What do we choose to carry forward and what do we leave behind?
This double bill performance of New York City-based dance artists celebrates the breadth of ways in which legacy informs contemporary dance. Join us for this thought-provoking and viscerally moving event before heading to the Illumination Night fireworks! Approximate run time: 90 minutes.
Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett: Corpus Corpus
Nattie Trogdon and Hollis Bartlett are performers, choreographers, educators, and partners in both life and their creative endeavors. They create dance works, films, and research-based practices aimed to disrupt assumptions of performance and personhood. Their collaborations have been presented in NYC at venues such as LMCC's River to River Festival, Movement Research at Judson Church, Gibney, Center for Performance Research, Coffey Street Studios, The Newhouse Center at Snug Harbor, Duo Multicultural Arts Center, and the Future Dance Festival at the 92nd Street Y. They’ve been artists in residence at Marble House, The Atlantic Center for the Arts, Mana Contemporary, 14th Street Y and were the first collaborative pair selected for the New Directions Choreography Lab at The Ailey School. Their performing and teaching practices are deeply tied into their dance making. As performers, they’ve worked with Kathy Westwater, Catherine Galasso, Joanna Kotze, Kimberly Bartosik, David Dorfman, and Doug Varone. Their writings have been featured in Movement Research’s Critical Correspondence and Gibney’s Imagining Journal. Nattie is a graduate of the high school program at the UNC School of the Arts and received her BFA from SUNY Purchase. Hollis received his BFA from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.
Corpus Corpus plays on structures of symmetry, variation, and counterpoint - presenting an illusion of unison and coalescing forms. The performers draw on a shared archive of material from bodily memory and instinctual responses, blurring the legibility of their embodied histories and personal desires. The work acts as a dissonant chord - simultaneously pushing against and embracing traditional notions of formalism. Asking questions around how the performers meet the forms imposed on them and each other in these structures, Corpus Corpus creates phantasms, ghosts, and traces of each other within the space they inhabit.
Alison Cook Beatty Dance: selections from the repertory
Founded in 2012, the company is a classically-based modern dance company exploring the universal human condition through expansive and emotionally-driven movement grounded in American modern dance while exploring new approaches to finding unique creative expression.
Manifestations (2016) draws inspiration from the Shaker community and their pursuit of spiritual purity, exploring the tension between devotion, individuality, and human connection. Through a structured yet emotionally charged movement language, the work follows a central narrative of belonging and otherness—where love, restraint, and societal expectation collide. Set to the driving, repetitive score of John Adams, the piece builds in intensity, revealing both the strength and fragility of a tightly bound community.
“As close to the psychodramas choreographed by Sir Antony Tudor as anything else within my memory.” - Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance
Pastoral (2000) is a lighthearted and lyrical work that reflects a sense of play, innocence, and connection to nature. Rooted in musicality and classical modern dance traditions, the piece evokes ease and joy in movement, offering a gentle and uplifting counterpoint to more dramatic works. Its simplicity allows the performers’ musical phrasing and connection to shine, creating a moment of warmth and openness for audiences.
HER(E) (2025) is a contemporary work that examines visibility, power, and the unseen forces that shape human behavior. Inspired by the concept of Chekhov’s Gun, the piece explores how tension accumulates over time—what is present but unacknowledged, and what ultimately demands release. Through shifting spatial relationships and contrasting movement qualities, the work navigates isolation, observation, and the fragile line between presence and disappearance. HER(E) invites audiences to consider what is seen, what is ignored, and what can no longer remain hidden.
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