In partnership with The Dance Centre, Chutzpah! presents the world premiere of Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick’s collaborative duet “Fortress” in a Split Bill with Ne Sans Opera & Dance.

November 8th and 9th at The Dance Centre Vancouver.

Tickets here

Description: In their debut collaborative piece, Margolick and Ellis explore their connection to their ever-evolving relationship to femininity, and the balance between their strength and vulnerability.  Seeking both discomfort and safety, they draw inspiration from the matriarchs in their lives, building toward a deeper understanding of themselves.

I will be in residence at the Dance Centre, collaborating with violinist Hannah Epperson. We will be revisiting our piece “Catenary” which we began creating in 2018 but took a long hiatus from because of the pandemic.

There will be a public work in progress sharing on: July 25th at 17hr PST

I will be premiering Reservoir a new solo, at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn NY as part of their Split Bill series. I am excited to be sharing the evening with Kashia Kancey performing her solo I Believed It Too.

March 14th and 15th at 8pm

Tickets can be purchased here: HERE (they’re cheaper in advance, so don’t wait!)

I will be a guest performer and choreographer for LITVAK Dance’s Fall Concert in Encinitas, California on November 18th and 19th 2023. I will be performing my short solo Harbour.

More information and tickets

SUMMIT: THROUGH HER RISE is a movement summit that has commissioned five female identifying choreographers to share their creative works and wisdom with U-M students and the public at large with workshops happening October 27-28 and a performance on October 28th at 7pm. SUMMIT is a platform where underrepresented artists can come together to present their work at U-M, an R1 university, with the goal of introducing excellent and thought provoking pieces to the Ann Arbor community. This platform aims to create new opportunities to network, share resources and expand U-Ms impact to the broader artistic landscape. Conceived, curated and produced by Associate Professor of Dance, Shannon Gillen, SUMMIT positions itself as a celebratory opportunity for women makers to unite and share their visions broadly.

For tickets and information: Here

Tushrik and I will continue creating our duet throughout a 4-week residency at BAC in NYC.

There will be a free in studio work in progress showing on November 16th at 13h. Stay tuned for RSVP details.

Over three days in October, choreographer Alexandra Waierstall will present choreographic interludes within the exhibition of Rita McBride: Arena Momentum. In this series of engagements, collectively called Momentum, she will bring together local New York professional dancers and her frequent collaborators from Europe in a unique gathering – a first of its kind. This event will foster a connection between these communities, the public, and the sculpture Arena’s physical space. Alexandra’s choreographic practice has a rich history and has engaged in dialogue with the Arena in various contexts since 2016. Momentum is an opportunity to see the development of a dialogue between two female artists opening new possibilities.

The choreography itself opens a space of attention in which everyone present can find themselves. The process is ongoing, as we address the past, acknowledge the present, and move towards the future.

Momentum, curated by Alexis Lowry, is initiated by visual artist Rita McBride with choreographer Alexandra Waierstall and the experimental performance collective, discoteca flaming star (founded by Cristina Gomez Barrio and Wolfgang Mayer).

Choreographic interludes by Alexandra Waierstall with and for the dancers: Maxi Canion, Ying Yun Chen, Rachel Gill, Scott Jennings, Amy Josh, Dasol Kim, Rebecca Margolick, Andrea Farley Shimota, Karolina Szymura.

With artistic contributions from: Volker Bertelmann, Stavros Gasparatos, Cédric Hopf, Judith Jaeger, Valeria Lampadova, Lucia Vonrhein

Choreographic interludes production by Noema Dance Works e.V., in collaboration with Dia Art Foundation. Supported by: Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kulturamt der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf

I will be performing my solo Reservoir at EDANCO Festival 2023 in a split bill with Spanish artist Carmen Werner.

I will be performing Bunker +Vault in Istanbul on September 18th at ENKA Sanat and September 23rd at Arter. I will be sharing the program with another U.S based dance artist Becca Hoback.

More information and tickets HERE

I will be in a creation residency and teaching at NECIA Studios in Oaxaca creating a new collaborative duet with Montreal based dance artist Jason Martin.

I will be teaching a week long dance and choreography workshop, using task based improvisation, training, conditioning, and teaching repertory.

More information soon…

I am excited to join the cast and perform this work by Annie Rigney on June 23rd + June 24th at the 92Y NYC.

For more information and tickets: 92ny.org/event/annie-rigney

“...she was becoming untethered.”, paints a surrealistic portrait of a woman in both ecstasy and constraint. The work explores points along a continuum of beauty and the grotesque; the mundane and the absurd. The process began by asking if the overwhelming emotion of Opera music could be matched and explored through extreme sustained movements and at what point does heightened emotion tip over the edge from expression, to absurdity, and even into comedy? The dance also serves to ask and answer the questions: what supports us? What uplifts us? And what holds us back?

I am performing in “Grass is Green” as beautiful work from UNA Productions that I have been a part of for many years.

We are touring to Vancouver B.C and Vancouver’s North Island Region in a co-presentation from Chutzpah! Festival and BC Movement Arts Society

Link to Vancouver Show

Link to Sointula, ‘Namgis / Alert Bay, and Campbell River shows

I will be performing with UNA Productions in San Francisco for 3 nights.

Tickets here
Grass is Green is an evening-length work for seven dancers and drag performer/live cellist/live pianist, Rose Nylons.

UNA Productions is a dance production company, founded in 2013 by Artistic Director and Choreographer Chuck Wilt, creating, teaching, and performing internationally. UNA's mission is to discover and communicate deeply rooted embodiments of human existence through physically powerful dancing, unapologetically Queer imagery and storytelling. UNA celebrates individuality and is dedicated to bringing vibrancy and joy to the world.
Grass is Green is an evening-length work for seven dancers and drag performer/live cellist/live pianist, Rose Nylons.