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November 17, 2024
Simone Forti Afternoon at Highways Performance Space 35th Anniversary
with Carmela Hermann Dietrich & Sarah Swenson
more info coming soon
November 17, 2024
Simone Forti Afternoon at Highways Performance Space 35th Anniversary
with Carmela Hermann Dietrich & Sarah Swenson
more info coming soon
2025
September 2025 TBD
Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
Repertory Residency in School of Dance & Theatre
July 2025 TBD
Performance at Casa Ulivo
di Fabio Sargentini e Elsa Agalbato
Vignaie, Umbria, Italia
2024
November 24, 2024
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble
Highways Performance Space 35th Anniversary
Time TBA (afternoon) Santa Monica, CA
November 17, 2024
Simone Forti Afternoon
Highways Performance Space 35th Anniversary
Time TBA (afternoon) Santa Monica, CA
June 14, 15, 16 2024
Dance Constructions at Palazzo Altemps
Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps
Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46, 00186 Roma RM IG
Read the article online by Natalia Gozzano in Italiano. pdf
April 7, 2024
Rudy Perez Memorial Celebration
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble: Anne Grimaldo, Jeff Grimaldo, Alessia Patregnani,
Isabel Van Zigl, Sarah Swenson, with guests Victor Quijada, Michael Alexander,
Lula Washington, Ian Cousineau, Barbara Roan, and Karen Goodman.
Performances and homage dedicated to the late Rudy Perez
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica CA
April 5, 2024
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble performs Tribute, dedicated to the late Rudy Perez
with Anne Grimaldo, Jeff Grimaldo, Alessia Patregnani, Isabel Van Zigl, Sarah Swenson
At the Electric Lodge, Venice, CA
March 16, 2024: Pasadena, CA. Ancestors, choreography by Sarah Swenson (2000).
Performed by Advanced Modern Students of Trudl Zipper Dance Institute
with the Colburn Chamber Orchestra. Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena.
March 3, 2024, Italy. Release of documentary Simone Forti.The Art of Movement. RAI Television.
View on RAIPLAY.it, register for free to view.
2023
December 17, 2023: Los Angeles. Ancestors (2000), performed by students of the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at
The Colburn School, Zipper Concert Hall.
July 28-29, 2023: Southampton, NY. The Watermill Center, Dance Constructions, Simone Forti. pdf
July 8-13, 2023: Venice, Italy. La Biennale Danza. Dance Constructions, Simone Forti pdf
La Biennale Danza, il Leone d’Oro Simone Forti e la sua Eredità video
June 12-23, 2023: Rome, Italy. Accademia Nazionale di Danza. Laboratorio: Pratiche di Simone Forti.
May 28-30, 2023: Venice Italy. Practices of Simone Forti, laboratory for College Danza students of La Bienale Danza 2023.
May 8-10, 2023: Florence, Italy. Cup of Words workshop at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts.
Concluding with performances by the students. Soundscore by Alessandro Girasoli.
Performance Wednesday May 10 at 18:00 at Dojo Yanagi di Judo, Via San Zanobi, 57 - Firenze.
Laboratorio sulla mia pratica Coppa delle Parole presso l'Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Concludendo con esibizioni il 10 maggio alle 18:00 degli studenti ed anche di me stessa (joyland, il primo assolo di Coppa delle Parole creato per Simone Forti nel 2009).Colonna sonora di Alessandro Girasoli.
March 18, 2023: Los Angeles, CA. come fare un fiore rosso/how to make a red flower, movement score by Sarah Swenson.
A film with with Cheryl Banks-Smith, Carmela Hermann Dietrich, Grace Privett-Mendoza, Alicia Moseley, and Thomas Ng, Soundscore by Alessandro Girasoli.
Made for Zoya Shokhooi and Iran.
February 23, 2023: Los Angeles. Oh, Tongue, by Simone Forti Book Launch Event.
At MOCA Grand Avenue. 6:00 PM, free with reservation. Readings by Simone Forti, Jeremiah Day,
Luke Johnson, Luca Lo Pinto, and Sarah Swenson.
January 15 - April 2, 2023: Los Angeles. Simone Forti Retrospective @MoCA Los Angeles
Performances of Dance Constructions Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
2022
December 15, 2022: Florence, Italy. Campane per Iran [Bells for Iran] at the exhibition Women, Life, Freedom, part of the For Iran project curated by Zoya Shokoohi and Mohammad Fallah.
Movement meditation by Sarah Swenson, music by Alessandro Girasoli, Campane.
At La Portineria, Viale Eleonora Duse, 30, Firenze. Information: [email protected]
September 12-14, 2022: Berlin, Germany. Huddle at Neue Nationalgallerie Berlin.
June 17-18, 2022: Los Angeles. Plectra & Percussion Dances at REDCAT.
Choreography by Sarah Swenson, commissioned by the Partch Ensemble.
With Cheryl Banks-Smith, Tamsin Carlson, Queala Clancy, Tori Cone, Grace Privett-Mendoza,
Sarah Swenson, and The Partch Ensemble performing live.
TBD: Singapore Remote. A collaborative project between Sarah and five Singaporean movement artists.
2021
October 2021: Pompeii Commitment
Simone Forti: A Collection of Materials Related to the Transmission of My Work
English Italian
September 5, 2021: Prato, Italy. Finnissage Simone Forti.SenzaFretta
Performing Zoo Mantras, a News Animation, and Illuminations with Charlemagne Palestine.
July 2, 2021: Singapore. At Work With The Dance Constructions
published by National Gallery Singapore.
June 14-20, 2021: Prato, Italy. In residence at Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci
for: Simone Forti.SenzaFretta through September 5, 2021.
June 4-5, 2021: Los Angeles. Castor & Pollux, a virtual event at REDCAT.
Choreography commissioned by the Partch Ensemble.
With Cheryl Banks-Smith, Tamsin Carlson, Queala Clancy,Tori Cone, Miranda Cox,
Sarah Swenson & The Partch Ensemble
2020
November 6, 2020: Virtual Bloodlines Festival - Stephen Petronio Company.
Festival Week 3 Anna Halprin & Rudy Perez
October 19-29, 2020: Rome, Italy. In residence at Accademia Nazionale di Danza, staging Sunday Afternoon (1976)
by Viola Farber. Read: Viola Farber, Black Lives Matter, and the 21st Century: A Covid Diary.
August 23, 2020
Lockdown Garden. An improvisation performed and filmed by Sarah Swenson & Alessandro Girasoli.
May 25, 2020
Where The Sea Meets The Land. A movement film by Sarah Swenson, with Terence Luke Johnson, and Sam Alty.
Filmed in Los Angeles and Laguna Beach. Screenings.
2019
November 21-23, 2019: Irvine, CA. Guest Choreographer, Irvine Valley College Dance Department.
Holberg Dances, Mvts. IV & V, performed by IVC dance students at IVC Performing Arts Center.
November 20-23, 2019: Long Beach, CA. Faculty Choreographer, CSULB Dance Department.
Fimmine (Women) Mvts. I & II. Performed by CSULB dance majors at Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theatre, Long Beach.
November 16-17, 2019: Los Angeles. Guest Artist Pasadena City College Dance Department.
Aural Suite, performed by PCC students at Sexson Auditorium, Pasadena, CA.
June 9-13, 2019: Basel, Switzerland. In residence at Kunsthausbaselland for the Dance Constructions.
May 14-16, 2019: New York, NY. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
April 27-May 3, 2019: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
April 11-13, 2019: New York, NY. Stephen Petronio premieres Rudy Perez' Coverage .
NYU Skirball. Read NYT Burke. Read NYT Kourlas. Read ArtsJournal Jowitt.
April 3-11: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
March 13, 2019: Trento, Italy. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
January 26, 2019: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Un Giorno di Memoria, with students of R.Montecuccoli Scuola Media. For National Day of Holocaust Remebrance. Choreography by Sarah Swenson, Music by Alessandro Girasoli, Art Direction by Giorgia Vicini.
January 14 - 17, 2019: Singapore. In residence at National Gallery of Singapore, Minimalism: Space. Light. Object, for the Dance Constructions.
Read: The Everyday Life of Simone Forti’s Dance Constructions.
2018
December 19, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
December 4, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
December 3, 2018: New York, NY. ON DISPLAY Global with Heidi Latsky Dance:
9:30-10:30 AM: United Nations, 405 E 42nd Street - Free Admission
12:00 - 2:00 PM: NYU Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway - Free Admission
December 2, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
November 29, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
November 13, 2018: Seoul, Korea. Art Talk: The Museum as Score, presented by Stuart Comer, and Huddle performance, sponsored by Hyundai Card, at the Understage. 현대카드 Art Talk : The Museum As Score @현대카드 UNDERSTAGE 5:00-6:00PM.
October 7 & 21, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. 3:00-4:30 PM. Master Class at Brockus.
Sarah teaches Horton-based modern technique at Brockus Project Dance Master Class Series.
All Abilities. Brockus Project Studios, 618B Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles.
Also on the series: Desmond Richardson, Kibbutz Dance Company, szalt, Kevin Williamson,
Rebecca Lemme, Jared Marks, ate9, LACDC.
September 28, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. The Colburn School, Master Class, Advanced Modern Technique.
September 20-November 15, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. Rudy Perez Archive Project at USC.
September 18, 2018: Fullerton, CA. Guest Lecturer, Advanced Dance Composition, California State University, Fullerton.
September 4-12, 2018: New York City. In residence at MoMA for the Dance Constructions.
July 8, 2018: Seoul, Korea. On Display Global Seoul. Slideshow.
July 2-8, 2018: Seoul, Korea. Dance Festival in Tank. Moonea Choi, Artistic Director. Video.
June 2-9, 2018: Melbourne, Australia. National Gallery of Victoria, in residence for the Dance Constructions. Video "Huddle in MoMA at NGV", National Gallery Victoria 2018 with Christian Rattemeyer & Sarah Swenson.
May 19-24, 2018: New York City. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
May 9-18, 2018: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
April 5 - May 2, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. Rudy Perez Archive Project at USC.
2017
December 4-6, 2017: New York City. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
December 2, 2017: New York City. Performing ON DISPLAY Global, at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, with Heidi Latsky Dance. 10:30 -12 noon, 721 Broadway, New York, NY. View the 2017 Video.
November 4, 2017: Cleveland, OH. Past, Present, and Future concert by Dancing Wheels Company, including Sarah Swenson's Clamor. At Breen Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 PM
October 7, 2017: New York City. NYC Premiere of Clamor, choreography by Sarah Swenson, a 2015 commission by Dancing Wheels for their 35th Anniversary season, also celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the ADA. With an original score by Alessandro Girasoli. Also on the program: choreographers David Dorfman, Daniel Job, Heidi Latsky, Dianne McIntyre, Catherine Meredith
and James Morrow. 8:00 PM at the Ailey Citicorp Theater. Clamor is dedicated to Irving Kenneth Zola. Read the 2015 Cleveland.com review, or get the pdf.
September 18-21, 2017: Milan, Italy. Museo del Novecento for Simone Forti's Dance Constructions.
June 10, 2017: Los Angeles, CA. Premiere of Fire Within, commissioned by Vox Femina Los Angeles, for their 20th Anniversary concert, Women on the Rise. 8:00 PM at Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, 200 South Grand Avenue. With Cheryl Banks-Smith, Tamsin Carlson, and Grace Privett-Mendoza of Vox Dance Theatre.
Read Jeff Slayton's Review.
May 13, 2017: Colburn Modern Repertoire students perform Sarah's 2009 Auriga, with music by Paul Hindemith. 7:30 PM at Aratani Japan America Theater, 244 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
Free Admission.
May 5-12, 2017: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
May 4-5, 2017: Santa Ana, CA. 7PM. Orange County School of the Arts, Classical & Contemporary Dance Conservatory performs Sarah's Danza Luna, commissioned by Director Steven Hyde. At the Margaret A. Webb Theatre, 801 N Main St, Santa Ana, CA.
April 2-6, 2017: Nimes, France. In residence at Carré Art Museum, teaching Simone Forti'sDance Constructions.
January 13-March 3, 2017: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Il Gesto che Libera - Stanza di Colori. Winter Dance Project with students of R.Montecuccoli Scuola Media. Choreography by Sarah Swenson, Music by Alessandro Girasoli, Art Direction by Giorgia Vicini. 18:00 - biblioteca Teresina Bortolucci - gratis.
2016
December 17, 2017: Los Angeles, CA. Colburn Modern Repertoire students perform Sarah's 2009 Auriga, with music by Paul Hindemith. 7PM at Zipper Hall, free admission. 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA.
December 12-16, 2016: New York. In residence at Danspace Project for the The Simone Forti Research Residency. Co-organized by Danspace Project and the Department of Media and Performance
at MoMA.
December 3, 2016: Irvine, CA. ON DISPLAY Global at Irvine Valley College. Visit (or re-visit!) a free performance of the Heidi Latsky movement installation ON DISPLAY, from 7:20 - to 7:55 in the IVC Performing Arts Center Lobby. Immediately followed by the Irvine Valley College Dance Department's 20th Anniversary Concert at 8 PM.
December 2 & 3, 2016: Irvine, CA. December 2 & 3 at 8PM, and December 3 at 2PM. Irvine Valley College Dance Department students and faculty perform Fimmine, Mvt. I, and Stabat Mater, Mvt. III. 8 PM. IVC PAC, 5500 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, CA 92618.
October 4-November 10, 2016: Irvine, CA. Choreographer in Residence - creating a new work commissioned by Director Steven Hyde, Orange County School of the Arts, Classical & Contemporary Division.
October 2, 2016: Orange County, CA: ON DISPLAY Orange County, at Orange County Great Park Palm Court - a free community performance event celebrating diversity. GPS: Orange County Great Park Carousel, Irvine, CA, 92618. Free parking. 1 PM. Read more about ON DISPLAY GLOBAL.
September 10-December 3, 2016: Irvine, CA. Choreographer in Residence, Irvine Valley College Dance Department.
September 9-December 10, 2016: Los Angeles, CA. Choreographer in Residence, The Colburn School.
September 7 - December 15: Fullerton, CA. Lecturer in Dance, California State University, Fullerton.
August 5, 2016: Monteroni di Lecce, Italy. Directing ON DISPLAY Monteroni. ON DISPLAY GLOBAL is a project of Heidi Latsky Dance. Performance at 6:00 PM - Piazza Falconieri - atrio Palazzo Ducale Monteroni di Lecce. Read the preview article.
June 11, 12 & 18, 19, 2016: Boston, MA. Performing in Heidi Latsky’s ON DISPLAY: A Movement Installation on the Harborwalk at Institute of Contemporary Art.
View photos and videos at the public FB group: ON DISPLAY Boston. Vimeo video of performance.
Request an Ambassador Kit to install On Display in your community.
Watch the WGBH television interview with Heidi Latsky and jerron Herman!
June 8, 16, 22 & 23, 2016. New York City. Creating LandLoveVoiceSoldier, a new solo for Suleiman Rifai.
April 30, 2016: Long Beach, CA. Students from the Classical & Contemporary Dance Division of Orange County School of the Arts perform Fiori, Fiori.
April 10 - 15, 2016: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
March 12, 2016: Napoli, Italy. Sarah Swenson's Stabat Mater, music by Alessandro Girasoli.
With dancers of HumanBodies from Art Garage, and guest speakers and performers from around Napoli. At Ex Asilo Filangieri. Vico Giuseppe Maffei, 80138, Napoli, Italia. 9:30 PM, free admission.
January 24 - 31, 2016: Middelburg, Netherlands. In residence at Vleeshal Markt, for Simone Forti's Dance Constructions.
January 14 - March 18, 2016: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Technique & Performance Workshop for youth, R. Montecuccoli Middle School.
2015
December 4-5, 2015, Irvine, CA.
Irvine Valley College Dance Department Fall Concert
With choreography by Sarah Swenson: Al Noor, music by Carl Stone;
Uccello, music by Alessandro Girasoli; Pavane for an Iraqi Girl, music by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Also on the program: Guest Choreographer Stephanie Gilliland, and faculty choreographers Cruz, Michel Gervais, Mindy Copeland, and others.
November 7, 2015: Irvine, CA. A Tribute to Rudy Perez. At xMPL (Experimental Media Performance Lab) , University of California/Irvine. Rudy 's third Lifetime Achievement Award. Performance, video, and conversation with Rudy Perez and the Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble: Anne Grimaldo, Jeff Grimaldo, Sarah Swenson, Alessia Patregnani, Michael Rowley, and Jarred Cairns. 7:30 PM.
Read Jeff Slayton's Nov 9 Seedance.com review here.
Read Deborah Vankin's Nov 6 L.A. Times preview here.
Read Victoria Looseleaf's Nov 4 FjoordReview.com preview here.
October 10, 2015: Cleveland, OH. World Premiere of Clamor, choreography by Sarah Swenson, a commission by Dancing Wheels for their 35th Anniversary season, also celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the ADA. With an original score by Alessandro Girasoli. At the Allen Theatre, Cleveland, OH.. Clamor is dedicated to Irving Kenneth Zola. Read the Cleveland.com review.
September 21 - October 14, 2015: Santa Ana, CA. Orange County School of the Arts Artist in Residence. Master Classes & Repertoire for the Classical & Contemporary Division.
April 27 - May 1, 2015: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
March 20, 2015: Los Angeles, CA. Master Classes in Modern technique and Repertoire,
Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School.
January 15 - March 13, 2015: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Technique & Performance Workshop for youth, R. Montecuccoli Middle School.
2014
Sunday, December 7, 2014: Cambridge, MA. Master Classes in Horton Technique, 12-2 PM.
The Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139.
November 22, 2014: Huntington Beach, CA. Huntington Academy of Dance, Master Class in Horton Technique, accompanied by Eric Ruskin.
November 18 - 21, 2014: Los Angeles, CA. The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Master Classes in Horton Technique.
November 17 - 20, 2014: Santa Ana, CA. Orange County School of the Arts, Repertoire Residency.
September 8-14, 2014: Santa Ana, CA. Orange County School of the Arts / Repertoire Residency: Ancestors, and Master Classes in Horton Technique.
August 24, 2014: Lecce, Italy. Palazzo Baronale di Monteroni, Sogno fra Sacro e Profano, a collaborative concert with Enzo Fina, Alessandro Girasoli, and Vox Danza Teatro del Salento, with guests Maurizio Ria, contrabasso, and Sabrina Luciani, harp.
August 21, 2014: San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy. Master Class at Centro Danza Excelsior.
August 20, 2014: San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy. Sogno fra Sacro e Profano, a collaborative concert with Enzo Fina, Alessandro Girasoliand artists of Salento, including the premiere performance of Vox Danza Teatro del Salento, with Carmen Garcia-Lafuente, Alissa Ianne, Cecilia Leo,and Michela Sacquegna. At Masseria Mazzetta.
May 10, 2014: Los Angeles, CA. The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Annual Spring Dance Concert. Students perform Ancestors, Fimmine, Mvt. I, and Fiori, Fiori.
March 24, 2014: Little Rock, AR. American College Dance Festival 2014 South Conference Gala Concert, at University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Irvine Valley College students perform Ancestors.
January 10 - March 28, 2014: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Technique & Workshop for Performance, R.Montecuccoli Middle School.
2013
September 27 - November 23, 2013: Long Beach, CA. Repertoire Residency at California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.
November 22, 2013: Los Angeles. Sarah performs Stabat Mater, Mvt. III, at the Colburn School's Fall Faculty Concert. Music by Alessandro Girasoli.
August 13, 2013: Salice Salentino, Italy. Il Sogno Continua, the second annual incarnation of live music, dance, and improvisation, in collaboration with Alessandro Girasoli & Enzo Fina. With guests Anna Alexandru and Carmen Garcia. Leggi l'articolo, read the article. At FucinAsud, via Cairoli 89, Salice Salentino (LE). 9:00 PM.
July 26, 2013: Alto Jonio Dance Festival, Calabria, Italy. Master Class in Horton Technique, & Repertoire Workshop, and solo performance. Stage di repertorio e tecnica Lester Horton, e spettacolo. Sarah Swenson performs la sua opera Campane, con musica di Alessandro Girasoli.
July 22, 2013: San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy. Master Class at Centro Danza Excelsior. Classes in modern dance technique for youth. Classi di danza moderna tecnica per la gioventù.
June 14-17, 2013: Aurillac, France. La Manufacture. Sarah Swenson in residence, technique and repertoire.
June 8, 2013: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Sarah Swenson incontra l'arte di Luigi Tagliavini, Palazzo Ducale, Pavullo nel Frignano (MO). Solo works with choreography by Sarah Swenson and music by Alessandro Girasoli.
May 29, 2013: Los Angeles. A Spring Fundraiser Performance for Vox Dance Theatre, with musical guests Enzo Fina & Roberto Catalano of Musicántica. With dance artists Tamsin Carlson, Jaclyn Kriewall, Stephanie Lin, Monica Mordaunt, Sadie Yarington and choreographer, founder, and Artistic Director, Sarah Swenson. Vox presents the new Campane Suite with music by Alessandro Girasoli. In The Colburn School's Grand Rehearsal Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue.
May 18, 2013: Los Angeles, CA. The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Annual Spring Dance Concert. Holberg Dances, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Grieg,performed by all levels of the Modern Dance Department, and Ballare, music by Stravinsky, performed by the Advanced Studies Repertoire class.
May 20, 2013: Pasadena, CA. Vox Dance Theatre USA at ARC Pasadena. Preview performance of Campane Suite (Nord, Solo, Campane, Voci), music by Alessandro Girasoli, choreography by Sarah Swenson.
February 23, 2013: Los Angeles, CA. Campane, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Alessandro Girasoli. Performed by The Colburn Youth Orchestra, conducted by Maxim Eshkenazy, and dancers Brooke McDaniels, Grace Privett-Mendoza, Henry Privett-Mendoza, and Ian Richardson, of the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School.
2012
November 3, 2012: San Bernardino Valley College, with Enzo Fina & Roberto Catalano of Musicántica. United States premiere of Brigantesse. SBVC Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Ave, San Bernardino, CA 92410. 7:30 PM.
September 27, 2012: Scripps College. Richardson Dance Studio, 1030 Columbia Ave, Claremont, CA 91711. 7:00 PM. Vox Dance Theatre performs Al Noor and the complete Fimmine.
September 21, 2012: Performing Arts Exchange Juried Showcase at 8:25 PM: Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida, 33139. Free. Conference Booth #412.
August 24-26, 2012. Sao Paolo, Brazil. Teaching Simone Forti's Dance Constructions
at the 30th Bienal Sao Paolo.
July 9-25, 2012: Classical Modern Series 2012. $15 per class or $75 package for all six. At the Gallery Studio of Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, 244 South San Pedro, Los Angeles, 90012. Vox Dance Theatre hosts the second year of intensive Classical Modern Dance classes for students, teachers, and teachers-to-be, with six Southern California Master Teachers of modern dance. The Series offers technique, methodology, history, teaching approaches for all ages, and fundamental tenets of a variety of early and mid-20th century techniques: Trina Parks: Dunham; John Pennington: Lewitzky; Karen Safrit:Nikolais; Sarah Swenson: Horton; Diana MacNeil: Lewitzky; Tamsin Carlson: Cunningham.
June 3, 2012: Vox Dance Theatre in an encore performance of Al Noor with choreography by Sarah Swenson and music by Carl Stone. At the Gallery Studio of Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, 244 South San Pedro, Los Angeles, 90012. Anne & Jeff Grimaldo's Naked WIth Shoes shares the program with Vox. Free. Read the article here.
June 3, 2012: Vox Dance Theatre in the world premiere of Al Noor at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, with choreography by Sarah Swenson and music by Carl Stone. Al Noor will be performed amidst the Sky Ladder installation of Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, including his gunpowder murals, crop circle installation, and videos. View this fascinating video of Cai's explosion art. The Geffen: 152 N Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90013. Two performances: 1:30 and 2:30 with pre-performance workshops for children.
May 28, 2012. Seoul, Korea. Teaching Simone Forti's Dance Constructions at The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea.
April 14, 2012: Vox Dance Theatre at the Los Angeles Dance Festival. Diavolo Dance Theater, 616 Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90031, 7:30 PM.
January 8, 2012: APAP 2012. Pentacle.org Gallery Roster Showcase, 8:48 PM.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, 120 West 46 Street, New York City, 10036. Free.
2011
October 20-23, 2011: Festival de Octubre. Instituto de Cultura de Baja California, Mexico.
Click here to watch the Audience Feedback movie
Thursday, October 20: Teatro de la Ciudad de Ensenada, Ensenada, 8:00 PM.
Read the Ensenada review by Marcela Danemann in Spanish: La Ventana.
Friday, October 21: Teatro Universitario Rubén Vizcaíno Valencia UABC, Tijuana, 8:00 PM.
Saturday, October 22: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California/Escuela de Artes Tecate, 7:00 PM.
Read the Tecate review by Ruben in Spanish: Enfoke Journal.
Sunday, October 23: Teatro del Estado, Mexicali, 8:00 PM.
October 16, 2011: World Festival of Sacred Music and the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center present Mare Vaporum (Sea of Vapour) at the JACCC Plaza, 244 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Vox Dance Theater performs Fimmine in Kimono, with an appearance by students of The Colburn School in Artistic Director, Sarah Swenson's teen work, Pavane for an Iraqi Girl, 8:00 PM.
June 7 - July 28, 2011: Summer Nights Classical Modern Dance Educational Series, sponsored by Vox Dance Theatre. Featuring these noble Master Teachers of the Los Angeles area: Trina Parks, Katherine Dunham Technique; Susan McLain, Martha Graham-based Technique; Diana MacNeil, Bella Lewitzky Technique; Jeff Slayton, Viola Farber Technique; John Pennington, Bella Lewitzky technique; Tamsin Carlson, Merce Cunningham technique; Sharon Kinney, Paul Taylor-based technique.
May 20, 2011: Herbert Zipper Concert Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012. 7:30 PM. Free. Vox Dance Theatre in excerpts from Auriga, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Hindemith.
April 28 - May 8, 2011: Fullerton, CA. Residency, California State University/Fullerton Dance Department. Undergraduates perform Sarah Swenson's Ancestors.
April 16, 2011: 24th Street Theatre, 1:00 PM. 1117 West 24th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007-1725. $7. Vox Dance Theatre and Musicantica present excerpts from the new Brigantesse as well as two movements from the acclaimed Fimmine. With participation by children of the 24th Street Theatre community! Click here to buy tickets online: 24th Street Theatre.
More information: (213) 745-6516.
APAP 2011 Showcase Schedule:
Sunday, January 9, 2011: 3:00 PM - Ailey Citigroup Theater, Jodi Kaplan & Associates Boutique
Roster Showcase.
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 10:30 PM - City Center Theater, Studio 5.
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 9:30 PM - City Center Theater, Studio 5.
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 6:30 PM - Ailey Citigroup Theater, Jodi Kaplan & Associates
Boutique Roster Showcase.
Friday, January 7, 2011: 8:25 PM - City Center Theater, Studio 4.
2010
September 19 & 26, 2010: Santa Monica, CA. Conversation Piece with Simone Forti & The Sleeves. Highways Performance Space. Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle. A Whimsical, thoughtful, dance/theater work exploring the art of conversation through a variety of structures, scores and actions. Kristen Smiarowski/dramaturg. Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA 90404. 7:30 PM.
August 31, 2010: WAA - Western Arts Alliance - 2010 Conference, Long Beach, CA, Affiliated Dance Showcase at 10:40 PM in the Beacon Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Long Beach Hotel. Vox Dance Theatre is on the Boutique Roster of Jodi Kaplan & Associates / Booking Dance, WAA Booth #538.
August 17-22, 2010: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010, Scotland. At Venue 150 with Jodi Kaplan/Booking Dance Showcase, 150 Morrison Street, Edinburgh. 4:00 PM daily, plus 12:30 PM lunchtime show on 8/18.
August 5, 2010, Thursday 7:00 - 9:15: Bon Voyage Party & Open Rehearsal! Relax with nibbles and beverages while watching a final rehearsal for Vox Dance Theatre's tour to the Edinburgh Fringe! Final run-through 8:15, then celebrate! Brockus Project Studios, 618-b Moulton Ave, Los Angeles, 90031. All welcome! More info: [email protected]
2009
October 3, 2009, Riverside, CA: Dancing Beyond Borders: Dancers For Life 15/AIDS Benefit. Vox Dance Theatre premieres Auriga, with music from Hindemith's The Four Temperaments. Also on the program: BARE Dance Company, Justine Lemos, Lineage Dance, Lux Boreal Danza Contemporánea, Palindrome Performance Group, Pennington Dance Group, and Stephanie Gilliland. At Riverside City College - Landis Performing Arts Center, directions. 6:30 PM silent auction & pre-concert reception, 8:00 PM curtain. Tickets: $15 general, $10 student, senior, RCC staff. Box Office: 951.222.8100.
August 23, 2009: Thirteenth Annual Celebrate Dance Festival, Balboa Park, San Diego. Vox Dance Theatre performs the complete Fimmine, Sunday night at 7:30, Casa del Prado Theater. Read "Rebellious Brides Top FInal Day" by Kris Eitland from San Diego Arts Online.
June 19 & 20, 2009. Los Angeles, CA. To Borrow Salt, with Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle, at The Box Gallery (Chinatown). The quartet, directed by Forti, cycles events into various juxtapositions with each other, creating a kaleidoscopic narrative focused on language. Kristin Smiarowski, dramaturg. Listen to an audio selection from the performance here.
Watch joyand duet.
June 6, 2009: Vox Dance Theatre appears in A Tribute to Rudy Perez at The Intimate Theatre, CSULA Luckman Fine Arts Complex, 8:30 PM. Cuatro, re-dedicated to Rudy Perez for his 80th birthday, will be performed. Buy tickets: Luckman Fine Arts. Read the review: Dance Magazine Online.
May 9, 2009: A Celebration of Dance: Benefit for Everybody Dance! & Gabriela Charter School. Vox Dance Theatre and students from Everybody Dance! perform an excerpt from Sarah Swenson's signature work, Fimmine, onstage together at the Eli & Edith Broad Stage, 1310 Eleventh Street, Santa Monica 90401. Everybody Dance!
March 22, 2009, Glendae, CA: Vox Dance Theatre at 2009 Brand Library Dance Series. 2:00 PM - Free!! Performance to include a preview of the new work Auriga, as well as favorites Inventory, with choreography by Jeff Slayton, and Fimmine. Q & A and garden reception to follow. 1601 W Mountain Street, Glendale, CA 91201.
2008
December 13, 2008: Vox Dance Theatre at ArtBash 2008! A festival from the heart of LA’s arts community to celebrate the worst financial crash since 1929. 8:00 PM. $20 admission, $10 open bar access. At the Architecture + Design Museum, 5900 Wilshire Blvd. (across from LACMA) Buy tickets online. Also on the program: LA Contemporary Dance Co • The Original L.A. Breakers • Invertigo Dance Theatre • Browse performers.
October 5, 2008: Vox Dance Theatre performs Jeff Slayton's Inventory, at Long Beach's annual University by the Sea Festival. In the solarium of the Cooper Arms Hotel, 455 East Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802 - 5:00 PM - Free!!!
June 7-8, 2008: Vox Dance Theatre premieres Jeff Slayton's Inventory, with music by percussion artist Tatsuya Kakatani. At the Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theatre in Long Beach.
March 22 -23, 2008: Santa Monica, CA. World premiere of Pavane for an Iraqi Girl. Sarah performs with Ken Montalvo, Robert Valdonvinos, and Danny Arreola.
2007
October 18 – 21 and 25 – 29, 2007: Los Angeles, CA. Turtles All The Way Down, Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle, at The Unknown Theater, Hollywood.
Read the L.A. Times review here. pdf
2006
July 22-25, 2006: Santa Monica, CA. 101 at Highways Performance Space. Improvisation artist Simone Forti, theatre artist Terence Luke Johnson, dancer/choreographer Sarah Swenson, and musician/composer Douglas Wadle engage each other in a weave of movement, sound and spoken word, in a sequel to Unbuttoned Sleeves, performed last summer at the Redcat Theater’s NOW Festival. Read the L.A. Times piece by Susan Josephs here. pdf
2005
August 2005: Toronto. World premiere of Fimmine, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Phlip Glass, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No. 1. Toronto International Dance Festival.
July 28-30, 2005: Los Angeles, CA. Unbuttoned Sleeves at REDCAT. Improvisation artist Simone Forti, theatre artist Terence Luke Johnson, dancer/choreographer Sarah Swenson, and musician/composer Douglas Wadle in their first collaborative work. Read the L.A.Times review by Lewis Segal here. pdf
2000
December 1, 2000: Long Beach, CA.
Premiere of Ancestors (Graham, Humphrey, Horton, Taylor, Limon, Ailey & Balanchine)
Choreography by Sarah Swenson, commissioned by Sophia Monat & Orange County High School of the Arts.
Performed by students of the Classical & Contemporary Dance Division of OCHSA.
October 9, 2000: Los Angeles, CA. Euridice, Long Beach Opera
Directed by Isabel Milenski, choreography by Sarah Swenson. pdf
Getty Museum
June 19, 2000: Los Angeles. Party Scene, dancer. Choreography by Melinda Ring, Los Angeles Theatre Center. pdf
1999 and prior
November 11-5, 1999: California State University/Long Beach Dance Department Faculty Concert, Long Beach, CA. Performing Love Letters, choreography by Della Davidson.
September 30, October 1-3, 1999: Progress in Works, MFA Thesis Concert, Long Beach, CA. Premiering Blessing, music by Leonard Eto, Lion; and On My Mind, music by Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke, Nils Petter Molvaer, various. Choreography by Sarah Swenson (1999). Costumes by Liz Pelster. Performed by students of the California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.
June 1999: Beijing Dance Academy, People's Republic of China. Sarah Swenson, Guest Instructor: Repertory workshops, Horton technique.
November 13 –17, 1998: CSULB Fall Faculty Concert, Long Beach CA. Sarah Swenson performs the principal role in From My Mother's Side, choreography by Jeff Slayton. Original music composed and performed live by Robin Cox.
March 13-15, 1998: CSULB Spring Contemporary Dance Concert, Long Beach, CA. Premiering Under the Drum, choreography by Sarah Swenson (1998); poetry and artwork by Turtle Heart (Ojibway), with traditional and contemporary indigenous music. Performed by students of the California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.
1997-1991: Seraphim Dance Theatre, New York City, NY. Sarah Swenson, Associate Artistic Director and founding member. Raymond C. Harris, Artistic Director. Performing throughout New York City, Connecticut, New Jersey. Dunning 1995
July 1996: Dance Institute of Washington, Washington, D.C., residency. Repertory Coach and Rehearsal Director, choreography workshops, Horton technique.
April 12, 1995: First Annual International Student Concert "Global Harmony", launched by Sarah Swenson, at the Alvin Ailey School, New York City. Premiering Song for a Country, choreography by Sarah Swenson (1995). Music by Lloyd McNeill, Mandela Suite. Performed by students of the Alvin Ailey School (formerly the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center).
1993 & 1992: Chancellor's Model School Project of New York City, Guest teacher & choreographer of We Are The World, an international study project involving cultural dances, music, and UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child. 7th and 8th Grades at P.S. 19, The Asher Levy School, Sponsored by Columbia University and Exxon Corporation.
1991: Artists of Jubilation! Ensemble, company member, NYC, New York. Kevin Jeff, Artistic Director.
May 30, 1990: New York. Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Dance Theatre of Harlem School, and Lincoln Center Plaza, New York City. Premiering The Road, choreographed by Sarah Swenson (1990). Music by Lloyd McNeill, Night Voices. Performed by Sarah Swenson and Suleiman Rifai. Read the review by Jennifer Dunning. pdf
1986: Touring People's Republic of China with Chun Myung Sook Dance Company: Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Yan Bian.
April 5, 2024
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble performs Tribute, dedicated to the late Rudy Perez
with Anne Grimaldo, Jeff Grimaldo, Alessia Patregnani, Isabel Van Zigl, Sarah Swenson
Electric Lodge, Venice, 8 PM
March 16, 2024: Pasadena. Ancestors, choeography by Sarah Swenson (2000).
Performed by Advanced Modern Students of Trudl Zipper Dance Institute
with the Colburn Chamber Orchestra. Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena.
TICKETS
2023
December 17, 2023: Los Angeles. Ancestors (2000), performed by students of the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at
The Colburn School, Zipper Concert Hall.
July 28-29, 2023: Southampton, NY. The Watermill Center, Dance Constructions, Simone Forti. pdf
July 8-13, 2023: Venice, Italy. La Biennale Danza. Dance Constructions, Simone Forti pdf
La Biennale Danza, il Leone d’Oro Simone Forti e la sua Eredità video
June 12-23, 2023: Rome, Italy. Accademia Nazionale di Danza. Laboratorio: Pratiche di Simone Forti.
May 8-10, 2023: Florence, Italy. Cup of Words workshop at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts.
Concluding with performances by the students. Soundscore by Alessandro Girasoli.
Performance Wednesday May 10 at 18:00 at Dojo Yanagi di Judo, Via San Zanobi, 57 - Firenze.
Laboratorio sulla mia pratica Coppa delle Parole presso l'Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Concludendo con esibizioni il 10 maggio alle 18:00 degli studenti ed anche di me stessa (joyland, il primo assolo di Coppa delle Parole creato per Simone Forti nel 2009).Colonna sonora di Alessandro Girasoli.
March 18, 2023: Los Angeles, CA. come fare un fiore rosso/how to make a red flower, a film with with Cheryl Banks-Smith, Carmela Hermann Dietrich, Grace Privett-Mendoza, Alicia Moseley, and Thomas Ng, Soundscore by Alessandro Girasoli.
Made for Zoya Shokhooi and Iran.
February 23, 2023: Los Angeles. Oh, Tongue, by Simone Forti Book Launch Event.
At MOCA Grand Avenue. 6:00 PM, free with reservation. Readings by Simone Forti, Jeremiah Day,
Luke Johnson, Luca Lo Pinto, and Sarah Swenson.
January 15 - April 2, 2023: Los Angeles. Simone Forti Retrospective @MoCA Los Angeles
Performances of Dance Constructions Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
2022
December 15, 2022: Florence, Italy. Campane per Iran [Bells for Iran] at the exhibition Women, Life, Freedom, part of the For Iran project curated by Zoya Shokoohi and Mohammad Fallah.
Movement meditation by Sarah Swenson, music by Alessandro Girasoli, Campane.
At La Portineria, Viale Eleonora Duse, 30, Firenze. Information: [email protected]
September 12-14, 2022: Berlin, Germany. Huddle at Neue Nationalgallerie Berlin.
June 17-18, 2022: Los Angeles. Plectra & Percussion Dances at REDCAT.
Choreography by Sarah Swenson, commissioned by the Partch Ensemble.
With Cheryl Banks-Smith, Tamsin Carlson, Queala Clancy, Tori Cone, Grace Privett-Mendoza,
Sarah Swenson, and The Partch Ensemble performing live.
TBD: Singapore Remote. A collaborative project between Sarah and five Singaporean movement artists.
2021
October 2021: Pompeii Commitment
Simone Forti: A Collection of Materials Related to the Transmission of My Work
English Italian
September 5, 2021: Prato, Italy. Finnissage Simone Forti.SenzaFretta
Performing Zoo Mantras, a News Animation, and Illuminations with Charlemagne Palestine.
July 2, 2021: Singapore. At Work With The Dance Constructions
published by National Gallery Singapore.
June 14-20, 2021: Prato, Italy. In residence at Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci
for: Simone Forti.SenzaFretta through September 5, 2021.
June 4-5, 2021: Los Angeles. Castor & Pollux, a virtual event at REDCAT.
Choreography commissioned by the Partch Ensemble.
With Cheryl Banks-Smith, Tamsin Carlson, Queala Clancy,Tori Cone, Miranda Cox,
Sarah Swenson & The Partch Ensemble
2020
November 6, 2020: Virtual Bloodlines Festival - Stephen Petronio Company.
Festival Week 3 Anna Halprin & Rudy Perez
October 19-29, 2020: Rome, Italy. In residence at Accademia Nazionale di Danza, staging Sunday Afternoon (1976)
by Viola Farber. Read: Viola Farber, Black Lives Matter, and the 21st Century: A Covid Diary.
2019
November 21-23, 2019: Irvine, CA. Guest Choreographer, Irvine Valley College Dance Department.
Holberg Dances, Mvts. IV & V, performed by IVC dance students at IVC Performing Arts Center.
November 20-23, 2019: Long Beach, CA. Faculty Choreographer, CSULB Dance Department.
Fimmine (Women) Mvts. I & II. Performed by CSULB dance majors at Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theatre, Long Beach.
November 16-17, 2019: Los Angeles. Guest Artist Pasadena City College Dance Department.
Aural Suite, performed by PCC students at Sexson Auditorium, Pasadena, CA.
June 9-13, 2019: Basel, Switzerland. In residence at Kunsthausbaselland for the Dance Constructions.
May 14-16, 2019: New York, NY. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
April 27-May 3, 2019: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
April 11-13, 2019: New York, NY. Stephen Petronio premieres Rudy Perez' Coverage .
NYU Skirball. Read NYT Burke. Read NYT Kourlas. Read ArtsJournal Jowitt.
April 3-11: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
March 13, 2019: Trento, Italy. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
January 26, 2019: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Un Giorno di Memoria, with students of R.Montecuccoli Scuola Media. For National Day of Holocaust Remebrance. Choreography by Sarah Swenson, Music by Alessandro Girasoli, Art Direction by Giorgia Vicini.
January 14 - 17, 2019: Singapore. In residence at National Gallery of Singapore, Minimalism: Space. Light. Object, for the Dance Constructions.
Read: The Everyday Life of Simone Forti’s Dance Constructions.
2018
December 19, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
December 4, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
December 3, 2018: New York, NY. ON DISPLAY Global with Heidi Latsky Dance:
9:30-10:30 AM: United Nations, 405 E 42nd Street - Free Admission
12:00 - 2:00 PM: NYU Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway - Free Admission
December 2, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
November 29, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
November 13, 2018: Seoul, Korea. Art Talk: The Museum as Score, presented by Stuart Comer, and Huddle performance, sponsored by Hyundai Card, at the Understage. 현대카드 Art Talk : The Museum As Score @현대카드 UNDERSTAGE 5:00-6:00PM.
October 7 & 21, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. 3:00-4:30 PM. Master Class at Brockus.
Sarah teaches Horton-based modern technique at Brockus Project Dance Master Class Series.
All Abilities. Brockus Project Studios, 618B Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles.
Also on the series: Desmond Richardson, Kibbutz Dance Company, szalt, Kevin Williamson,
Rebecca Lemme, Jared Marks, ate9, LACDC.
September 28, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. The Colburn School, Master Class, Advanced Modern Technique.
September 20-November 15, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. Rudy Perez Archive Project at USC.
September 18, 2018: Fullerton, CA. Guest Lecturer, Advanced Dance Composition, California State University, Fullerton.
September 4-12, 2018: New York City. In residence at MoMA for the Dance Constructions.
July 8, 2018: Seoul, Korea. On Display Global Seoul. Slideshow.
July 2-8, 2018: Seoul, Korea. Dance Festival in Tank. Moonea Choi, Artistic Director. Video.
June 2-9, 2018: Melbourne, Australia. National Gallery of Victoria, in residence for the Dance Constructions. Video "Huddle in MoMA at NGV", National Gallery Victoria 2018 with Christian Rattemeyer & Sarah Swenson.
May 19-24, 2018: New York City. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
May 9-18, 2018: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
April 5 - May 2, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. Rudy Perez Archive Project at USC.
2017
December 4-6, 2017: New York City. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
December 2, 2017: New York City. Performing ON DISPLAY Global, at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, with Heidi Latsky Dance. 10:30 -12 noon, 721 Broadway, New York, NY. View the 2017 Video.
November 4, 2017: Cleveland, OH. Past, Present, and Future concert by Dancing Wheels Company, including Sarah Swenson's Clamor. At Breen Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 PM
October 7, 2017: New York City. NYC Premiere of Clamor, choreography by Sarah Swenson, a 2015 commission by Dancing Wheels for their 35th Anniversary season, also celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the ADA. With an original score by Alessandro Girasoli. Also on the program: choreographers David Dorfman, Daniel Job, Heidi Latsky, Dianne McIntyre, Catherine Meredith
and James Morrow. 8:00 PM at the Ailey Citicorp Theater. Clamor is dedicated to Irving Kenneth Zola. Read the 2015 Cleveland.com review, or get the pdf.
September 18-21, 2017: Milan, Italy. Museo del Novecento for Simone Forti's Dance Constructions.
June 10, 2017: Los Angeles, CA. Premiere of Fire Within, commissioned by Vox Femina Los Angeles, for their 20th Anniversary concert, Women on the Rise. 8:00 PM at Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, 200 South Grand Avenue. With Cheryl Banks-Smith, Tamsin Carlson, and Grace Privett-Mendoza of Vox Dance Theatre.
Read Jeff Slayton's Review.
May 13, 2017: Colburn Modern Repertoire students perform Sarah's 2009 Auriga, with music by Paul Hindemith. 7:30 PM at Aratani Japan America Theater, 244 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
Free Admission.
May 5-12, 2017: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
May 4-5, 2017: Santa Ana, CA. 7PM. Orange County School of the Arts, Classical & Contemporary Dance Conservatory performs Sarah's Danza Luna, commissioned by Director Steven Hyde. At the Margaret A. Webb Theatre, 801 N Main St, Santa Ana, CA.
April 2-6, 2017: Nimes, France. In residence at Carré Art Museum, teaching Simone Forti'sDance Constructions.
January 13-March 3, 2017: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Il Gesto che Libera - Stanza di Colori. Winter Dance Project with students of R.Montecuccoli Scuola Media. Choreography by Sarah Swenson, Music by Alessandro Girasoli, Art Direction by Giorgia Vicini. 18:00 - biblioteca Teresina Bortolucci - gratis.
2016
December 17, 2017: Los Angeles, CA. Colburn Modern Repertoire students perform Sarah's 2009 Auriga, with music by Paul Hindemith. 7PM at Zipper Hall, free admission. 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA.
December 12-16, 2016: New York. In residence at Danspace Project for the The Simone Forti Research Residency. Co-organized by Danspace Project and the Department of Media and Performance
at MoMA.
December 3, 2016: Irvine, CA. ON DISPLAY Global at Irvine Valley College. Visit (or re-visit!) a free performance of the Heidi Latsky movement installation ON DISPLAY, from 7:20 - to 7:55 in the IVC Performing Arts Center Lobby. Immediately followed by the Irvine Valley College Dance Department's 20th Anniversary Concert at 8 PM.
December 2 & 3, 2016: Irvine, CA. December 2 & 3 at 8PM, and December 3 at 2PM. Irvine Valley College Dance Department students and faculty perform Fimmine, Mvt. I, and Stabat Mater, Mvt. III. 8 PM. IVC PAC, 5500 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, CA 92618.
October 4-November 10, 2016: Irvine, CA. Choreographer in Residence - creating a new work commissioned by Director Steven Hyde, Orange County School of the Arts, Classical & Contemporary Division.
October 2, 2016: Orange County, CA: ON DISPLAY Orange County, at Orange County Great Park Palm Court - a free community performance event celebrating diversity. GPS: Orange County Great Park Carousel, Irvine, CA, 92618. Free parking. 1 PM. Read more about ON DISPLAY GLOBAL.
September 10-December 3, 2016: Irvine, CA. Choreographer in Residence, Irvine Valley College Dance Department.
September 9-December 10, 2016: Los Angeles, CA. Choreographer in Residence, The Colburn School.
September 7 - December 15: Fullerton, CA. Lecturer in Dance, California State University, Fullerton.
August 5, 2016: Monteroni di Lecce, Italy. Directing ON DISPLAY Monteroni. ON DISPLAY GLOBAL is a project of Heidi Latsky Dance. Performance at 6:00 PM - Piazza Falconieri - atrio Palazzo Ducale Monteroni di Lecce. Read the preview article.
June 11, 12 & 18, 19, 2016: Boston, MA. Performing in Heidi Latsky’s ON DISPLAY: A Movement Installation on the Harborwalk at Institute of Contemporary Art.
View photos and videos at the public FB group: ON DISPLAY Boston. Vimeo video of performance.
Request an Ambassador Kit to install On Display in your community.
Watch the WGBH television interview with Heidi Latsky and jerron Herman!
June 8, 16, 22 & 23, 2016. New York City. Creating LandLoveVoiceSoldier, a new solo for Suleiman Rifai.
April 30, 2016: Long Beach, CA. Students from the Classical & Contemporary Dance Division of Orange County School of the Arts perform Fiori, Fiori.
April 10 - 15, 2016: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
March 12, 2016: Napoli, Italy. Sarah Swenson's Stabat Mater, music by Alessandro Girasoli.
With dancers of HumanBodies from Art Garage, and guest speakers and performers from around Napoli. At Ex Asilo Filangieri. Vico Giuseppe Maffei, 80138, Napoli, Italia. 9:30 PM, free admission.
January 24 - 31, 2016: Middelburg, Netherlands. In residence at Vleeshal Markt, for Simone Forti's Dance Constructions.
January 14 - March 18, 2016: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Technique & Performance Workshop for youth, R. Montecuccoli Middle School.
2015
December 4-5, 2015, Irvine, CA.
Irvine Valley College Dance Department Fall Concert
With choreography by Sarah Swenson: Al Noor, music by Carl Stone;
Uccello, music by Alessandro Girasoli; Pavane for an Iraqi Girl, music by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Also on the program: Guest Choreographer Stephanie Gilliland, and faculty choreographers Cruz, Michel Gervais, Mindy Copeland, and others.
November 7, 2015: Irvine, CA. A Tribute to Rudy Perez. At xMPL (Experimental Media Performance Lab) , University of California/Irvine. Rudy 's third Lifetime Achievement Award. Performance, video, and conversation with Rudy Perez and the Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble: Anne Grimaldo, Jeff Grimaldo, Sarah Swenson, Alessia Patregnani, Michael Rowley, and Jarred Cairns. 7:30 PM.
Read Jeff Slayton's Nov 9 Seedance.com review here.
Read Deborah Vankin's Nov 6 L.A. Times preview here.
Read Victoria Looseleaf's Nov 4 FjoordReview.com preview here.
October 10, 2015: Cleveland, OH. World Premiere of Clamor, choreography by Sarah Swenson, a commission by Dancing Wheels for their 35th Anniversary season, also celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the ADA. With an original score by Alessandro Girasoli. At the Allen Theatre, Cleveland, OH.. Clamor is dedicated to Irving Kenneth Zola. Read the Cleveland.com review.
September 21 - October 14, 2015: Santa Ana, CA. Orange County School of the Arts Artist in Residence. Master Classes & Repertoire for the Classical & Contemporary Division.
September 2025 TBD
Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
Repertory Residency in School of Dance & Theatre
July 2025 TBD
Performance at Casa Ulivo
di Fabio Sargentini e Elsa Agalbato
Vignaie, Umbria, Italia
2024
November 24, 2024
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble
Highways Performance Space 35th Anniversary
Time TBA (afternoon) Santa Monica, CA
November 17, 2024
Simone Forti Afternoon
Highways Performance Space 35th Anniversary
Time TBA (afternoon) Santa Monica, CA
June 14, 15, 16 2024
Dance Constructions at Palazzo Altemps
Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps
Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46, 00186 Roma RM IG
Read the article online by Natalia Gozzano in Italiano. pdf
April 7, 2024
Rudy Perez Memorial Celebration
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble: Anne Grimaldo, Jeff Grimaldo, Alessia Patregnani,
Isabel Van Zigl, Sarah Swenson, with guests Victor Quijada, Michael Alexander,
Lula Washington, Ian Cousineau, Barbara Roan, and Karen Goodman.
Performances and homage dedicated to the late Rudy Perez
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica CA
April 5, 2024
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble performs Tribute, dedicated to the late Rudy Perez
with Anne Grimaldo, Jeff Grimaldo, Alessia Patregnani, Isabel Van Zigl, Sarah Swenson
At the Electric Lodge, Venice, CA
March 16, 2024: Pasadena, CA. Ancestors, choreography by Sarah Swenson (2000).
Performed by Advanced Modern Students of Trudl Zipper Dance Institute
with the Colburn Chamber Orchestra. Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena.
March 3, 2024, Italy. Release of documentary Simone Forti.The Art of Movement. RAI Television.
View on RAIPLAY.it, register for free to view.
2023
December 17, 2023: Los Angeles. Ancestors (2000), performed by students of the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at
The Colburn School, Zipper Concert Hall.
July 28-29, 2023: Southampton, NY. The Watermill Center, Dance Constructions, Simone Forti. pdf
July 8-13, 2023: Venice, Italy. La Biennale Danza. Dance Constructions, Simone Forti pdf
La Biennale Danza, il Leone d’Oro Simone Forti e la sua Eredità video
June 12-23, 2023: Rome, Italy. Accademia Nazionale di Danza. Laboratorio: Pratiche di Simone Forti.
May 28-30, 2023: Venice Italy. Practices of Simone Forti, laboratory for College Danza students of La Bienale Danza 2023.
May 8-10, 2023: Florence, Italy. Cup of Words workshop at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts.
Concluding with performances by the students. Soundscore by Alessandro Girasoli.
Performance Wednesday May 10 at 18:00 at Dojo Yanagi di Judo, Via San Zanobi, 57 - Firenze.
Laboratorio sulla mia pratica Coppa delle Parole presso l'Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Concludendo con esibizioni il 10 maggio alle 18:00 degli studenti ed anche di me stessa (joyland, il primo assolo di Coppa delle Parole creato per Simone Forti nel 2009).Colonna sonora di Alessandro Girasoli.
March 18, 2023: Los Angeles, CA. come fare un fiore rosso/how to make a red flower, movement score by Sarah Swenson.
A film with with Cheryl Banks-Smith, Carmela Hermann Dietrich, Grace Privett-Mendoza, Alicia Moseley, and Thomas Ng, Soundscore by Alessandro Girasoli.
Made for Zoya Shokhooi and Iran.
February 23, 2023: Los Angeles. Oh, Tongue, by Simone Forti Book Launch Event.
At MOCA Grand Avenue. 6:00 PM, free with reservation. Readings by Simone Forti, Jeremiah Day,
Luke Johnson, Luca Lo Pinto, and Sarah Swenson.
January 15 - April 2, 2023: Los Angeles. Simone Forti Retrospective @MoCA Los Angeles
Performances of Dance Constructions Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
2022
December 15, 2022: Florence, Italy. Campane per Iran [Bells for Iran] at the exhibition Women, Life, Freedom, part of the For Iran project curated by Zoya Shokoohi and Mohammad Fallah.
Movement meditation by Sarah Swenson, music by Alessandro Girasoli, Campane.
At La Portineria, Viale Eleonora Duse, 30, Firenze. Information: [email protected]
September 12-14, 2022: Berlin, Germany. Huddle at Neue Nationalgallerie Berlin.
June 17-18, 2022: Los Angeles. Plectra & Percussion Dances at REDCAT.
Choreography by Sarah Swenson, commissioned by the Partch Ensemble.
With Cheryl Banks-Smith, Tamsin Carlson, Queala Clancy, Tori Cone, Grace Privett-Mendoza,
Sarah Swenson, and The Partch Ensemble performing live.
TBD: Singapore Remote. A collaborative project between Sarah and five Singaporean movement artists.
2021
October 2021: Pompeii Commitment
Simone Forti: A Collection of Materials Related to the Transmission of My Work
English Italian
September 5, 2021: Prato, Italy. Finnissage Simone Forti.SenzaFretta
Performing Zoo Mantras, a News Animation, and Illuminations with Charlemagne Palestine.
July 2, 2021: Singapore. At Work With The Dance Constructions
published by National Gallery Singapore.
June 14-20, 2021: Prato, Italy. In residence at Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci
for: Simone Forti.SenzaFretta through September 5, 2021.
June 4-5, 2021: Los Angeles. Castor & Pollux, a virtual event at REDCAT.
Choreography commissioned by the Partch Ensemble.
With Cheryl Banks-Smith, Tamsin Carlson, Queala Clancy,Tori Cone, Miranda Cox,
Sarah Swenson & The Partch Ensemble
2020
November 6, 2020: Virtual Bloodlines Festival - Stephen Petronio Company.
Festival Week 3 Anna Halprin & Rudy Perez
October 19-29, 2020: Rome, Italy. In residence at Accademia Nazionale di Danza, staging Sunday Afternoon (1976)
by Viola Farber. Read: Viola Farber, Black Lives Matter, and the 21st Century: A Covid Diary.
August 23, 2020
Lockdown Garden. An improvisation performed and filmed by Sarah Swenson & Alessandro Girasoli.
May 25, 2020
Where The Sea Meets The Land. A movement film by Sarah Swenson, with Terence Luke Johnson, and Sam Alty.
Filmed in Los Angeles and Laguna Beach. Screenings.
2019
November 21-23, 2019: Irvine, CA. Guest Choreographer, Irvine Valley College Dance Department.
Holberg Dances, Mvts. IV & V, performed by IVC dance students at IVC Performing Arts Center.
November 20-23, 2019: Long Beach, CA. Faculty Choreographer, CSULB Dance Department.
Fimmine (Women) Mvts. I & II. Performed by CSULB dance majors at Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theatre, Long Beach.
November 16-17, 2019: Los Angeles. Guest Artist Pasadena City College Dance Department.
Aural Suite, performed by PCC students at Sexson Auditorium, Pasadena, CA.
June 9-13, 2019: Basel, Switzerland. In residence at Kunsthausbaselland for the Dance Constructions.
May 14-16, 2019: New York, NY. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
April 27-May 3, 2019: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
April 11-13, 2019: New York, NY. Stephen Petronio premieres Rudy Perez' Coverage .
NYU Skirball. Read NYT Burke. Read NYT Kourlas. Read ArtsJournal Jowitt.
April 3-11: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
March 13, 2019: Trento, Italy. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
January 26, 2019: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Un Giorno di Memoria, with students of R.Montecuccoli Scuola Media. For National Day of Holocaust Remebrance. Choreography by Sarah Swenson, Music by Alessandro Girasoli, Art Direction by Giorgia Vicini.
January 14 - 17, 2019: Singapore. In residence at National Gallery of Singapore, Minimalism: Space. Light. Object, for the Dance Constructions.
Read: The Everyday Life of Simone Forti’s Dance Constructions.
2018
December 19, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
December 4, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
December 3, 2018: New York, NY. ON DISPLAY Global with Heidi Latsky Dance:
9:30-10:30 AM: United Nations, 405 E 42nd Street - Free Admission
12:00 - 2:00 PM: NYU Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway - Free Admission
December 2, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
November 29, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
November 13, 2018: Seoul, Korea. Art Talk: The Museum as Score, presented by Stuart Comer, and Huddle performance, sponsored by Hyundai Card, at the Understage. 현대카드 Art Talk : The Museum As Score @현대카드 UNDERSTAGE 5:00-6:00PM.
October 7 & 21, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. 3:00-4:30 PM. Master Class at Brockus.
Sarah teaches Horton-based modern technique at Brockus Project Dance Master Class Series.
All Abilities. Brockus Project Studios, 618B Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles.
Also on the series: Desmond Richardson, Kibbutz Dance Company, szalt, Kevin Williamson,
Rebecca Lemme, Jared Marks, ate9, LACDC.
September 28, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. The Colburn School, Master Class, Advanced Modern Technique.
September 20-November 15, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. Rudy Perez Archive Project at USC.
September 18, 2018: Fullerton, CA. Guest Lecturer, Advanced Dance Composition, California State University, Fullerton.
September 4-12, 2018: New York City. In residence at MoMA for the Dance Constructions.
July 8, 2018: Seoul, Korea. On Display Global Seoul. Slideshow.
July 2-8, 2018: Seoul, Korea. Dance Festival in Tank. Moonea Choi, Artistic Director. Video.
June 2-9, 2018: Melbourne, Australia. National Gallery of Victoria, in residence for the Dance Constructions. Video "Huddle in MoMA at NGV", National Gallery Victoria 2018 with Christian Rattemeyer & Sarah Swenson.
May 19-24, 2018: New York City. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
May 9-18, 2018: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
April 5 - May 2, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. Rudy Perez Archive Project at USC.
2017
December 4-6, 2017: New York City. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
December 2, 2017: New York City. Performing ON DISPLAY Global, at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, with Heidi Latsky Dance. 10:30 -12 noon, 721 Broadway, New York, NY. View the 2017 Video.
November 4, 2017: Cleveland, OH. Past, Present, and Future concert by Dancing Wheels Company, including Sarah Swenson's Clamor. At Breen Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 PM
October 7, 2017: New York City. NYC Premiere of Clamor, choreography by Sarah Swenson, a 2015 commission by Dancing Wheels for their 35th Anniversary season, also celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the ADA. With an original score by Alessandro Girasoli. Also on the program: choreographers David Dorfman, Daniel Job, Heidi Latsky, Dianne McIntyre, Catherine Meredith
and James Morrow. 8:00 PM at the Ailey Citicorp Theater. Clamor is dedicated to Irving Kenneth Zola. Read the 2015 Cleveland.com review, or get the pdf.
September 18-21, 2017: Milan, Italy. Museo del Novecento for Simone Forti's Dance Constructions.
June 10, 2017: Los Angeles, CA. Premiere of Fire Within, commissioned by Vox Femina Los Angeles, for their 20th Anniversary concert, Women on the Rise. 8:00 PM at Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, 200 South Grand Avenue. With Cheryl Banks-Smith, Tamsin Carlson, and Grace Privett-Mendoza of Vox Dance Theatre.
Read Jeff Slayton's Review.
May 13, 2017: Colburn Modern Repertoire students perform Sarah's 2009 Auriga, with music by Paul Hindemith. 7:30 PM at Aratani Japan America Theater, 244 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
Free Admission.
May 5-12, 2017: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
May 4-5, 2017: Santa Ana, CA. 7PM. Orange County School of the Arts, Classical & Contemporary Dance Conservatory performs Sarah's Danza Luna, commissioned by Director Steven Hyde. At the Margaret A. Webb Theatre, 801 N Main St, Santa Ana, CA.
April 2-6, 2017: Nimes, France. In residence at Carré Art Museum, teaching Simone Forti'sDance Constructions.
January 13-March 3, 2017: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Il Gesto che Libera - Stanza di Colori. Winter Dance Project with students of R.Montecuccoli Scuola Media. Choreography by Sarah Swenson, Music by Alessandro Girasoli, Art Direction by Giorgia Vicini. 18:00 - biblioteca Teresina Bortolucci - gratis.
2016
December 17, 2017: Los Angeles, CA. Colburn Modern Repertoire students perform Sarah's 2009 Auriga, with music by Paul Hindemith. 7PM at Zipper Hall, free admission. 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA.
December 12-16, 2016: New York. In residence at Danspace Project for the The Simone Forti Research Residency. Co-organized by Danspace Project and the Department of Media and Performance
at MoMA.
December 3, 2016: Irvine, CA. ON DISPLAY Global at Irvine Valley College. Visit (or re-visit!) a free performance of the Heidi Latsky movement installation ON DISPLAY, from 7:20 - to 7:55 in the IVC Performing Arts Center Lobby. Immediately followed by the Irvine Valley College Dance Department's 20th Anniversary Concert at 8 PM.
December 2 & 3, 2016: Irvine, CA. December 2 & 3 at 8PM, and December 3 at 2PM. Irvine Valley College Dance Department students and faculty perform Fimmine, Mvt. I, and Stabat Mater, Mvt. III. 8 PM. IVC PAC, 5500 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, CA 92618.
October 4-November 10, 2016: Irvine, CA. Choreographer in Residence - creating a new work commissioned by Director Steven Hyde, Orange County School of the Arts, Classical & Contemporary Division.
October 2, 2016: Orange County, CA: ON DISPLAY Orange County, at Orange County Great Park Palm Court - a free community performance event celebrating diversity. GPS: Orange County Great Park Carousel, Irvine, CA, 92618. Free parking. 1 PM. Read more about ON DISPLAY GLOBAL.
September 10-December 3, 2016: Irvine, CA. Choreographer in Residence, Irvine Valley College Dance Department.
September 9-December 10, 2016: Los Angeles, CA. Choreographer in Residence, The Colburn School.
September 7 - December 15: Fullerton, CA. Lecturer in Dance, California State University, Fullerton.
August 5, 2016: Monteroni di Lecce, Italy. Directing ON DISPLAY Monteroni. ON DISPLAY GLOBAL is a project of Heidi Latsky Dance. Performance at 6:00 PM - Piazza Falconieri - atrio Palazzo Ducale Monteroni di Lecce. Read the preview article.
June 11, 12 & 18, 19, 2016: Boston, MA. Performing in Heidi Latsky’s ON DISPLAY: A Movement Installation on the Harborwalk at Institute of Contemporary Art.
View photos and videos at the public FB group: ON DISPLAY Boston. Vimeo video of performance.
Request an Ambassador Kit to install On Display in your community.
Watch the WGBH television interview with Heidi Latsky and jerron Herman!
June 8, 16, 22 & 23, 2016. New York City. Creating LandLoveVoiceSoldier, a new solo for Suleiman Rifai.
April 30, 2016: Long Beach, CA. Students from the Classical & Contemporary Dance Division of Orange County School of the Arts perform Fiori, Fiori.
April 10 - 15, 2016: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
March 12, 2016: Napoli, Italy. Sarah Swenson's Stabat Mater, music by Alessandro Girasoli.
With dancers of HumanBodies from Art Garage, and guest speakers and performers from around Napoli. At Ex Asilo Filangieri. Vico Giuseppe Maffei, 80138, Napoli, Italia. 9:30 PM, free admission.
January 24 - 31, 2016: Middelburg, Netherlands. In residence at Vleeshal Markt, for Simone Forti's Dance Constructions.
January 14 - March 18, 2016: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Technique & Performance Workshop for youth, R. Montecuccoli Middle School.
2015
December 4-5, 2015, Irvine, CA.
Irvine Valley College Dance Department Fall Concert
With choreography by Sarah Swenson: Al Noor, music by Carl Stone;
Uccello, music by Alessandro Girasoli; Pavane for an Iraqi Girl, music by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Also on the program: Guest Choreographer Stephanie Gilliland, and faculty choreographers Cruz, Michel Gervais, Mindy Copeland, and others.
November 7, 2015: Irvine, CA. A Tribute to Rudy Perez. At xMPL (Experimental Media Performance Lab) , University of California/Irvine. Rudy 's third Lifetime Achievement Award. Performance, video, and conversation with Rudy Perez and the Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble: Anne Grimaldo, Jeff Grimaldo, Sarah Swenson, Alessia Patregnani, Michael Rowley, and Jarred Cairns. 7:30 PM.
Read Jeff Slayton's Nov 9 Seedance.com review here.
Read Deborah Vankin's Nov 6 L.A. Times preview here.
Read Victoria Looseleaf's Nov 4 FjoordReview.com preview here.
October 10, 2015: Cleveland, OH. World Premiere of Clamor, choreography by Sarah Swenson, a commission by Dancing Wheels for their 35th Anniversary season, also celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the ADA. With an original score by Alessandro Girasoli. At the Allen Theatre, Cleveland, OH.. Clamor is dedicated to Irving Kenneth Zola. Read the Cleveland.com review.
September 21 - October 14, 2015: Santa Ana, CA. Orange County School of the Arts Artist in Residence. Master Classes & Repertoire for the Classical & Contemporary Division.
April 27 - May 1, 2015: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
March 20, 2015: Los Angeles, CA. Master Classes in Modern technique and Repertoire,
Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School.
January 15 - March 13, 2015: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Technique & Performance Workshop for youth, R. Montecuccoli Middle School.
2014
Sunday, December 7, 2014: Cambridge, MA. Master Classes in Horton Technique, 12-2 PM.
The Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139.
November 22, 2014: Huntington Beach, CA. Huntington Academy of Dance, Master Class in Horton Technique, accompanied by Eric Ruskin.
November 18 - 21, 2014: Los Angeles, CA. The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Master Classes in Horton Technique.
November 17 - 20, 2014: Santa Ana, CA. Orange County School of the Arts, Repertoire Residency.
September 8-14, 2014: Santa Ana, CA. Orange County School of the Arts / Repertoire Residency: Ancestors, and Master Classes in Horton Technique.
August 24, 2014: Lecce, Italy. Palazzo Baronale di Monteroni, Sogno fra Sacro e Profano, a collaborative concert with Enzo Fina, Alessandro Girasoli, and Vox Danza Teatro del Salento, with guests Maurizio Ria, contrabasso, and Sabrina Luciani, harp.
August 21, 2014: San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy. Master Class at Centro Danza Excelsior.
August 20, 2014: San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy. Sogno fra Sacro e Profano, a collaborative concert with Enzo Fina, Alessandro Girasoliand artists of Salento, including the premiere performance of Vox Danza Teatro del Salento, with Carmen Garcia-Lafuente, Alissa Ianne, Cecilia Leo,and Michela Sacquegna. At Masseria Mazzetta.
May 10, 2014: Los Angeles, CA. The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Annual Spring Dance Concert. Students perform Ancestors, Fimmine, Mvt. I, and Fiori, Fiori.
March 24, 2014: Little Rock, AR. American College Dance Festival 2014 South Conference Gala Concert, at University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Irvine Valley College students perform Ancestors.
January 10 - March 28, 2014: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Technique & Workshop for Performance, R.Montecuccoli Middle School.
2013
September 27 - November 23, 2013: Long Beach, CA. Repertoire Residency at California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.
November 22, 2013: Los Angeles. Sarah performs Stabat Mater, Mvt. III, at the Colburn School's Fall Faculty Concert. Music by Alessandro Girasoli.
August 13, 2013: Salice Salentino, Italy. Il Sogno Continua, the second annual incarnation of live music, dance, and improvisation, in collaboration with Alessandro Girasoli & Enzo Fina. With guests Anna Alexandru and Carmen Garcia. Leggi l'articolo, read the article. At FucinAsud, via Cairoli 89, Salice Salentino (LE). 9:00 PM.
July 26, 2013: Alto Jonio Dance Festival, Calabria, Italy. Master Class in Horton Technique, & Repertoire Workshop, and solo performance. Stage di repertorio e tecnica Lester Horton, e spettacolo. Sarah Swenson performs la sua opera Campane, con musica di Alessandro Girasoli.
July 22, 2013: San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy. Master Class at Centro Danza Excelsior. Classes in modern dance technique for youth. Classi di danza moderna tecnica per la gioventù.
June 14-17, 2013: Aurillac, France. La Manufacture. Sarah Swenson in residence, technique and repertoire.
June 8, 2013: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Sarah Swenson incontra l'arte di Luigi Tagliavini, Palazzo Ducale, Pavullo nel Frignano (MO). Solo works with choreography by Sarah Swenson and music by Alessandro Girasoli.
May 29, 2013: Los Angeles. A Spring Fundraiser Performance for Vox Dance Theatre, with musical guests Enzo Fina & Roberto Catalano of Musicántica. With dance artists Tamsin Carlson, Jaclyn Kriewall, Stephanie Lin, Monica Mordaunt, Sadie Yarington and choreographer, founder, and Artistic Director, Sarah Swenson. Vox presents the new Campane Suite with music by Alessandro Girasoli. In The Colburn School's Grand Rehearsal Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue.
May 18, 2013: Los Angeles, CA. The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Annual Spring Dance Concert. Holberg Dances, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Grieg,performed by all levels of the Modern Dance Department, and Ballare, music by Stravinsky, performed by the Advanced Studies Repertoire class.
May 20, 2013: Pasadena, CA. Vox Dance Theatre USA at ARC Pasadena. Preview performance of Campane Suite (Nord, Solo, Campane, Voci), music by Alessandro Girasoli, choreography by Sarah Swenson.
February 23, 2013: Los Angeles, CA. Campane, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Alessandro Girasoli. Performed by The Colburn Youth Orchestra, conducted by Maxim Eshkenazy, and dancers Brooke McDaniels, Grace Privett-Mendoza, Henry Privett-Mendoza, and Ian Richardson, of the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School.
2012
November 3, 2012: San Bernardino Valley College, with Enzo Fina & Roberto Catalano of Musicántica. United States premiere of Brigantesse. SBVC Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Ave, San Bernardino, CA 92410. 7:30 PM.
September 27, 2012: Scripps College. Richardson Dance Studio, 1030 Columbia Ave, Claremont, CA 91711. 7:00 PM. Vox Dance Theatre performs Al Noor and the complete Fimmine.
September 21, 2012: Performing Arts Exchange Juried Showcase at 8:25 PM: Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida, 33139. Free. Conference Booth #412.
August 24-26, 2012. Sao Paolo, Brazil. Teaching Simone Forti's Dance Constructions
at the 30th Bienal Sao Paolo.
July 9-25, 2012: Classical Modern Series 2012. $15 per class or $75 package for all six. At the Gallery Studio of Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, 244 South San Pedro, Los Angeles, 90012. Vox Dance Theatre hosts the second year of intensive Classical Modern Dance classes for students, teachers, and teachers-to-be, with six Southern California Master Teachers of modern dance. The Series offers technique, methodology, history, teaching approaches for all ages, and fundamental tenets of a variety of early and mid-20th century techniques: Trina Parks: Dunham; John Pennington: Lewitzky; Karen Safrit:Nikolais; Sarah Swenson: Horton; Diana MacNeil: Lewitzky; Tamsin Carlson: Cunningham.
June 3, 2012: Vox Dance Theatre in an encore performance of Al Noor with choreography by Sarah Swenson and music by Carl Stone. At the Gallery Studio of Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, 244 South San Pedro, Los Angeles, 90012. Anne & Jeff Grimaldo's Naked WIth Shoes shares the program with Vox. Free. Read the article here.
June 3, 2012: Vox Dance Theatre in the world premiere of Al Noor at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, with choreography by Sarah Swenson and music by Carl Stone. Al Noor will be performed amidst the Sky Ladder installation of Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, including his gunpowder murals, crop circle installation, and videos. View this fascinating video of Cai's explosion art. The Geffen: 152 N Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90013. Two performances: 1:30 and 2:30 with pre-performance workshops for children.
May 28, 2012. Seoul, Korea. Teaching Simone Forti's Dance Constructions at The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea.
April 14, 2012: Vox Dance Theatre at the Los Angeles Dance Festival. Diavolo Dance Theater, 616 Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90031, 7:30 PM.
January 8, 2012: APAP 2012. Pentacle.org Gallery Roster Showcase, 8:48 PM.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, 120 West 46 Street, New York City, 10036. Free.
2011
October 20-23, 2011: Festival de Octubre. Instituto de Cultura de Baja California, Mexico.
Click here to watch the Audience Feedback movie
Thursday, October 20: Teatro de la Ciudad de Ensenada, Ensenada, 8:00 PM.
Read the Ensenada review by Marcela Danemann in Spanish: La Ventana.
Friday, October 21: Teatro Universitario Rubén Vizcaíno Valencia UABC, Tijuana, 8:00 PM.
Saturday, October 22: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California/Escuela de Artes Tecate, 7:00 PM.
Read the Tecate review by Ruben in Spanish: Enfoke Journal.
Sunday, October 23: Teatro del Estado, Mexicali, 8:00 PM.
October 16, 2011: World Festival of Sacred Music and the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center present Mare Vaporum (Sea of Vapour) at the JACCC Plaza, 244 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Vox Dance Theater performs Fimmine in Kimono, with an appearance by students of The Colburn School in Artistic Director, Sarah Swenson's teen work, Pavane for an Iraqi Girl, 8:00 PM.
June 7 - July 28, 2011: Summer Nights Classical Modern Dance Educational Series, sponsored by Vox Dance Theatre. Featuring these noble Master Teachers of the Los Angeles area: Trina Parks, Katherine Dunham Technique; Susan McLain, Martha Graham-based Technique; Diana MacNeil, Bella Lewitzky Technique; Jeff Slayton, Viola Farber Technique; John Pennington, Bella Lewitzky technique; Tamsin Carlson, Merce Cunningham technique; Sharon Kinney, Paul Taylor-based technique.
May 20, 2011: Herbert Zipper Concert Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012. 7:30 PM. Free. Vox Dance Theatre in excerpts from Auriga, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Hindemith.
April 28 - May 8, 2011: Fullerton, CA. Residency, California State University/Fullerton Dance Department. Undergraduates perform Sarah Swenson's Ancestors.
April 16, 2011: 24th Street Theatre, 1:00 PM. 1117 West 24th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007-1725. $7. Vox Dance Theatre and Musicantica present excerpts from the new Brigantesse as well as two movements from the acclaimed Fimmine. With participation by children of the 24th Street Theatre community! Click here to buy tickets online: 24th Street Theatre.
More information: (213) 745-6516.
APAP 2011 Showcase Schedule:
Sunday, January 9, 2011: 3:00 PM - Ailey Citigroup Theater, Jodi Kaplan & Associates Boutique
Roster Showcase.
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 10:30 PM - City Center Theater, Studio 5.
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 9:30 PM - City Center Theater, Studio 5.
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 6:30 PM - Ailey Citigroup Theater, Jodi Kaplan & Associates
Boutique Roster Showcase.
Friday, January 7, 2011: 8:25 PM - City Center Theater, Studio 4.
2010
September 19 & 26, 2010: Santa Monica, CA. Conversation Piece with Simone Forti & The Sleeves. Highways Performance Space. Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle. A Whimsical, thoughtful, dance/theater work exploring the art of conversation through a variety of structures, scores and actions. Kristen Smiarowski/dramaturg. Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA 90404. 7:30 PM.
August 31, 2010: WAA - Western Arts Alliance - 2010 Conference, Long Beach, CA, Affiliated Dance Showcase at 10:40 PM in the Beacon Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Long Beach Hotel. Vox Dance Theatre is on the Boutique Roster of Jodi Kaplan & Associates / Booking Dance, WAA Booth #538.
August 17-22, 2010: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010, Scotland. At Venue 150 with Jodi Kaplan/Booking Dance Showcase, 150 Morrison Street, Edinburgh. 4:00 PM daily, plus 12:30 PM lunchtime show on 8/18.
August 5, 2010, Thursday 7:00 - 9:15: Bon Voyage Party & Open Rehearsal! Relax with nibbles and beverages while watching a final rehearsal for Vox Dance Theatre's tour to the Edinburgh Fringe! Final run-through 8:15, then celebrate! Brockus Project Studios, 618-b Moulton Ave, Los Angeles, 90031. All welcome! More info: [email protected]
2009
October 3, 2009, Riverside, CA: Dancing Beyond Borders: Dancers For Life 15/AIDS Benefit. Vox Dance Theatre premieres Auriga, with music from Hindemith's The Four Temperaments. Also on the program: BARE Dance Company, Justine Lemos, Lineage Dance, Lux Boreal Danza Contemporánea, Palindrome Performance Group, Pennington Dance Group, and Stephanie Gilliland. At Riverside City College - Landis Performing Arts Center, directions. 6:30 PM silent auction & pre-concert reception, 8:00 PM curtain. Tickets: $15 general, $10 student, senior, RCC staff. Box Office: 951.222.8100.
August 23, 2009: Thirteenth Annual Celebrate Dance Festival, Balboa Park, San Diego. Vox Dance Theatre performs the complete Fimmine, Sunday night at 7:30, Casa del Prado Theater. Read "Rebellious Brides Top FInal Day" by Kris Eitland from San Diego Arts Online.
June 19 & 20, 2009. Los Angeles, CA. To Borrow Salt, with Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle, at The Box Gallery (Chinatown). The quartet, directed by Forti, cycles events into various juxtapositions with each other, creating a kaleidoscopic narrative focused on language. Kristin Smiarowski, dramaturg. Listen to an audio selection from the performance here.
Watch joyand duet.
June 6, 2009: Vox Dance Theatre appears in A Tribute to Rudy Perez at The Intimate Theatre, CSULA Luckman Fine Arts Complex, 8:30 PM. Cuatro, re-dedicated to Rudy Perez for his 80th birthday, will be performed. Buy tickets: Luckman Fine Arts. Read the review: Dance Magazine Online.
May 9, 2009: A Celebration of Dance: Benefit for Everybody Dance! & Gabriela Charter School. Vox Dance Theatre and students from Everybody Dance! perform an excerpt from Sarah Swenson's signature work, Fimmine, onstage together at the Eli & Edith Broad Stage, 1310 Eleventh Street, Santa Monica 90401. Everybody Dance!
March 22, 2009, Glendae, CA: Vox Dance Theatre at 2009 Brand Library Dance Series. 2:00 PM - Free!! Performance to include a preview of the new work Auriga, as well as favorites Inventory, with choreography by Jeff Slayton, and Fimmine. Q & A and garden reception to follow. 1601 W Mountain Street, Glendale, CA 91201.
2008
December 13, 2008: Vox Dance Theatre at ArtBash 2008! A festival from the heart of LA’s arts community to celebrate the worst financial crash since 1929. 8:00 PM. $20 admission, $10 open bar access. At the Architecture + Design Museum, 5900 Wilshire Blvd. (across from LACMA) Buy tickets online. Also on the program: LA Contemporary Dance Co • The Original L.A. Breakers • Invertigo Dance Theatre • Browse performers.
October 5, 2008: Vox Dance Theatre performs Jeff Slayton's Inventory, at Long Beach's annual University by the Sea Festival. In the solarium of the Cooper Arms Hotel, 455 East Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802 - 5:00 PM - Free!!!
June 7-8, 2008: Vox Dance Theatre premieres Jeff Slayton's Inventory, with music by percussion artist Tatsuya Kakatani. At the Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theatre in Long Beach.
March 22 -23, 2008: Santa Monica, CA. World premiere of Pavane for an Iraqi Girl. Sarah performs with Ken Montalvo, Robert Valdonvinos, and Danny Arreola.
2007
October 18 – 21 and 25 – 29, 2007: Los Angeles, CA. Turtles All The Way Down, Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle, at The Unknown Theater, Hollywood.
Read the L.A. Times review here. pdf
2006
July 22-25, 2006: Santa Monica, CA. 101 at Highways Performance Space. Improvisation artist Simone Forti, theatre artist Terence Luke Johnson, dancer/choreographer Sarah Swenson, and musician/composer Douglas Wadle engage each other in a weave of movement, sound and spoken word, in a sequel to Unbuttoned Sleeves, performed last summer at the Redcat Theater’s NOW Festival. Read the L.A. Times piece by Susan Josephs here. pdf
2005
August 2005: Toronto. World premiere of Fimmine, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Phlip Glass, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No. 1. Toronto International Dance Festival.
July 28-30, 2005: Los Angeles, CA. Unbuttoned Sleeves at REDCAT. Improvisation artist Simone Forti, theatre artist Terence Luke Johnson, dancer/choreographer Sarah Swenson, and musician/composer Douglas Wadle in their first collaborative work. Read the L.A.Times review by Lewis Segal here. pdf
2000
December 1, 2000: Long Beach, CA.
Premiere of Ancestors (Graham, Humphrey, Horton, Taylor, Limon, Ailey & Balanchine)
Choreography by Sarah Swenson, commissioned by Sophia Monat & Orange County High School of the Arts.
Performed by students of the Classical & Contemporary Dance Division of OCHSA.
October 9, 2000: Los Angeles, CA. Euridice, Long Beach Opera
Directed by Isabel Milenski, choreography by Sarah Swenson. pdf
Getty Museum
June 19, 2000: Los Angeles. Party Scene, dancer. Choreography by Melinda Ring, Los Angeles Theatre Center. pdf
1999 and prior
November 11-5, 1999: California State University/Long Beach Dance Department Faculty Concert, Long Beach, CA. Performing Love Letters, choreography by Della Davidson.
September 30, October 1-3, 1999: Progress in Works, MFA Thesis Concert, Long Beach, CA. Premiering Blessing, music by Leonard Eto, Lion; and On My Mind, music by Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke, Nils Petter Molvaer, various. Choreography by Sarah Swenson (1999). Costumes by Liz Pelster. Performed by students of the California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.
June 1999: Beijing Dance Academy, People's Republic of China. Sarah Swenson, Guest Instructor: Repertory workshops, Horton technique.
November 13 –17, 1998: CSULB Fall Faculty Concert, Long Beach CA. Sarah Swenson performs the principal role in From My Mother's Side, choreography by Jeff Slayton. Original music composed and performed live by Robin Cox.
March 13-15, 1998: CSULB Spring Contemporary Dance Concert, Long Beach, CA. Premiering Under the Drum, choreography by Sarah Swenson (1998); poetry and artwork by Turtle Heart (Ojibway), with traditional and contemporary indigenous music. Performed by students of the California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.
1997-1991: Seraphim Dance Theatre, New York City, NY. Sarah Swenson, Associate Artistic Director and founding member. Raymond C. Harris, Artistic Director. Performing throughout New York City, Connecticut, New Jersey. Dunning 1995
July 1996: Dance Institute of Washington, Washington, D.C., residency. Repertory Coach and Rehearsal Director, choreography workshops, Horton technique.
April 12, 1995: First Annual International Student Concert "Global Harmony", launched by Sarah Swenson, at the Alvin Ailey School, New York City. Premiering Song for a Country, choreography by Sarah Swenson (1995). Music by Lloyd McNeill, Mandela Suite. Performed by students of the Alvin Ailey School (formerly the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center).
1993 & 1992: Chancellor's Model School Project of New York City, Guest teacher & choreographer of We Are The World, an international study project involving cultural dances, music, and UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child. 7th and 8th Grades at P.S. 19, The Asher Levy School, Sponsored by Columbia University and Exxon Corporation.
1991: Artists of Jubilation! Ensemble, company member, NYC, New York. Kevin Jeff, Artistic Director.
May 30, 1990: New York. Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Dance Theatre of Harlem School, and Lincoln Center Plaza, New York City. Premiering The Road, choreographed by Sarah Swenson (1990). Music by Lloyd McNeill, Night Voices. Performed by Sarah Swenson and Suleiman Rifai. Read the review by Jennifer Dunning. pdf
1986: Touring People's Republic of China with Chun Myung Sook Dance Company: Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Yan Bian.
April 5, 2024
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble performs Tribute, dedicated to the late Rudy Perez
with Anne Grimaldo, Jeff Grimaldo, Alessia Patregnani, Isabel Van Zigl, Sarah Swenson
Electric Lodge, Venice, 8 PM
March 16, 2024: Pasadena. Ancestors, choeography by Sarah Swenson (2000).
Performed by Advanced Modern Students of Trudl Zipper Dance Institute
with the Colburn Chamber Orchestra. Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena.
TICKETS
2023
December 17, 2023: Los Angeles. Ancestors (2000), performed by students of the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at
The Colburn School, Zipper Concert Hall.
July 28-29, 2023: Southampton, NY. The Watermill Center, Dance Constructions, Simone Forti. pdf
July 8-13, 2023: Venice, Italy. La Biennale Danza. Dance Constructions, Simone Forti pdf
La Biennale Danza, il Leone d’Oro Simone Forti e la sua Eredità video
June 12-23, 2023: Rome, Italy. Accademia Nazionale di Danza. Laboratorio: Pratiche di Simone Forti.
May 8-10, 2023: Florence, Italy. Cup of Words workshop at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts.
Concluding with performances by the students. Soundscore by Alessandro Girasoli.
Performance Wednesday May 10 at 18:00 at Dojo Yanagi di Judo, Via San Zanobi, 57 - Firenze.
Laboratorio sulla mia pratica Coppa delle Parole presso l'Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Concludendo con esibizioni il 10 maggio alle 18:00 degli studenti ed anche di me stessa (joyland, il primo assolo di Coppa delle Parole creato per Simone Forti nel 2009).Colonna sonora di Alessandro Girasoli.
March 18, 2023: Los Angeles, CA. come fare un fiore rosso/how to make a red flower, a film with with Cheryl Banks-Smith, Carmela Hermann Dietrich, Grace Privett-Mendoza, Alicia Moseley, and Thomas Ng, Soundscore by Alessandro Girasoli.
Made for Zoya Shokhooi and Iran.
February 23, 2023: Los Angeles. Oh, Tongue, by Simone Forti Book Launch Event.
At MOCA Grand Avenue. 6:00 PM, free with reservation. Readings by Simone Forti, Jeremiah Day,
Luke Johnson, Luca Lo Pinto, and Sarah Swenson.
January 15 - April 2, 2023: Los Angeles. Simone Forti Retrospective @MoCA Los Angeles
Performances of Dance Constructions Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
2022
December 15, 2022: Florence, Italy. Campane per Iran [Bells for Iran] at the exhibition Women, Life, Freedom, part of the For Iran project curated by Zoya Shokoohi and Mohammad Fallah.
Movement meditation by Sarah Swenson, music by Alessandro Girasoli, Campane.
At La Portineria, Viale Eleonora Duse, 30, Firenze. Information: [email protected]
September 12-14, 2022: Berlin, Germany. Huddle at Neue Nationalgallerie Berlin.
June 17-18, 2022: Los Angeles. Plectra & Percussion Dances at REDCAT.
Choreography by Sarah Swenson, commissioned by the Partch Ensemble.
With Cheryl Banks-Smith, Tamsin Carlson, Queala Clancy, Tori Cone, Grace Privett-Mendoza,
Sarah Swenson, and The Partch Ensemble performing live.
TBD: Singapore Remote. A collaborative project between Sarah and five Singaporean movement artists.
2021
October 2021: Pompeii Commitment
Simone Forti: A Collection of Materials Related to the Transmission of My Work
English Italian
September 5, 2021: Prato, Italy. Finnissage Simone Forti.SenzaFretta
Performing Zoo Mantras, a News Animation, and Illuminations with Charlemagne Palestine.
July 2, 2021: Singapore. At Work With The Dance Constructions
published by National Gallery Singapore.
June 14-20, 2021: Prato, Italy. In residence at Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci
for: Simone Forti.SenzaFretta through September 5, 2021.
June 4-5, 2021: Los Angeles. Castor & Pollux, a virtual event at REDCAT.
Choreography commissioned by the Partch Ensemble.
With Cheryl Banks-Smith, Tamsin Carlson, Queala Clancy,Tori Cone, Miranda Cox,
Sarah Swenson & The Partch Ensemble
2020
November 6, 2020: Virtual Bloodlines Festival - Stephen Petronio Company.
Festival Week 3 Anna Halprin & Rudy Perez
October 19-29, 2020: Rome, Italy. In residence at Accademia Nazionale di Danza, staging Sunday Afternoon (1976)
by Viola Farber. Read: Viola Farber, Black Lives Matter, and the 21st Century: A Covid Diary.
2019
November 21-23, 2019: Irvine, CA. Guest Choreographer, Irvine Valley College Dance Department.
Holberg Dances, Mvts. IV & V, performed by IVC dance students at IVC Performing Arts Center.
November 20-23, 2019: Long Beach, CA. Faculty Choreographer, CSULB Dance Department.
Fimmine (Women) Mvts. I & II. Performed by CSULB dance majors at Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theatre, Long Beach.
November 16-17, 2019: Los Angeles. Guest Artist Pasadena City College Dance Department.
Aural Suite, performed by PCC students at Sexson Auditorium, Pasadena, CA.
June 9-13, 2019: Basel, Switzerland. In residence at Kunsthausbaselland for the Dance Constructions.
May 14-16, 2019: New York, NY. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
April 27-May 3, 2019: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
April 11-13, 2019: New York, NY. Stephen Petronio premieres Rudy Perez' Coverage .
NYU Skirball. Read NYT Burke. Read NYT Kourlas. Read ArtsJournal Jowitt.
April 3-11: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
March 13, 2019: Trento, Italy. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
January 26, 2019: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Un Giorno di Memoria, with students of R.Montecuccoli Scuola Media. For National Day of Holocaust Remebrance. Choreography by Sarah Swenson, Music by Alessandro Girasoli, Art Direction by Giorgia Vicini.
January 14 - 17, 2019: Singapore. In residence at National Gallery of Singapore, Minimalism: Space. Light. Object, for the Dance Constructions.
Read: The Everyday Life of Simone Forti’s Dance Constructions.
2018
December 19, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
December 4, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
December 3, 2018: New York, NY. ON DISPLAY Global with Heidi Latsky Dance:
9:30-10:30 AM: United Nations, 405 E 42nd Street - Free Admission
12:00 - 2:00 PM: NYU Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway - Free Admission
December 2, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
November 29, 2018: New York, NY. Rehearsing Rudy Perez' Coverage with Stephen Petronio.
November 13, 2018: Seoul, Korea. Art Talk: The Museum as Score, presented by Stuart Comer, and Huddle performance, sponsored by Hyundai Card, at the Understage. 현대카드 Art Talk : The Museum As Score @현대카드 UNDERSTAGE 5:00-6:00PM.
October 7 & 21, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. 3:00-4:30 PM. Master Class at Brockus.
Sarah teaches Horton-based modern technique at Brockus Project Dance Master Class Series.
All Abilities. Brockus Project Studios, 618B Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles.
Also on the series: Desmond Richardson, Kibbutz Dance Company, szalt, Kevin Williamson,
Rebecca Lemme, Jared Marks, ate9, LACDC.
September 28, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. The Colburn School, Master Class, Advanced Modern Technique.
September 20-November 15, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. Rudy Perez Archive Project at USC.
September 18, 2018: Fullerton, CA. Guest Lecturer, Advanced Dance Composition, California State University, Fullerton.
September 4-12, 2018: New York City. In residence at MoMA for the Dance Constructions.
July 8, 2018: Seoul, Korea. On Display Global Seoul. Slideshow.
July 2-8, 2018: Seoul, Korea. Dance Festival in Tank. Moonea Choi, Artistic Director. Video.
June 2-9, 2018: Melbourne, Australia. National Gallery of Victoria, in residence for the Dance Constructions. Video "Huddle in MoMA at NGV", National Gallery Victoria 2018 with Christian Rattemeyer & Sarah Swenson.
May 19-24, 2018: New York City. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
May 9-18, 2018: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
April 5 - May 2, 2018: Los Angeles, CA. Rudy Perez Archive Project at USC.
2017
December 4-6, 2017: New York City. Rehearsing LandLoveVoiceSoldier, with Suleiman Rifai.
December 2, 2017: New York City. Performing ON DISPLAY Global, at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, with Heidi Latsky Dance. 10:30 -12 noon, 721 Broadway, New York, NY. View the 2017 Video.
November 4, 2017: Cleveland, OH. Past, Present, and Future concert by Dancing Wheels Company, including Sarah Swenson's Clamor. At Breen Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 PM
October 7, 2017: New York City. NYC Premiere of Clamor, choreography by Sarah Swenson, a 2015 commission by Dancing Wheels for their 35th Anniversary season, also celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the ADA. With an original score by Alessandro Girasoli. Also on the program: choreographers David Dorfman, Daniel Job, Heidi Latsky, Dianne McIntyre, Catherine Meredith
and James Morrow. 8:00 PM at the Ailey Citicorp Theater. Clamor is dedicated to Irving Kenneth Zola. Read the 2015 Cleveland.com review, or get the pdf.
September 18-21, 2017: Milan, Italy. Museo del Novecento for Simone Forti's Dance Constructions.
June 10, 2017: Los Angeles, CA. Premiere of Fire Within, commissioned by Vox Femina Los Angeles, for their 20th Anniversary concert, Women on the Rise. 8:00 PM at Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, 200 South Grand Avenue. With Cheryl Banks-Smith, Tamsin Carlson, and Grace Privett-Mendoza of Vox Dance Theatre.
Read Jeff Slayton's Review.
May 13, 2017: Colburn Modern Repertoire students perform Sarah's 2009 Auriga, with music by Paul Hindemith. 7:30 PM at Aratani Japan America Theater, 244 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
Free Admission.
May 5-12, 2017: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
May 4-5, 2017: Santa Ana, CA. 7PM. Orange County School of the Arts, Classical & Contemporary Dance Conservatory performs Sarah's Danza Luna, commissioned by Director Steven Hyde. At the Margaret A. Webb Theatre, 801 N Main St, Santa Ana, CA.
April 2-6, 2017: Nimes, France. In residence at Carré Art Museum, teaching Simone Forti'sDance Constructions.
January 13-March 3, 2017: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Il Gesto che Libera - Stanza di Colori. Winter Dance Project with students of R.Montecuccoli Scuola Media. Choreography by Sarah Swenson, Music by Alessandro Girasoli, Art Direction by Giorgia Vicini. 18:00 - biblioteca Teresina Bortolucci - gratis.
2016
December 17, 2017: Los Angeles, CA. Colburn Modern Repertoire students perform Sarah's 2009 Auriga, with music by Paul Hindemith. 7PM at Zipper Hall, free admission. 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA.
December 12-16, 2016: New York. In residence at Danspace Project for the The Simone Forti Research Residency. Co-organized by Danspace Project and the Department of Media and Performance
at MoMA.
December 3, 2016: Irvine, CA. ON DISPLAY Global at Irvine Valley College. Visit (or re-visit!) a free performance of the Heidi Latsky movement installation ON DISPLAY, from 7:20 - to 7:55 in the IVC Performing Arts Center Lobby. Immediately followed by the Irvine Valley College Dance Department's 20th Anniversary Concert at 8 PM.
December 2 & 3, 2016: Irvine, CA. December 2 & 3 at 8PM, and December 3 at 2PM. Irvine Valley College Dance Department students and faculty perform Fimmine, Mvt. I, and Stabat Mater, Mvt. III. 8 PM. IVC PAC, 5500 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, CA 92618.
October 4-November 10, 2016: Irvine, CA. Choreographer in Residence - creating a new work commissioned by Director Steven Hyde, Orange County School of the Arts, Classical & Contemporary Division.
October 2, 2016: Orange County, CA: ON DISPLAY Orange County, at Orange County Great Park Palm Court - a free community performance event celebrating diversity. GPS: Orange County Great Park Carousel, Irvine, CA, 92618. Free parking. 1 PM. Read more about ON DISPLAY GLOBAL.
September 10-December 3, 2016: Irvine, CA. Choreographer in Residence, Irvine Valley College Dance Department.
September 9-December 10, 2016: Los Angeles, CA. Choreographer in Residence, The Colburn School.
September 7 - December 15: Fullerton, CA. Lecturer in Dance, California State University, Fullerton.
August 5, 2016: Monteroni di Lecce, Italy. Directing ON DISPLAY Monteroni. ON DISPLAY GLOBAL is a project of Heidi Latsky Dance. Performance at 6:00 PM - Piazza Falconieri - atrio Palazzo Ducale Monteroni di Lecce. Read the preview article.
June 11, 12 & 18, 19, 2016: Boston, MA. Performing in Heidi Latsky’s ON DISPLAY: A Movement Installation on the Harborwalk at Institute of Contemporary Art.
View photos and videos at the public FB group: ON DISPLAY Boston. Vimeo video of performance.
Request an Ambassador Kit to install On Display in your community.
Watch the WGBH television interview with Heidi Latsky and jerron Herman!
June 8, 16, 22 & 23, 2016. New York City. Creating LandLoveVoiceSoldier, a new solo for Suleiman Rifai.
April 30, 2016: Long Beach, CA. Students from the Classical & Contemporary Dance Division of Orange County School of the Arts perform Fiori, Fiori.
April 10 - 15, 2016: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
March 12, 2016: Napoli, Italy. Sarah Swenson's Stabat Mater, music by Alessandro Girasoli.
With dancers of HumanBodies from Art Garage, and guest speakers and performers from around Napoli. At Ex Asilo Filangieri. Vico Giuseppe Maffei, 80138, Napoli, Italia. 9:30 PM, free admission.
January 24 - 31, 2016: Middelburg, Netherlands. In residence at Vleeshal Markt, for Simone Forti's Dance Constructions.
January 14 - March 18, 2016: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Technique & Performance Workshop for youth, R. Montecuccoli Middle School.
2015
December 4-5, 2015, Irvine, CA.
Irvine Valley College Dance Department Fall Concert
With choreography by Sarah Swenson: Al Noor, music by Carl Stone;
Uccello, music by Alessandro Girasoli; Pavane for an Iraqi Girl, music by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Also on the program: Guest Choreographer Stephanie Gilliland, and faculty choreographers Cruz, Michel Gervais, Mindy Copeland, and others.
November 7, 2015: Irvine, CA. A Tribute to Rudy Perez. At xMPL (Experimental Media Performance Lab) , University of California/Irvine. Rudy 's third Lifetime Achievement Award. Performance, video, and conversation with Rudy Perez and the Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble: Anne Grimaldo, Jeff Grimaldo, Sarah Swenson, Alessia Patregnani, Michael Rowley, and Jarred Cairns. 7:30 PM.
Read Jeff Slayton's Nov 9 Seedance.com review here.
Read Deborah Vankin's Nov 6 L.A. Times preview here.
Read Victoria Looseleaf's Nov 4 FjoordReview.com preview here.
October 10, 2015: Cleveland, OH. World Premiere of Clamor, choreography by Sarah Swenson, a commission by Dancing Wheels for their 35th Anniversary season, also celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the ADA. With an original score by Alessandro Girasoli. At the Allen Theatre, Cleveland, OH.. Clamor is dedicated to Irving Kenneth Zola. Read the Cleveland.com review.
September 21 - October 14, 2015: Santa Ana, CA. Orange County School of the Arts Artist in Residence. Master Classes & Repertoire for the Classical & Contemporary Division.
April 27 - May 1, 2015: Shrewsbury, NJ. Mastro Montessori School / Annual Youth Opera.
March 20, 2015: Los Angeles, CA. Master Classes in Modern technique and Repertoire,
Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School.
January 15 - March 13, 2015: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Technique & Performance Workshop for youth, R. Montecuccoli Middle School.
2014
Sunday, December 7, 2014: Cambridge, MA. Master Classes in Horton Technique, 12-2 PM.
The Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139.
November 22, 2014: Huntington Beach, CA. Huntington Academy of Dance, Master Class in Horton Technique, accompanied by Eric Ruskin.
November 18 - 21, 2014: Los Angeles, CA. The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Master Classes in Horton Technique.
November 17 - 20, 2014: Santa Ana, CA. Orange County School of the Arts, Repertoire Residency.
September 8-14, 2014: Santa Ana, CA. Orange County School of the Arts / Repertoire Residency: Ancestors, and Master Classes in Horton Technique.
August 24, 2014: Lecce, Italy. Palazzo Baronale di Monteroni, Sogno fra Sacro e Profano, a collaborative concert with Enzo Fina, Alessandro Girasoli, and Vox Danza Teatro del Salento, with guests Maurizio Ria, contrabasso, and Sabrina Luciani, harp.
August 21, 2014: San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy. Master Class at Centro Danza Excelsior.
August 20, 2014: San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy. Sogno fra Sacro e Profano, a collaborative concert with Enzo Fina, Alessandro Girasoliand artists of Salento, including the premiere performance of Vox Danza Teatro del Salento, with Carmen Garcia-Lafuente, Alissa Ianne, Cecilia Leo,and Michela Sacquegna. At Masseria Mazzetta.
May 10, 2014: Los Angeles, CA. The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Annual Spring Dance Concert. Students perform Ancestors, Fimmine, Mvt. I, and Fiori, Fiori.
March 24, 2014: Little Rock, AR. American College Dance Festival 2014 South Conference Gala Concert, at University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Irvine Valley College students perform Ancestors.
January 10 - March 28, 2014: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Technique & Workshop for Performance, R.Montecuccoli Middle School.
2013
September 27 - November 23, 2013: Long Beach, CA. Repertoire Residency at California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.
November 22, 2013: Los Angeles. Sarah performs Stabat Mater, Mvt. III, at the Colburn School's Fall Faculty Concert. Music by Alessandro Girasoli.
August 13, 2013: Salice Salentino, Italy. Il Sogno Continua, the second annual incarnation of live music, dance, and improvisation, in collaboration with Alessandro Girasoli & Enzo Fina. With guests Anna Alexandru and Carmen Garcia. Leggi l'articolo, read the article. At FucinAsud, via Cairoli 89, Salice Salentino (LE). 9:00 PM.
July 26, 2013: Alto Jonio Dance Festival, Calabria, Italy. Master Class in Horton Technique, & Repertoire Workshop, and solo performance. Stage di repertorio e tecnica Lester Horton, e spettacolo. Sarah Swenson performs la sua opera Campane, con musica di Alessandro Girasoli.
July 22, 2013: San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy. Master Class at Centro Danza Excelsior. Classes in modern dance technique for youth. Classi di danza moderna tecnica per la gioventù.
June 14-17, 2013: Aurillac, France. La Manufacture. Sarah Swenson in residence, technique and repertoire.
June 8, 2013: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Sarah Swenson incontra l'arte di Luigi Tagliavini, Palazzo Ducale, Pavullo nel Frignano (MO). Solo works with choreography by Sarah Swenson and music by Alessandro Girasoli.
May 29, 2013: Los Angeles. A Spring Fundraiser Performance for Vox Dance Theatre, with musical guests Enzo Fina & Roberto Catalano of Musicántica. With dance artists Tamsin Carlson, Jaclyn Kriewall, Stephanie Lin, Monica Mordaunt, Sadie Yarington and choreographer, founder, and Artistic Director, Sarah Swenson. Vox presents the new Campane Suite with music by Alessandro Girasoli. In The Colburn School's Grand Rehearsal Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue.
May 18, 2013: Los Angeles, CA. The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Annual Spring Dance Concert. Holberg Dances, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Grieg,performed by all levels of the Modern Dance Department, and Ballare, music by Stravinsky, performed by the Advanced Studies Repertoire class.
May 20, 2013: Pasadena, CA. Vox Dance Theatre USA at ARC Pasadena. Preview performance of Campane Suite (Nord, Solo, Campane, Voci), music by Alessandro Girasoli, choreography by Sarah Swenson.
February 23, 2013: Los Angeles, CA. Campane, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Alessandro Girasoli. Performed by The Colburn Youth Orchestra, conducted by Maxim Eshkenazy, and dancers Brooke McDaniels, Grace Privett-Mendoza, Henry Privett-Mendoza, and Ian Richardson, of the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School.
2012
November 3, 2012: San Bernardino Valley College, with Enzo Fina & Roberto Catalano of Musicántica. United States premiere of Brigantesse. SBVC Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Ave, San Bernardino, CA 92410. 7:30 PM.
September 27, 2012: Scripps College. Richardson Dance Studio, 1030 Columbia Ave, Claremont, CA 91711. 7:00 PM. Vox Dance Theatre performs Al Noor and the complete Fimmine.
September 21, 2012: Performing Arts Exchange Juried Showcase at 8:25 PM: Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida, 33139. Free. Conference Booth #412.
August 24-26, 2012. Sao Paolo, Brazil. Teaching Simone Forti's Dance Constructions
at the 30th Bienal Sao Paolo.
July 9-25, 2012: Classical Modern Series 2012. $15 per class or $75 package for all six. At the Gallery Studio of Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, 244 South San Pedro, Los Angeles, 90012. Vox Dance Theatre hosts the second year of intensive Classical Modern Dance classes for students, teachers, and teachers-to-be, with six Southern California Master Teachers of modern dance. The Series offers technique, methodology, history, teaching approaches for all ages, and fundamental tenets of a variety of early and mid-20th century techniques: Trina Parks: Dunham; John Pennington: Lewitzky; Karen Safrit:Nikolais; Sarah Swenson: Horton; Diana MacNeil: Lewitzky; Tamsin Carlson: Cunningham.
June 3, 2012: Vox Dance Theatre in an encore performance of Al Noor with choreography by Sarah Swenson and music by Carl Stone. At the Gallery Studio of Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, 244 South San Pedro, Los Angeles, 90012. Anne & Jeff Grimaldo's Naked WIth Shoes shares the program with Vox. Free. Read the article here.
June 3, 2012: Vox Dance Theatre in the world premiere of Al Noor at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, with choreography by Sarah Swenson and music by Carl Stone. Al Noor will be performed amidst the Sky Ladder installation of Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, including his gunpowder murals, crop circle installation, and videos. View this fascinating video of Cai's explosion art. The Geffen: 152 N Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90013. Two performances: 1:30 and 2:30 with pre-performance workshops for children.
May 28, 2012. Seoul, Korea. Teaching Simone Forti's Dance Constructions at The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea.
April 14, 2012: Vox Dance Theatre at the Los Angeles Dance Festival. Diavolo Dance Theater, 616 Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90031, 7:30 PM.
January 8, 2012: APAP 2012. Pentacle.org Gallery Roster Showcase, 8:48 PM.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, 120 West 46 Street, New York City, 10036. Free.
2011
October 20-23, 2011: Festival de Octubre. Instituto de Cultura de Baja California, Mexico.
Click here to watch the Audience Feedback movie
Thursday, October 20: Teatro de la Ciudad de Ensenada, Ensenada, 8:00 PM.
Read the Ensenada review by Marcela Danemann in Spanish: La Ventana.
Friday, October 21: Teatro Universitario Rubén Vizcaíno Valencia UABC, Tijuana, 8:00 PM.
Saturday, October 22: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California/Escuela de Artes Tecate, 7:00 PM.
Read the Tecate review by Ruben in Spanish: Enfoke Journal.
Sunday, October 23: Teatro del Estado, Mexicali, 8:00 PM.
October 16, 2011: World Festival of Sacred Music and the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center present Mare Vaporum (Sea of Vapour) at the JACCC Plaza, 244 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Vox Dance Theater performs Fimmine in Kimono, with an appearance by students of The Colburn School in Artistic Director, Sarah Swenson's teen work, Pavane for an Iraqi Girl, 8:00 PM.
June 7 - July 28, 2011: Summer Nights Classical Modern Dance Educational Series, sponsored by Vox Dance Theatre. Featuring these noble Master Teachers of the Los Angeles area: Trina Parks, Katherine Dunham Technique; Susan McLain, Martha Graham-based Technique; Diana MacNeil, Bella Lewitzky Technique; Jeff Slayton, Viola Farber Technique; John Pennington, Bella Lewitzky technique; Tamsin Carlson, Merce Cunningham technique; Sharon Kinney, Paul Taylor-based technique.
May 20, 2011: Herbert Zipper Concert Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012. 7:30 PM. Free. Vox Dance Theatre in excerpts from Auriga, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Hindemith.
April 28 - May 8, 2011: Fullerton, CA. Residency, California State University/Fullerton Dance Department. Undergraduates perform Sarah Swenson's Ancestors.
April 16, 2011: 24th Street Theatre, 1:00 PM. 1117 West 24th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007-1725. $7. Vox Dance Theatre and Musicantica present excerpts from the new Brigantesse as well as two movements from the acclaimed Fimmine. With participation by children of the 24th Street Theatre community! Click here to buy tickets online: 24th Street Theatre.
More information: (213) 745-6516.
APAP 2011 Showcase Schedule:
Sunday, January 9, 2011: 3:00 PM - Ailey Citigroup Theater, Jodi Kaplan & Associates Boutique
Roster Showcase.
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 10:30 PM - City Center Theater, Studio 5.
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 9:30 PM - City Center Theater, Studio 5.
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 6:30 PM - Ailey Citigroup Theater, Jodi Kaplan & Associates
Boutique Roster Showcase.
Friday, January 7, 2011: 8:25 PM - City Center Theater, Studio 4.
2010
September 19 & 26, 2010: Santa Monica, CA. Conversation Piece with Simone Forti & The Sleeves. Highways Performance Space. Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle. A Whimsical, thoughtful, dance/theater work exploring the art of conversation through a variety of structures, scores and actions. Kristen Smiarowski/dramaturg. Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA 90404. 7:30 PM.
August 31, 2010: WAA - Western Arts Alliance - 2010 Conference, Long Beach, CA, Affiliated Dance Showcase at 10:40 PM in the Beacon Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Long Beach Hotel. Vox Dance Theatre is on the Boutique Roster of Jodi Kaplan & Associates / Booking Dance, WAA Booth #538.
August 17-22, 2010: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010, Scotland. At Venue 150 with Jodi Kaplan/Booking Dance Showcase, 150 Morrison Street, Edinburgh. 4:00 PM daily, plus 12:30 PM lunchtime show on 8/18.
August 5, 2010, Thursday 7:00 - 9:15: Bon Voyage Party & Open Rehearsal! Relax with nibbles and beverages while watching a final rehearsal for Vox Dance Theatre's tour to the Edinburgh Fringe! Final run-through 8:15, then celebrate! Brockus Project Studios, 618-b Moulton Ave, Los Angeles, 90031. All welcome! More info: [email protected]
2009
October 3, 2009, Riverside, CA: Dancing Beyond Borders: Dancers For Life 15/AIDS Benefit. Vox Dance Theatre premieres Auriga, with music from Hindemith's The Four Temperaments. Also on the program: BARE Dance Company, Justine Lemos, Lineage Dance, Lux Boreal Danza Contemporánea, Palindrome Performance Group, Pennington Dance Group, and Stephanie Gilliland. At Riverside City College - Landis Performing Arts Center, directions. 6:30 PM silent auction & pre-concert reception, 8:00 PM curtain. Tickets: $15 general, $10 student, senior, RCC staff. Box Office: 951.222.8100.
August 23, 2009: Thirteenth Annual Celebrate Dance Festival, Balboa Park, San Diego. Vox Dance Theatre performs the complete Fimmine, Sunday night at 7:30, Casa del Prado Theater. Read "Rebellious Brides Top FInal Day" by Kris Eitland from San Diego Arts Online.
June 19 & 20, 2009. Los Angeles, CA. To Borrow Salt, with Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle, at The Box Gallery (Chinatown). The quartet, directed by Forti, cycles events into various juxtapositions with each other, creating a kaleidoscopic narrative focused on language. Kristin Smiarowski, dramaturg. Listen to an audio selection from the performance here.
Watch joyand duet.
June 6, 2009: Vox Dance Theatre appears in A Tribute to Rudy Perez at The Intimate Theatre, CSULA Luckman Fine Arts Complex, 8:30 PM. Cuatro, re-dedicated to Rudy Perez for his 80th birthday, will be performed. Buy tickets: Luckman Fine Arts. Read the review: Dance Magazine Online.
May 9, 2009: A Celebration of Dance: Benefit for Everybody Dance! & Gabriela Charter School. Vox Dance Theatre and students from Everybody Dance! perform an excerpt from Sarah Swenson's signature work, Fimmine, onstage together at the Eli & Edith Broad Stage, 1310 Eleventh Street, Santa Monica 90401. Everybody Dance!
March 22, 2009, Glendae, CA: Vox Dance Theatre at 2009 Brand Library Dance Series. 2:00 PM - Free!! Performance to include a preview of the new work Auriga, as well as favorites Inventory, with choreography by Jeff Slayton, and Fimmine. Q & A and garden reception to follow. 1601 W Mountain Street, Glendale, CA 91201.
2008
December 13, 2008: Vox Dance Theatre at ArtBash 2008! A festival from the heart of LA’s arts community to celebrate the worst financial crash since 1929. 8:00 PM. $20 admission, $10 open bar access. At the Architecture + Design Museum, 5900 Wilshire Blvd. (across from LACMA) Buy tickets online. Also on the program: LA Contemporary Dance Co • The Original L.A. Breakers • Invertigo Dance Theatre • Browse performers.
October 5, 2008: Vox Dance Theatre performs Jeff Slayton's Inventory, at Long Beach's annual University by the Sea Festival. In the solarium of the Cooper Arms Hotel, 455 East Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802 - 5:00 PM - Free!!!
June 7-8, 2008: Vox Dance Theatre premieres Jeff Slayton's Inventory, with music by percussion artist Tatsuya Kakatani. At the Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theatre in Long Beach.
March 22 -23, 2008: Santa Monica, CA. World premiere of Pavane for an Iraqi Girl. Sarah performs with Ken Montalvo, Robert Valdonvinos, and Danny Arreola.
2007
October 18 – 21 and 25 – 29, 2007: Los Angeles, CA. Turtles All The Way Down, Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle, at The Unknown Theater, Hollywood.
Read the L.A. Times review here. pdf
2006
July 22-25, 2006: Santa Monica, CA. 101 at Highways Performance Space. Improvisation artist Simone Forti, theatre artist Terence Luke Johnson, dancer/choreographer Sarah Swenson, and musician/composer Douglas Wadle engage each other in a weave of movement, sound and spoken word, in a sequel to Unbuttoned Sleeves, performed last summer at the Redcat Theater’s NOW Festival. Read the L.A. Times piece by Susan Josephs here. pdf
2005
August 2005: Toronto. World premiere of Fimmine, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Phlip Glass, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No. 1. Toronto International Dance Festival.
July 28-30, 2005: Los Angeles, CA. Unbuttoned Sleeves at REDCAT. Improvisation artist Simone Forti, theatre artist Terence Luke Johnson, dancer/choreographer Sarah Swenson, and musician/composer Douglas Wadle in their first collaborative work. Read the L.A.Times review by Lewis Segal here. pdf
2000
December 1, 2000: Long Beach, CA.
Premiere of Ancestors (Graham, Humphrey, Horton, Taylor, Limon, Ailey & Balanchine)
Choreography by Sarah Swenson, commissioned by Sophia Monat & Orange County High School of the Arts.
Performed by students of the Classical & Contemporary Dance Division of OCHSA.
October 9, 2000: Los Angeles, CA. Euridice, Long Beach Opera
Directed by Isabel Milenski, choreography by Sarah Swenson. pdf
Getty Museum
June 19, 2000: Los Angeles. Party Scene, dancer. Choreography by Melinda Ring, Los Angeles Theatre Center. pdf
March 20, 2015: Los Angeles, CA. Master Classes in Modern technique and Repertoire,
Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School.
January 15 - March 13, 2015: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Technique & Performance Workshop for youth, R. Montecuccoli Middle School.
2014
Sunday, December 7, 2014: Cambridge, MA. Master Classes in Horton Technique, 12-2 PM.
The Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139.
November 22, 2014: Huntington Beach, CA. Huntington Academy of Dance, Master Class in Horton Technique, accompanied by Eric Ruskin.
November 18 - 21, 2014: Los Angeles, CA. The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Master Classes in Horton Technique.
November 17 - 20, 2014: Santa Ana, CA. Orange County School of the Arts, Repertoire Residency.
September 8-14, 2014: Santa Ana, CA. Orange County School of the Arts / Repertoire Residency: Ancestors, and Master Classes in Horton Technique.
August 24, 2014: Lecce, Italy. Palazzo Baronale di Monteroni, Sogno fra Sacro e Profano, a collaborative concert with Enzo Fina, Alessandro Girasoli, and Vox Danza Teatro del Salento, with guests Maurizio Ria, contrabasso, and Sabrina Luciani, harp.
August 21, 2014: San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy. Master Class at Centro Danza Excelsior.
August 20, 2014: San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy. Sogno fra Sacro e Profano, a collaborative concert with Enzo Fina, Alessandro Girasoliand artists of Salento, including the premiere performance of Vox Danza Teatro del Salento, with Carmen Garcia-Lafuente, Alissa Ianne, Cecilia Leo,and Michela Sacquegna. At Masseria Mazzetta.
May 10, 2014: Los Angeles, CA. The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Annual Spring Dance Concert. Students perform Ancestors, Fimmine, Mvt. I, and Fiori, Fiori.
March 24, 2014: Little Rock, AR. American College Dance Festival 2014 South Conference Gala Concert, at University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Irvine Valley College students perform Ancestors.
January 10 - March 28, 2014: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Technique & Workshop for Performance, R.Montecuccoli Middle School.
2013
September 27 - November 23, 2013: Long Beach, CA. Repertoire Residency at California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.
November 22, 2013: Los Angeles. Sarah performs Stabat Mater, Mvt. III, at the Colburn School's Fall Faculty Concert. Music by Alessandro Girasoli.
August 13, 2013: Salice Salentino, Italy. Il Sogno Continua, the second annual incarnation of live music, dance, and improvisation, in collaboration with Alessandro Girasoli & Enzo Fina. With guests Anna Alexandru and Carmen Garcia. Leggi l'articolo, read the article. At FucinAsud, via Cairoli 89, Salice Salentino (LE). 9:00 PM.
July 26, 2013: Alto Jonio Dance Festival, Calabria, Italy. Master Class in Horton Technique, & Repertoire Workshop, and solo performance. Stage di repertorio e tecnica Lester Horton, e spettacolo. Sarah Swenson performs la sua opera Campane, con musica di Alessandro Girasoli.
July 22, 2013: San Pancrazio Salentino, Italy. Master Class at Centro Danza Excelsior. Classes in modern dance technique for youth. Classi di danza moderna tecnica per la gioventù.
June 14-17, 2013: Aurillac, France. La Manufacture. Sarah Swenson in residence, technique and repertoire.
June 8, 2013: Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy. Sarah Swenson incontra l'arte di Luigi Tagliavini, Palazzo Ducale, Pavullo nel Frignano (MO). Solo works with choreography by Sarah Swenson and music by Alessandro Girasoli.
May 29, 2013: Los Angeles. A Spring Fundraiser Performance for Vox Dance Theatre, with musical guests Enzo Fina & Roberto Catalano of Musicántica. With dance artists Tamsin Carlson, Jaclyn Kriewall, Stephanie Lin, Monica Mordaunt, Sadie Yarington and choreographer, founder, and Artistic Director, Sarah Swenson. Vox presents the new Campane Suite with music by Alessandro Girasoli. In The Colburn School's Grand Rehearsal Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue.
May 18, 2013: Los Angeles, CA. The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Annual Spring Dance Concert. Holberg Dances, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Grieg,performed by all levels of the Modern Dance Department, and Ballare, music by Stravinsky, performed by the Advanced Studies Repertoire class.
May 20, 2013: Pasadena, CA. Vox Dance Theatre USA at ARC Pasadena. Preview performance of Campane Suite (Nord, Solo, Campane, Voci), music by Alessandro Girasoli, choreography by Sarah Swenson.
February 23, 2013: Los Angeles, CA. Campane, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Alessandro Girasoli. Performed by The Colburn Youth Orchestra, conducted by Maxim Eshkenazy, and dancers Brooke McDaniels, Grace Privett-Mendoza, Henry Privett-Mendoza, and Ian Richardson, of the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School.
2012
November 3, 2012: San Bernardino Valley College, with Enzo Fina & Roberto Catalano of Musicántica. United States premiere of Brigantesse. SBVC Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Ave, San Bernardino, CA 92410. 7:30 PM.
September 27, 2012: Scripps College. Richardson Dance Studio, 1030 Columbia Ave, Claremont, CA 91711. 7:00 PM. Vox Dance Theatre performs Al Noor and the complete Fimmine.
September 21, 2012: Performing Arts Exchange Juried Showcase at 8:25 PM: Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida, 33139. Free. Conference Booth #412.
August 24-26, 2012. Sao Paolo, Brazil. Teaching Simone Forti's Dance Constructions
at the 30th Bienal Sao Paolo.
July 9-25, 2012: Classical Modern Series 2012. $15 per class or $75 package for all six. At the Gallery Studio of Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, 244 South San Pedro, Los Angeles, 90012. Vox Dance Theatre hosts the second year of intensive Classical Modern Dance classes for students, teachers, and teachers-to-be, with six Southern California Master Teachers of modern dance. The Series offers technique, methodology, history, teaching approaches for all ages, and fundamental tenets of a variety of early and mid-20th century techniques: Trina Parks: Dunham; John Pennington: Lewitzky; Karen Safrit:Nikolais; Sarah Swenson: Horton; Diana MacNeil: Lewitzky; Tamsin Carlson: Cunningham.
June 3, 2012: Vox Dance Theatre in an encore performance of Al Noor with choreography by Sarah Swenson and music by Carl Stone. At the Gallery Studio of Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, 244 South San Pedro, Los Angeles, 90012. Anne & Jeff Grimaldo's Naked WIth Shoes shares the program with Vox. Free. Read the article here.
June 3, 2012: Vox Dance Theatre in the world premiere of Al Noor at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, with choreography by Sarah Swenson and music by Carl Stone. Al Noor will be performed amidst the Sky Ladder installation of Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, including his gunpowder murals, crop circle installation, and videos. View this fascinating video of Cai's explosion art. The Geffen: 152 N Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90013. Two performances: 1:30 and 2:30 with pre-performance workshops for children.
May 28, 2012. Seoul, Korea. Teaching Simone Forti's Dance Constructions at The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea.
April 14, 2012: Vox Dance Theatre at the Los Angeles Dance Festival. Diavolo Dance Theater, 616 Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90031, 7:30 PM.
January 8, 2012: APAP 2012. Pentacle.org Gallery Roster Showcase, 8:48 PM.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, 120 West 46 Street, New York City, 10036. Free.
2011
October 20-23, 2011: Festival de Octubre. Instituto de Cultura de Baja California, Mexico.
Click here to watch the Audience Feedback movie
Thursday, October 20: Teatro de la Ciudad de Ensenada, Ensenada, 8:00 PM.
Read the Ensenada review by Marcela Danemann in Spanish: La Ventana.
Friday, October 21: Teatro Universitario Rubén Vizcaíno Valencia UABC, Tijuana, 8:00 PM.
Saturday, October 22: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California/Escuela de Artes Tecate, 7:00 PM.
Read the Tecate review by Ruben in Spanish: Enfoke Journal.
Sunday, October 23: Teatro del Estado, Mexicali, 8:00 PM.
October 16, 2011: World Festival of Sacred Music and the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center present Mare Vaporum (Sea of Vapour) at the JACCC Plaza, 244 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Vox Dance Theater performs Fimmine in Kimono, with an appearance by students of The Colburn School in Artistic Director, Sarah Swenson's teen work, Pavane for an Iraqi Girl, 8:00 PM.
June 7 - July 28, 2011: Summer Nights Classical Modern Dance Educational Series, sponsored by Vox Dance Theatre. Featuring these noble Master Teachers of the Los Angeles area: Trina Parks, Katherine Dunham Technique; Susan McLain, Martha Graham-based Technique; Diana MacNeil, Bella Lewitzky Technique; Jeff Slayton, Viola Farber Technique; John Pennington, Bella Lewitzky technique; Tamsin Carlson, Merce Cunningham technique; Sharon Kinney, Paul Taylor-based technique.
May 20, 2011: Herbert Zipper Concert Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012. 7:30 PM. Free. Vox Dance Theatre in excerpts from Auriga, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Hindemith.
April 28 - May 8, 2011: Fullerton, CA. Residency, California State University/Fullerton Dance Department. Undergraduates perform Sarah Swenson's Ancestors.
April 16, 2011: 24th Street Theatre, 1:00 PM. 1117 West 24th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007-1725. $7. Vox Dance Theatre and Musicantica present excerpts from the new Brigantesse as well as two movements from the acclaimed Fimmine. With participation by children of the 24th Street Theatre community! Click here to buy tickets online: 24th Street Theatre.
More information: (213) 745-6516.
APAP 2011 Showcase Schedule:
Sunday, January 9, 2011: 3:00 PM - Ailey Citigroup Theater, Jodi Kaplan & Associates Boutique
Roster Showcase.
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 10:30 PM - City Center Theater, Studio 5.
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 9:30 PM - City Center Theater, Studio 5.
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 6:30 PM - Ailey Citigroup Theater, Jodi Kaplan & Associates
Boutique Roster Showcase.
Friday, January 7, 2011: 8:25 PM - City Center Theater, Studio 4.
2010
September 19 & 26, 2010: Santa Monica, CA. Conversation Piece with Simone Forti & The Sleeves. Highways Performance Space. Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle. A Whimsical, thoughtful, dance/theater work exploring the art of conversation through a variety of structures, scores and actions. Kristen Smiarowski/dramaturg. Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA 90404. 7:30 PM.
August 31, 2010: WAA - Western Arts Alliance - 2010 Conference, Long Beach, CA, Affiliated Dance Showcase at 10:40 PM in the Beacon Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Long Beach Hotel. Vox Dance Theatre is on the Boutique Roster of Jodi Kaplan & Associates / Booking Dance, WAA Booth #538.
August 17-22, 2010: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010, Scotland. At Venue 150 with Jodi Kaplan/Booking Dance Showcase, 150 Morrison Street, Edinburgh. 4:00 PM daily, plus 12:30 PM lunchtime show on 8/18.
August 5, 2010, Thursday 7:00 - 9:15: Bon Voyage Party & Open Rehearsal! Relax with nibbles and beverages while watching a final rehearsal for Vox Dance Theatre's tour to the Edinburgh Fringe! Final run-through 8:15, then celebrate! Brockus Project Studios, 618-b Moulton Ave, Los Angeles, 90031. All welcome! More info: [email protected]
2009
October 3, 2009, Riverside, CA: Dancing Beyond Borders: Dancers For Life 15/AIDS Benefit. Vox Dance Theatre premieres Auriga, with music from Hindemith's The Four Temperaments. Also on the program: BARE Dance Company, Justine Lemos, Lineage Dance, Lux Boreal Danza Contemporánea, Palindrome Performance Group, Pennington Dance Group, and Stephanie Gilliland. At Riverside City College - Landis Performing Arts Center, directions. 6:30 PM silent auction & pre-concert reception, 8:00 PM curtain. Tickets: $15 general, $10 student, senior, RCC staff. Box Office: 951.222.8100.
August 23, 2009: Thirteenth Annual Celebrate Dance Festival, Balboa Park, San Diego. Vox Dance Theatre performs the complete Fimmine, Sunday night at 7:30, Casa del Prado Theater. Read "Rebellious Brides Top FInal Day" by Kris Eitland from San Diego Arts Online.
June 19 & 20, 2009. Los Angeles, CA. To Borrow Salt, with Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle, at The Box Gallery (Chinatown). The quartet, directed by Forti, cycles events into various juxtapositions with each other, creating a kaleidoscopic narrative focused on language. Kristin Smiarowski, dramaturg. Listen to an audio selection from the performance here.
Watch joyand duet.
June 6, 2009: Vox Dance Theatre appears in A Tribute to Rudy Perez at The Intimate Theatre, CSULA Luckman Fine Arts Complex, 8:30 PM. Cuatro, re-dedicated to Rudy Perez for his 80th birthday, will be performed. Buy tickets: Luckman Fine Arts. Read the review: Dance Magazine Online.
May 9, 2009: A Celebration of Dance: Benefit for Everybody Dance! & Gabriela Charter School. Vox Dance Theatre and students from Everybody Dance! perform an excerpt from Sarah Swenson's signature work, Fimmine, onstage together at the Eli & Edith Broad Stage, 1310 Eleventh Street, Santa Monica 90401. Everybody Dance!
March 22, 2009, Glendae, CA: Vox Dance Theatre at 2009 Brand Library Dance Series. 2:00 PM - Free!! Performance to include a preview of the new work Auriga, as well as favorites Inventory, with choreography by Jeff Slayton, and Fimmine. Q & A and garden reception to follow. 1601 W Mountain Street, Glendale, CA 91201.
2008
December 13, 2008: Vox Dance Theatre at ArtBash 2008! A festival from the heart of LA’s arts community to celebrate the worst financial crash since 1929. 8:00 PM. $20 admission, $10 open bar access. At the Architecture + Design Museum, 5900 Wilshire Blvd. (across from LACMA) Buy tickets online. Also on the program: LA Contemporary Dance Co • The Original L.A. Breakers • Invertigo Dance Theatre • Browse performers.
October 5, 2008: Vox Dance Theatre performs Jeff Slayton's Inventory, at Long Beach's annual University by the Sea Festival. In the solarium of the Cooper Arms Hotel, 455 East Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802 - 5:00 PM - Free!!!
June 7-8, 2008: Vox Dance Theatre premieres Jeff Slayton's Inventory, with music by percussion artist Tatsuya Kakatani. At the Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theatre in Long Beach.
March 22 -23, 2008: Santa Monica, CA. World premiere of Pavane for an Iraqi Girl. Sarah performs with Ken Montalvo, Robert Valdonvinos, and Danny Arreola.
2007
October 18 – 21 and 25 – 29, 2007: Los Angeles, CA. Turtles All The Way Down, Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle, at The Unknown Theater, Hollywood.
Read the L.A. Times review here. pdf
2006
July 22-25, 2006: Santa Monica, CA. 101 at Highways Performance Space. Improvisation artist Simone Forti, theatre artist Terence Luke Johnson, dancer/choreographer Sarah Swenson, and musician/composer Douglas Wadle engage each other in a weave of movement, sound and spoken word, in a sequel to Unbuttoned Sleeves, performed last summer at the Redcat Theater’s NOW Festival. Read the L.A. Times piece by Susan Josephs here. pdf
2005
August 2005: Toronto. World premiere of Fimmine, choreography by Sarah Swenson, music by Phlip Glass, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No. 1. Toronto International Dance Festival.
July 28-30, 2005: Los Angeles, CA. Unbuttoned Sleeves at REDCAT. Improvisation artist Simone Forti, theatre artist Terence Luke Johnson, dancer/choreographer Sarah Swenson, and musician/composer Douglas Wadle in their first collaborative work. Read the L.A.Times review by Lewis Segal here. pdf
2000
December 1, 2000: Long Beach, CA.
Premiere of Ancestors (Graham, Humphrey, Horton, Taylor, Limon, Ailey & Balanchine)
Choreography by Sarah Swenson, commissioned by Sophia Monat & Orange County High School of the Arts.
Performed by students of the Classical & Contemporary Dance Division of OCHSA.
October 9, 2000: Los Angeles, CA. Euridice, Long Beach Opera
Directed by Isabel Milenski, choreography by Sarah Swenson. pdf
Getty Museum
June 19, 2000: Los Angeles. Party Scene, dancer. Choreography by Melinda Ring, Los Angeles Theatre Center. pdf
1999 and prior
November 11-5, 1999: California State University/Long Beach Dance Department Faculty Concert, Long Beach, CA. Performing Love Letters, choreography by Della Davidson.
September 30, October 1-3, 1999: Progress in Works, MFA Thesis Concert, Long Beach, CA. Premiering Blessing, music by Leonard Eto, Lion; and On My Mind, music by Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke, Nils Petter Molvaer, various. Choreography by Sarah Swenson (1999). Costumes by Liz Pelster. Performed by students of the California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.
June 1999: Beijing Dance Academy, People's Republic of China. Sarah Swenson, Guest Instructor: Repertory workshops, Horton technique.
November 13 –17, 1998: CSULB Fall Faculty Concert, Long Beach CA. Sarah Swenson performs the principal role in From My Mother's Side, choreography by Jeff Slayton. Original music composed and performed live by Robin Cox.
March 13-15, 1998: CSULB Spring Contemporary Dance Concert, Long Beach, CA. Premiering Under the Drum, choreography by Sarah Swenson (1998); poetry and artwork by Turtle Heart (Ojibway), with traditional and contemporary indigenous music. Performed by students of the California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.
1997-1991: Seraphim Dance Theatre, New York City, NY. Sarah Swenson, Associate Artistic Director and founding member. Raymond C. Harris, Artistic Director. Performing throughout New York City, Connecticut, New Jersey. Dunning 1995
July 1996: Dance Institute of Washington, Washington, D.C., residency. Repertory Coach and Rehearsal Director, choreography workshops, Horton technique.
April 12, 1995: First Annual International Student Concert "Global Harmony", launched by Sarah Swenson, at the Alvin Ailey School, New York City. Premiering Song for a Country, choreography by Sarah Swenson (1995). Music by Lloyd McNeill, Mandela Suite. Performed by students of the Alvin Ailey School (formerly the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center).
1993 & 1992: Chancellor's Model School Project of New York City, Guest teacher & choreographer of We Are The World, an international study project involving cultural dances, music, and UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child. 7th and 8th Grades at P.S. 19, The Asher Levy School, Sponsored by Columbia University and Exxon Corporation.
1991: Artists of Jubilation! Ensemble, company member, NYC, New York. Kevin Jeff, Artistic Director.
May 30, 1990: New York. Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Dance Theatre of Harlem School, and Lincoln Center Plaza, New York City. Premiering The Road, choreographed by Sarah Swenson (1990). Music by Lloyd McNeill, Night Voices. Performed by Sarah Swenson and Suleiman Rifai. Read the review by Jennifer Dunning. pdf
1986: Touring People's Republic of China with Chun Myung Sook Dance Company: Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Yan Bian.
September 30, October 1-3, 1999: Progress in Works, MFA Thesis Concert, Long Beach, CA. Premiering Blessing, music by Leonard Eto, Lion; and On My Mind, music by Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke, Nils Petter Molvaer, various. Choreography by Sarah Swenson (1999). Costumes by Liz Pelster. Performed by students of the California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.
June 1999: Beijing Dance Academy, People's Republic of China. Sarah Swenson, Guest Instructor: Repertory workshops, Horton technique.
November 13 –17, 1998: CSULB Fall Faculty Concert, Long Beach CA. Sarah Swenson performs the principal role in From My Mother's Side, choreography by Jeff Slayton. Original music composed and performed live by Robin Cox.
March 13-15, 1998: CSULB Spring Contemporary Dance Concert, Long Beach, CA. Premiering Under the Drum, choreography by Sarah Swenson (1998); poetry and artwork by Turtle Heart (Ojibway), with traditional and contemporary indigenous music. Performed by students of the California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.
1997-1991: Seraphim Dance Theatre, New York City, NY. Sarah Swenson, Associate Artistic Director and founding member. Raymond C. Harris, Artistic Director. Performing throughout New York City, Connecticut, New Jersey. Dunning 1995
July 1996: Dance Institute of Washington, Washington, D.C., residency. Repertory Coach and Rehearsal Director, choreography workshops, Horton technique.
April 12, 1995: First Annual International Student Concert "Global Harmony", launched by Sarah Swenson, at the Alvin Ailey School, New York City. Premiering Song for a Country, choreography by Sarah Swenson (1995). Music by Lloyd McNeill, Mandela Suite. Performed by students of the Alvin Ailey School (formerly the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center).
1993 & 1992: Chancellor's Model School Project of New York City, Guest teacher & choreographer of We Are The World, an international study project involving cultural dances, music, and UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child. 7th and 8th Grades at P.S. 19, The Asher Levy School, Sponsored by Columbia University and Exxon Corporation.
1991: Artists of Jubilation! Ensemble, company member, NYC, New York. Kevin Jeff, Artistic Director.
May 30, 1990: New York. Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Dance Theatre of Harlem School, and Lincoln Center Plaza, New York City. Premiering The Road, choreographed by Sarah Swenson (1990). Music by Lloyd McNeill, Night Voices. Performed by Sarah Swenson and Suleiman Rifai. Read the review by Jennifer Dunning. pdf
1986: Touring People's Republic of China with Chun Myung Sook Dance Company: Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Yan Bian.