Dog Dance at D’art Gallery in Denver
A collaboration with abstract painter, Laura Brenton, and Improvisational Photographer, Jun Akiyama of Kinisis Photography. Laura’s paintings of Dog Dance, and Jun’s photos of this process will be presented at D’art Gallery in Denver, CO from December 16th-February 6th. I’ll be performing Dog Dance at the opening artist’s reception on Friday, December 17th, from 5-7pm and then again on Saturday, December 18th, from 2-4pm.
Dog Dance
Improvisational Group Work performed at The Denver Art Museum and The Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in January and June of 2018 respectively. Improvisational Solo Work performed from 2015-2018 with directorial guidance from Andrew Marcus.
Photo by Tatiana Davila.
Goodnight, Courtney Love
Created and performed by Joanna Rotkin and Laura Ann Samuelson in partnership with The North Boulder Recreation Center. February 2016 and April 2015.
Photo by Jun Akiyama.
The Great Green
Created and Performed by Joanna Rotkin with directorial guidance by Laura Ann Samuelson. Performed throughout 2015 and 2016 in Colorado, Michigan, California, and Mexico. Recipient of the Encore Award from the Boulder Fringe Festival.
Photo by Michael Hart.
dirtland.
Created by Joanna Rotkin and performed by Johannah Franke, Toby Hankin, Simone Key, Chrissy Nelson Peg Posnick, and Joanna Rotkin in partnership with the North Boulder Recreation Center and performed in the Racquet Ball Court in 2014.
Photo by Regan Halas.
The Small Death Pracitce
Created by Joanna Rotkin and performed by Johannah Franke, Chelsea Gregory, Margaret Harris, Claire Patton, and Laura Ann Samuelson in 2013 as part of Five 5ths of Macbeth.
Photo by Jun Akiyama.
Let Them Eat Cake
Created and Performed by Joanna Rotkin and Laura Ann Samuelson in collaboration with Johannah Franke and Margaret Harris in 2012 at The Trident Café in Boulder, Colorado.
Recipient of the Encore Award from The Boulder International Fringe Festival.
Photo by Jennifer Miller.
Beehive
Choreographed by Joanna Rotkin in collaboration with performers
Chelsea Gregory, Racheli Mendelson, Mary Mouser, Laura Ann Samuelson, and Zoe Zimmerman. Presented as part of the Embodied Poetics Project at Naropa University, April 2012.
Photo by Naropa Staff.
Small Moment of Sky
Choreographed by Jayne Lee, Delisa Myles, Breanna Rogers, and Joanna Rotkin.
Performed by: Lily Brown, Matt Drews, Margaret Harris, Vic Harris, Jayne Lee, Delisa Myles, Susan Pfeffer, Lucien Renjilian-Burgy, Breanna Rogers, Joanna Rotkin, and Janice Shayne. Recipient of the 2009 Encore Award from The Boulder International Fringe Festival.
Photo by Earl Duque.
Small River, Small Sky
Choreographed and Performed by Breanna Rogers and Joanna Rotkin as part of the Jamestown Arts Festival, Jamestown, Colorado 2009. Recipient of the Most Innovative Performance Award from Jamestown Artists and Musicians.
Photo by Glen Kalen
Eating and Dreaming
Choreographed and Performed by Jayne Lee, Breanna Rogers, and Joanna Rotkin. Performed in Colorado and Arizona in 2008 and 2009.
Photo by Naropa Staff.
Under the Hood
Created and performed by Breanna Rogers and Joanna Rotkin.
Recipient of 2007 “Pick of The Fringe” for most innovative performance at The Boulder International Fringe Festival.
Photo by Glen Kalen.