contemporary dance companies on the west coast: UMO Ensemble, BetterBiscuit, dropout dance, Birlibirloque, Phfft!, Karl Frost/Axlotl, and Scott Wells & Dancers, to name a few. In 2008 Hallie moved to Urbana, Illinois to study and teach as a MFA candidate and Fellow in the Department of Dance at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She completed her MFA in 2011, and returned to Vashon Island to complete her mobile dance pod which debuted at Bellevue Art Museum's Bellwether Project in 2016.
Aldrich started dancemaking in 1999, combining choreography with improvisation, and has presented works and commissions in Seattle, San Francisco, Canada, and France. She has received support from Vashon Allied Arts, Seattle Allied Art Foundation, Velocity Dance Center, Zellerbach Family Fund, Dancer’s Group, IMC Urbana-Champaign, and many individual contributions to her company. Her research has been published in the book Encounters with Contact, and Contact Quarterly Journal.
Aldrich started her movement specialist career in 2000. Trained in Pilates at the Pacific Northwest Ballet Conditioning Studio, she worked with all levels of ability, from principal dancer to the general public. She went on to instruct, coordinate, and consult with several Pilates studios and fitness centers in Seattle and San Francisco and opened her own studios on Vashon Island and in Seattle. After 10,000 hours of individual and small group instruction, Aldrich began to augment her instruction with methods influenced by Alexander Technique and Trager(r) Bodywork. In 2012 she completed her Trager(r) certification. Her bodywork and dance technique courses always utilize a somatic, experiential viewpoint to learn the science of movement and the sustainable artistry that it can provide.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY
1994 BA in Theater, School of Theater, Film and Television, University of California, Los Angeles
2011 MFA in Choreography, Department of Dance, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
DANCE & COMPOSITION
1994-2010 Contemporary Cynthia Oliver, Sarah Hook, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Helene Bastin, Lisa Race, David Dorfman, KT Niehoff, Michele Miller, Amii LeGendre
2003-2010 Improvisation Jennifer Monson, Mary Overlie, Benoit LaChambre, Keith Hennesey, Dana Rietz, Andrea Sitter,
Nigel Charnock, Jess Curtis, Nita Little, Kim Epifano
1999-2010 Contact Improv Kirstie Simson, Scott Wells, Cyrus Khambatta, Karl Frost, Amii leGendre, Nancy Stark Smith, Karen Nelson
1999-2010 Composition Tere O’Connor, Jenine Durning, Nina Martin, KT Niehoff, Joan Skinner
THEATER
1990-1998 Physical Theater UMO Ensemble Physical Theater Workshops
1990-1994 Acting & Directing Delia Salvi Actors & Directors Workshop (Actor’s Studio member, UCLA Professor)
SOMATIC PRACTICES
2007-2010 Alexander Shelley Senter, Rebecca Nettl-Foil
2006-2010 Trager Mind Body Integration Gwenn Cromwell, Gail Stewart, Deanne Juhan
2000-2010 Pilates Carol Appell, Cary Regan, Karen Clippenger, Marjorie Thompson/Pacific Northwest Ballet
AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS
2009 Hamstrom Award for Graduate Study, Department of Dance, University of Illiniois, Urbana-Champaign
2008 MFA Candidate/Fellow/Teaching Assistantship, Department of Dance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011)
2007 Individual Grant, Zellerbach Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2007 Fiscal Sponsorship, Dancer’s Group, San Francisco, CA
2005 Travel Award to Impulstanz Pro Series, Private Donations, Seattle, WA
PUBLISHED MATERIALS
2010 Author, “Academia, Diversity and Contact Improvisation,” Encounters with Contact Improvisation, compilation by Ann Cooper Albright
2009 Author, “Sexuality and Social Structures in Contact Improvisation”, Contact Quarterly, Vol. 34/2, 2009
2009 Co-Speaker, “Contact Improvisation and New Music” Dance Accompanist Conference, Miami, FL
2009 Graduate Contributor, Tele-Immersive demo with UIUC and UCB, Conference for Interactive Computer Networking, Portland, OR
WORK HISTORY—CHOREOGRAPHY
2010 Rhizome, a multi-media mini-performance; programming, video editing, sound, set, choreography and performance by Hallie Aldrich, house concert, Urbana, IL
2010 Pretty Ghost, solo performed by Hallie Aldrich, DRK, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL
2009 with Love and Vanish , created with ensemble, site specific performance, University of Illiois Arboretum, Urbana IL
2009 Guest Choreographer, Lullaby, Lecture Demonstration class (Kate Kuper), Department of Dance, University of Illinois, Urbana IL
2009 My Genius is Better Than Your Genius, collaboration with Mark McKight, Jonah Weisskopf, Stephen West, Studio II, KCPA, Urbana IL
2005 PED’s Militia Drill Team, guerilla dance choreography for nine dancers, performed at Anti-Inauguration March and Artist Trust Auction Party in Seattle and Sasquatch Music Festival at
Columbia Gorge (PED stands for Politics Experiments Dance) WA
2004 Wading Pool Project I and II, and Beach Tour, for four to eighteen dancers, various site specific locations in Seattle parks, Seattle, WA
Act II, improvisation and contact dance for four dancers, Chamber Theater, Seattle, WA
2003 Lullaby, choreography for five dancers, “Under Construction” Series, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA
2000 Choreographer, Cures, a trio, Ethnic Cultural Theater, commissioned by dropout dance productions, Seattle, WA
1999 Beneath Her, a full length dance/mask trio, Blue Heron Center for the Arts, Vashon Island, WA and Freehold Performance Theater, Seattle, WA
1996-9 Choreographer, Performance Workshops for Crabs Wars, Mudmun, and WaterBucket Circus Corporate Clowns,
Islewilde Community Celebrations, Vashon Island, WA
1996 Choreographer, Vashon Island Youth Theater Workshop, Fantastiks, Vashon Island, WA
WORK HISTORY— ADMINISTRATIVE & COLLABORATIVE DIRECTION
2010 Co-organizer/Work-study Director/Site Manager, West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, produced by CIRF, San Francisco, CA
2006-7 Interim Managing Director, Joe Goode Performance Group, San Francisco CA
2003-05 PHFFFT! COMPANY, Cyrus Khambatta , Artistic Director, Seattle, WA:
2005 Choreographer and Program Director for Dance France Exchange Project, Mensetsu, Multi-media Performance (performed at Evergreen University, Le Theatre Scene Nationale de Poitiers & Theatre Universitaire Centre-Ville de Nantes FRANCE
Co- Director, Dans Specifique, a site specific performance, with Cyrus Khambatta, Nantes Museum Nacionale, Nantes, FRANCE
2004 Co-Director/Performer, Generation Zero , Dance France Exchange Project, Cornish College, Le Theatre Scene Nationale de Poitiers & Theatre Universitaire Centre-Ville de Nantes FRANCE
2003 Assistant Director, Death Becomes, Ensemble Performance Workshop, Under Construction, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA
2003-05 Company member
2002 Artistic Director, Fischer Pavilion Opening Gala, a piece with 72 performers and 14 ethnic arts groups, Seattle Center Productions, WA
WORK HISTORY—PERFORMANCE
2010 The Crow Flies, a Spontaneous Composition by Michele (SNDO) and Kirstie Simson, November Dance, KCPA, Urbana IL
2010 House of Glances, an Improvisation with Brenton Cheng, Rosemary Hannon, Kyra, Dan Bear, Vitali Kolnikov, and Kristen Greco (director), West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley, CA
2009 Improvisation & John Cage, New Music Ensemble Concert, Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, IL
2009 Improvisation with Greco, West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley, CA
2006-9 SCOTT WELLS AND DANCERS COMPANY: Over You, Home Again, Company Improvisations, Home Seasons at ODC Theater, Theater Artaud, Counterpulse, San Jose State, CA
2004-5 KARL FROST AND COMPANY, Karl Frost, Artistic Director, San Francisco, CA: Axlotl Improvisational Performance WestCoast Tour (Canada, Washington, Oregon, California); Axlotl, Dance Underground, Seattle, WA
2003-5 PHFFFT! COMPANY, Cyrus Khambatta, Artistic Director, Seattle, WA: Caucasian Talk Circle, Arts West Theater (West Seattle), American College Dance Festival, WWU, Bellingham, WA; In the Field, in the Lodge, an Improvisation, Camp Long Nature, Consortium Festival, West Seattle, WA; Complexio Oppositorum, for six dancers, Theatre Universitaire Centre-Ville.
Nantes, FRANCE; Improvisation and Complexio Oppositorum, WAC, Bellingham, WA; Generation Zero, Dance ExchangeProject, Universitaire du Poitier and Nantes, FRANCE
2003-6 DROP OUT PRODUCTIONS, choreography by Nicole Poirier, Virgin Slut Actuality, Revolver Cabaret , Seattle WA
2003 BIRLIBIRLOQUE COMPANIA, Carla Barragan, Artistic Director, Seattle, WA: Fantasmas, a trio, Groundwork Concert,Chamber Theater, Birlibirloque Dance, Seattle, WA; Descuajaringado, for eight performers, a five city tour to Guayaquil,Manta, Quito, Esmereldas, Birlibirloque Dance, ECUADOR
2000-3 BETTER BISCUIT, Freya Wormus and Alex Martin, Artistic Directors, Seattle, WA: Winners, Site Specific Performances in various Seattle parks, Seattle and Olympia, WA; No Tilt, Whirl, Bumbershoot and Federal Way Regional Theater, Seattle, WA; FEAST CONCERT: Blight, andTilt, Whirl, and Seeds, three pieces with six dancers each, choeography by Alex Martin, Freya Wormus, and Kristin Tsiassos (of glassbones), On The Boards, Seattle, WA
WORK HISTORY—FILM/VIDEO PRODUCTION, DANCE FOR CAMERA
2010 Performer and Editor, Lula, camera work by Daniel Bruttig and Chantelle Hougland, Urbana, IL
2009 Performer and Editor, International Proportions, performers Kristin Greco, Thomas Zomolo, Ori Zimmel, video- Ken Martini, WCCIF, Berkeley CA
2009 Videographer, Choreographer and Editor, Backyard Trash, performed by Jonah Weiskopff and Hope Goldman, Urbana IL
2008 Editor, Water and Motion, Interactive Video Performance, creator John Toenjes, November Dance, Krannert Center, Champaingn, IL
Featured, Soul Moves, a short documentary HD video featuring Hallie Aldrich, directed by Marlene Sinicky, San Francisco, CA
2006 Featured, Mensetsu, a videos for multi-media dance, directed by Aldrich and Eva Barnett, Evergreen College, Olympia, WA
2004 Featured, Pilates Workout I and II, video, produced by Hallie Aldrich, Pilates Techniques International District, Seattle, WA
2003 Featured, Terminal, Wiggly World Films, a dance film, directed by Lilith Piri, choreography by Abby Enson, Seattle, WA
2002 Featured, Concrete Coup, Hallie Aldrich, Mercer Island, WA, filmed by Daniel Thornton.
2000 Associate Producer & Combat Choreographer, Scream Queen, Scream Queen Productions, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Assistant Production Manager, Video CD-ROM Project, Ryan Productions, Hollywood, CA
Script Supervisor, Chanticleer Films Director Discovery Program, Hollywood, CA
1993 2nd 2nd Assistant Director, Post Production Office Manager, Endangered/Chrysalis Productions, Van Nuys, CA
Editing Intern (film), Bob Shugrue Editing Services, Burbank, CA
WORK HISTORY—THEATER, PHYSICAL THEATER
2009 Ensemble Member, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, directed by Bob Anderson, Choreography by Sarah Hook, KCPA Playhouse, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, IL
2008 Ensemble Member, Map Light, directed by Laurie Carlos, KCPA Studio, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
1998 Ensemble Member (Physical Theater), UMO, Vashon Island, WA: UMO Benefit Empty Space Theater, Seattle, WA
UMO Masks! King County Arts Commission, A three week tour across Eastern Washington
1996 Member, AH HA NA ENSEMBLE, Vashon Island, WA: Intoxicated, Distraught, and In Love, directed by Jeni Johnson,
Seattle Fringe Festival (‘Pick of the Fringe’, Presidents Invitation to International Festival to Experimental Theater, Cairo), Seattle WA
WORK HISTORY—INSTRUCTION FOR DANCE TECHNIQUE, COMPOSITION, AND IMPROVISATIONAL PERFORMANCE
UNIVERSITY
2010 Instructor, Introduction to Contemporary Dance (lecture and lab), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Instructor, “Contemporary Tumbling” Intermediate Contemporary Dance for Non-majors, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Instructor, Contemporary Dance for Non-majors, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Guest Instsructor, "Recuperation Techniques for Dance Majors", University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2009 Instructor, Introduction to Contemporary Dance (history of dance and lab), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Guest Instructor, Musicians, Actors, and Dancers Improvisation (Kirstie Simson), University of Illinois, IL
Guest Instructor, Music Theory for Dancers (John Toenjes), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Lab Instructor, Exposing the Senses, West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley, CA
2008-10 Instructor, Contact Improvisation for non-majors, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2004-5 Instructor, Inside/Outside, a Contact Improvisation Workshop, Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, FRANCE, Evergreen College Olympia, WA
Instructor, Release Technique and Improvisation, American College Dance Festival, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Sub-contract Supervisor, Contact TeachingandMovement as Artistic Catalyst, Evergreen College, Olympia, WA
Instructor (substitute), Contact Improvisation, Theater Department, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
COMMUNITY
2009-10 Instructor, Contact Improvisation and Viewpoints, Hougland Studio, Urbana, IL
2004-8 Instructor, Exposing the Senses, A Performance Workshop Santa Cruz, CA, Sechelt, CANADA
2004-5 Instructor, Inside/Outside, a Contact Improvisation Workshop, Seattle, WA, Ellensburg, WA,
2005 Instructor, Release Technique: Modern Tumbling at Dance Underground and Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA
Instructor, Contact Partnering and Modern Tumbling Workshop at Acrosports San Francisco, Seattle WA
Assistant Instructor, Contact Improvisation and Partnering, Strictly Seattle 2003, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA
WORK HISTORY—INSTRUCTION FOR SOMATICS AND SPORTS
PILATES
2009 Instructor, Carol Appel Pilates Plus Studio, Petaluma, CA
2008-9 Mind Body Program Coordinator, Presidio Community YMCA, San Francisco, CA
2006-8 Lead Pilates Personal Trainer, Yoga Instructor, Presidio Community YMCA, San Francisco, CA
2006 Pilates Consultant, Yoga Kula, Berkeley, CA
2000-5 Owner/Instructor: Pilates Techniques International District, 525 South Main Street, Seattle WA, Loci Studio, Vashon Island, WA
Instructor: Privates, semis, groups and group mat classes (Reformer, Trapeze Table, Ladder Barrel, Chair, ball, band) atVitality, Pilates Body Fitness, Pacific Northwest Ballet Conditioning Studio, Boeing Corporation , Club Emerald
SPRINGBOARD DIVING AND SWIMMING
1996-8 Assistant Coach, Emerald Divers, Goodwill Games Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA
Head Springboard Boys and Girls Diving Coach, Tyee and Mount Rainier Highschools, Highline School District, WA (AAA Champions)
1987-90 Assistant Coach, Vashon Swim Team, Diving Instructor, Swim Instructor, Lifeguard, King County Aquatics Seattle, WA, Incline Village Recreation Department, Incline Village (Lake Tahoe), Nevada
OTHER SKILLS
Graphic design, interactive design (Isadora), poetry, backpacking, horseback riding, basic carpentry, gardening, Spanish
REFERENCES
Scott Wells, Artistic Director, Scott Wells & Dancers, San Francisco, CA
Cyrus Khambatta, Artistic Director, Phffft! Company, Seattle, WA
David Dorfman, Artistic Director, David Dorfman Dance, New York, New York
Joan Skinner, Founder of Skinner Release Technique, Seattle, WA (contact available upon request)
Mik Kuhlman, Performer, Paris, France