Pantone Variations
That we are shifted, subtly and profoundly, is the thing.
Pantone Variations is an extensive series of interconnected variations, bringing together dance artists across the U.S. The project generates performed works uniquely tailored to the performers - their interests, delights, pleasures, training, and needs. Each work moves in and out of unison, expanding what it means to be/live/thrive together through generous, active, responsive, and bold movement practice. The choreographies produced are meticulously detailed - from spatial design and repetitive variations to precisely nuanced weighted rhythm. Yet, they are also mechanisms for support and togetherness. Pantone is practice as research, research in performance, and performance as practice. Therefore, each variation has it’s own goals, outputs, and revisitations.
All Tomorrows
Saturday, May 11, 2024 at Dance Place in Washington D.C. / TIX and info
Created with Daniel Miramontes, Rebecca Steinberg, MK Ford, Brit Falcon, Bree Breeden, and Emilia Bruno.
Co-Presentation at Dance Place: That our lives are shifted by one another, subtly and profoundly, is central to “All Tomorrows.” As if following something mysterious as it moves through the landscape of thought, the choreography draws each dancer’s individual contributions and stories into the overall poeticism of the piece. Through rhythm, speed, and intensity, the movement is vibrant and expressive—saturated and brimming with color.
Featuring Christina Robson and sound collage by Kendra Portier with original contributions from Adam Crawley aka DJ Plié and Sam Crawford.
skies we’ve yet to see
Created with Allie James and Tristan Koepke
Research residency and support from Bates College (ME). Upcoming public presentations include Bates Dance Festival 2024 (details to be determined) and Connecticut College (Sept 2024, details coming soon).
MEDIA: WIP showing at Bates College, Q&A following. Photo of rehearsal by James Allister
…And with this lies the need to be together
Created with Brit Falcon, MK Ford, Daniel Miramontes + Rebecca Steinberg.
Lighting by Scott Monnin, sound collage by kp w/ original sound by Adam Crawley/DJ Plié, Joe Westerlund, and Kayleigh Gallagher.
MEDIA: TDPS Faculty Dance Concert, the Clarice Performing Arts Center, March 2023.
Hold Onto Me
Created with Bree Breeden + Jessie Young
Beginning in quarantine, the necessary variations, practice, and togetherness: summer in Pantone.
MEDIA: Video
Previous PANTONE Variations
Kristen O’Neal + Greg Catellier (one of the first willing to try this experiment during the COVID-19 pandemic)/Emory University (GA)
Stevie Oakes + Adriane Fang (I think the first to return to in-person practice?)/SUNY Brockport and International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IAMDS) Conference
Leah Wilkes + MK Ford (the original, photo left by Natalie Fiol)
Candace Scarborough + Sarah Beth Oppenheim (the first to return to fully in-person)/Showdown at Gibney Dance Center
Candace Scarborough + Kendra Portier / Bates Dance Festival
Upcoming: Meredith Fages, Daniel Miramontes + alexx schilling, and more…
PANTONE at the University of Maryland, College Park
Supported by a UMD Graduate School Faculty Student Research Award, ARHU Advancement Grant, and the Maya Brin Institute for New Performance, Pantone was furthered with TDPS graduate students in Dance and Design. Our creative experiments culminated in solo, duet, trio, and sextet process-forward variations; developed and filmed in collaboration with (performers) Brit Falcon, MK Ford, Tristan Koepke, Javi Padilla, Christina Robson, Rebecca Steinberg, (UMD faculty, sound) Sam Crawford, and (sound) Adam Crawley/DJ Plié.
Process Trio: Tristan Koepke, Rebecca Steinberg, + Brit Falcon. MEDIA: full run thru
Process Duet: Mary Kate Ford + Christina Robson. MEDIA: Preview, full run thru
Process Solo: Javi Padilla. MEDIA: full run thru
Process Palette: Falcon, Ford, Koepke, Padilla, Robson, Steinberg. MEDIA: first draft run thru