Animalia is a multi-media inter-species fairytale inspired by the performative behavior of animals and insects. Through aerial movement, projection and live music on accordion, upright bass & singing saw, the work invokes visions of human & animal interrelations, secret bee societies and haunted circus scenes. Exploring metaphors of flight in response to times of violence & war, this narrative travels through a sequence of dystopic tableaux. When the performer falls under the spell of a deer, she at last escapes her humanity and becomes an antlered deer creature. Appropriating the masculine power symbol of the buck rack and reinserting it onto a feminine character, the performance blurs the division between masculine/feminine identity and human/animal forms. Booking. Albany Times Union video

musical collaboration with Todd Chandler

Shadows, stilts, recorded audio, video and live music. Collaborative performance with Sara E. Worden, presented at the Sanctuary for Independent Media (Roots Nests & Limbs event), Troy NY March 2007

Three hour musical performances occured within video-sound installation environments. Hudson Opera House. Hudson, NY. December 2006 & 2007.

Interactive musical improvisation series, performed in a carved wooden chair suspended from the boughs of an oak tree. RPI, Troy NY Octber 2006.

Trapeze performance and bridge installation created during an Artist Residency at Contemporary Artist Center, North Adams, MA August 2006.

Musical collaboration with dancer & writer Anah-K, 1996-2003, San Francisco CA.

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