dani cole
CHOREOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO

wolf body, water bodies - wood. wood. wood.
currently, solo w/ text + audio description
lifelong process
by Dani Cole
photo by Richard Sayama
an improvisation that toggles the memory of my body as it was and the ongoing movement-stasis in Crip time... an undoing of what is work, a look at effortful rest through listening

crisis/thought
2019
WIP sharing at Greenspace in March 2020, planned presentation at La Mama through Chen Dance Center cancelled due to COVID-19
M O B I V collaborators
photo by Claire Sersun
navigates endless mind spirals that trigger and exacerbate being overwhelmed. with laughter, M O B I V pull themselves together in community and spill out into cycles chaotic let go and holding on tight to their vocal chords, speaking when they may otherwise be silent in a world of too much.

in lungs
2019-2020
WIP shared at Gibney in May 2019
Premiere at TADA! Theater in October 2019
M O B I V collaborators include Liana Kleinman, Anna Pinault, Riley Sullivan, Natalie True
music by Hildur Guðnadóttir, Ghost in the Brazos
photo by Nicole Stoddard
an evening-length dialogic and movement work, grounded in reflection. M O B I V navigates the resiliency and tangible conjurations of memories through dance and spoken text developed in community writing and embodiment workshops.

what we held, slipped through
fall 2019
guest artist commission on the Steffi Nossen Dance Company, performed at the Choreographer's Showcase at the Emelin Theatre
music by Hildur Guðnadóttir & Hauschka
photo by Ellen Crane
commission with Steffi Nossen; what we held, slipped through is movement-oriented work, drawing from in lungs that questions how easily our favorite recollections fall through the porous walls of our memory & ways in which they also resurge with surprise

don't go back. where?
fall 2018
presented at Bridge for Dance's Uptown Rising Performance Series, the New Work Series, College Choreographic Symposium
performed by Mimi Rosepink, Lily Sheppard, Riley Sullivan
costumes by Natalie True
music by Augusta Reade Thomas
photo by Nick Nazzaro
a trio work negotiating collective memory in the relentless forward motion of time

TRES?
summer 2018
presented at San Francisco Conservatory of Dance's Summer Performance I
created in collaboration with dancers
performed by Jessie Fernandez, Bailey Jet, and Alice Svetic
music by Hildur Guonadottir
made in residency at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, navigating the confusion of binaries and the gaps that are filled with diverse meaning

please, wait to be eated.
spring 2018
presented at Marymount Manhattan College's DAW, Evening of Contemporary Dance
created in collaboration with dancers
performed by Lia Gagianas, Cassidy Grady, Rachel Locker, Jillian Rosner, Natalie True
costumes by Mondo Morales
music by Daniel Rosenboom & Lisa Moore
photo by Firstenfilm
a is for apple. a is for authority.

SIXTY-2
spring 2018
presented at Spark Dance Forum WIP
performed + created by Dani Cole and Sophia Heiner
music by Hildur Guonadottir
an intensive duet extended from SIX-TY and 60 (solo version)

SIX-TY (short version)
fall 2017
presented at Marymount Manhattan College's DAW
performed by Jess Akers, Dani Cole, Joey Chang, Hannah Gryzmala, Sophia Heiner, Amanda Killmer, Sam Warner, Kam Vaulx
costumes by Mondo Morales
music composed by Dani Cole & Joey Chang
photo by Firstenfilm
an interdisciplinary investigation of left and right wing politics and the coercive manipulation of time
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60 (solo version)
ongoing,.. began November 2016
presented at Marymount Manhattan College's WIP, 92Y's Fridays at Noon as "44...45.", Spark Dance Forum
performed by Dani Cole
costumes by Dani Cole
music by Dani Cole and Augusta Read Thomas
photo by Ezra Goh
an intensive solo meditation on the limiting nature of time. how does time feel amidst the drives and confusion of partisan politics and the current presidency? how does it feels to simultaneously look back at times of naïveté and actively continue onwards?

land gone
spring 2017
presented at Marymount Manhattan College's DAW, Spark Dance Forum, CBG Dance Festival, Steffi Nosen Choreographers' Showcase, Marymount Manhattan College's Honors Day
originally performed by Misha Culver, Sarah Jannsen, Liana Kleinman, Jillian Rosner, Emily Sindoni, Bella Tenaglia
costumes by Mondo Morales
music by Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine, & Valgeir Sigurosson
photo by Firstenfilm
an exploration of freedom utilizing unconventional imagery of the Statue of Liberty

It was the children
fall 2014
presented at Specialty Center Dance Company's Fall Performance, 92nd St. Y's Dance Up - The Next Generation
performed by members of the Specialty Center Dance Company
music by Max Richter and Arvo Part
photo by Cliff Cole
created in honor of Alexander Lebenstein, WWII Holocaust Survivor, Foundation for Holocaust Education projects