EXHIBITIONS

 

MUSEUMS, ART CENTERS and THEATERS

2002 Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, January

2001 Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC, October

2000 Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA, June

1999 Theater Artuad, San Francisco, CA, November

1999 Yuerba Beuna Art Center, San Francisco, CA, April

1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, May


UNIVERSITIES

2002 California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, September

2002 New School University-4th floor bridge, NYC, January

1998 Scranton University, Scranton, PA, January

1994 University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, December

1992 University of Norte Dame, IN, July

 

GALLERIES

2003 Upstate Art, Phoenicia NY, May

2002 Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY, May

2001 Art & Soul, Woodstock, NY, December

2001 Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY, August

2000 Art and Soul, Woodstock, NY, November

2000 Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY, August

1999 Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY, October

1999 Art and Soul, Woodstock, NY, November

1999 Li Daniels Gallerie D Art, Rosendale, NY, December

1997 The Art Exchange, Union Dale, PA, June

1997 Ashokan Artisans, Shokan, NY, September

1997 The Art Exchange, Union Dale, PA, August

1997 ARTernatives, San Luis Obispo, CA, February

1996 Catskill Corners, Mt. Tremper, NY, August

 

 

PERFORMANCES

GROUP STILL DANCE PERFORMANCE RITUALS

Director, Choreographer, Photographer, Costume Designer and Body Artist

2003 These Are Our Deaths, A forest site & 3 miles of rural rd.in Phoenicia, NY & the streets of Woodstock NY, August (Performer, not photographer)

2002 Forest Series, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA. March (Co directed with Anna Halprin)

2001 Mingling With Hats, The streets of Phoenicia & Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY, August

2000 Women Walking With Chairs, 3 miles of rural rd. and the streets of Phoenicia, Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY, August

1998 Lughnassadh, Roscoe, NY, Summer

1998 Beltain, Mt Tremper, NY, Spring

1998 Imbolc, Lanesville, NY, Winter

1997 Samhain, Mt. Tremper, NY, Fall (Performer, not photographer)

1997 Rain Makers, Roscoe, NY, Summer

1997 Gathered in the Night, Roscoe, NY, Summer

1992 The Falling, Roscoe, NY, Fall

1992 Women Walking West, covering 80 miles in the Catskill Mountains, NY, Spring (Performer, the piece was not photographed)

1992 White Night, Mt. Tremper, NY, Winter (Performer, the piece was not photographed)

1991 It Happens in Threes, Woodstock, NY, Fall (Performer, portions photo-documented by National Geographic),

 

GROUP PERFORMANCES WITH THE SOFTDOOR LAND ALLAINCE

1986 Black Fall, Port Angeles, WA, Fall

1985 Rite of the River Gate, Olympic National Park, Winter

1984 Rite of the Elk's Meadow, Olympic Nationa1 Park, Port Angeles, WA, Spring

1982 Table on the Water, Devil's Kitchen Gorge, NY, Summer,

 

SOLO PERFORMANCES-RURAL SETTINGS

2002-1981 Over 100 Solo Still Dances: photographs of choreographed performances in landscape settings, United States, France, Mexico,

2003 Weaving Roots, Mother and Nest, Sea Ranch, CA,

2001 Building Nests, Sea Ranch, CA

2000 To Nest Again, Sea Ranch, CA

1999 Cage, Sea Ranch, CA

1998 Oh My Dead, Sea Ranch, CA

1997 Nest, Sea Ranch, CA

1996 Smoker, Sea Ranch, CA

 

SOLO PERFORMANCES-THEATER SETTINGS

1987 Old Dog, within Poesie Piccole Piccole, Footwork Studio, San Francisco, CA

1985 My Daughter's Mother (Under the Influence of Ocean),Peninsula College, Port Angeles, WA

1984 My Daughter's Mother (Under the Influence of Ocean),Strawberry Theater, Mill Valley, CA

1983 Poughkeepsie State Hospital, Tamalpa Institute, Kentfield, CA

1983 Lying the Truth, Tamalpa Institute, Kentfield, CA

1982 Silent Scream; A Self Portrait, Tamalpa Institute, Kentfield, CA

 

GROUP PERFORMANCES - RURAL SETTINGS

2003 Seasons, Anna Halprin and The Sea Ranch Collective, Mountain Home Studio Kentfield, CA

2001 Lifting Out The Dead, Sea Ranch, CA. Sept. 2001

 

GROUP PERFORMANCES –THEATER SETTINGS

1983-1991: Worked with Anna Halprin and the Tamalpa Institute as performer, costume and set designer, Kentfield and San Diego, CA and Zurich, Switzerland,

· Dancing With Life on the Line, an AIDS piece, 1989 & 1991

· Circle the Earth series, 1986 - 1991

· The Mountain series, 1985 & 1983

 

PUBLICATION

2004 The Drama Review, MIT Press, Summer issue

2002 Ballet Tanze, Berlin, January

1990 FOTO practica, Milano, Italy, January

1989 FOTO practica, Milano, Italy, January

1989 LA VANGUARD dominigo, Barcelona, Spain, July

 

FILM

1999 Returning Home (A film by Andy Abrams Wilson, Open Eye Pictures) Artistic Director, Conceived and designed the dances, Costuming Body Art, and Dances based on Still Dances

1995 Embracing Earth (A film by Andy Abrams Wilson, Open Eye Pictures) Art Director, Costuming and Body Art, dancer

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2002 Upstate Art Theater, Phoenicia, NY, July

2001 Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, Aging and Creativity Conference

2002-1994 Working with Anna Halprin at the Graduate Workshops, Sea Ranch, CA

1991-1988 Artist-in-Residence, annually teaching the process of Still Dance in natural settings during Anna Halprin's Fall Training Program at Tamalpa Institute, Sea Ranch, CA

1987-86 Workshops in Performance Ritual, including Earth Works and Living Myths, Black Mountain Arts Center, Nicasio, CA

1985-84 Taught "Life-Art Process" and "Movement Ritual", Port Angeles Center, Port Angeles, WA

 

EDUCATION

2002-1983 Graduate work with Anna Halprin

1983-1980 Tamalpa Institute Training Program with Anna Halprin, Kentfield, CA

1992-1975 Workshops with Claudia Hagar, Simone Forti, Min Tanaka, Harry Gantz, John Graham, Norma Lastiko, G. Soto Hoffman, Daria Halprin-Khalighi