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//TECTONIC MARROW SOCIETY presents _IOTA
4 CHOREOGRAPHERS. 4 NEW WORKS.
August 26th & 27th, 8PM at Velocity Dance Center's Founders Theater (Seattle, WA)
COLEMAN PESTER //CAMEO LETHEM //JODY KUEHNER //JENNA EADY
Coleman Pester, founder and director of //TECTONIC MARROW SOCIETY, debuts IOTA as a collaborative collective of female voices in this bill of fiercely intelligent innovators. They/She highlights both emerging and established choreographers from female, non binary, and queer perspectives; together they set out to challenge themes of identity. www.tectonicmarrowsociety.com
//VISION
IOTA, a small chunk, serves as a platform for these voices. These works are acts of coming out for all four choreographers. For Cameo and Jenna, IOTA represents their first choreographic commission in Seattle. For Jody, this will be a rare opportunity to see this established choreographer present work without the persona of Cherdonna. For Coleman, this project is a statement of //TMS's values and identity within the Seattle dance community.
//ACCESSIBILITY
Velocity Dance Center's Founders Theater is ADA accessible. The entrance to the theater space has a ramp from the sidewalk outside. The theater space has tiered bleacher style seating with chairs forming rows. There are floor level seats and space for wheelchairs. Please email colemanmpester@gmail.com if those seats need to be reserved for you. We also invite you to communicate with the ushers at the performance and they can assist you. There are gendered men/women multi-occupant bathrooms in the lobby and they require a code (1289). We plan on putting up Gender Neutral signs over the doors on the night of the performance. This will be done guerilla-style, so there is a chance that they are removed by other businesses sharing the lobby space. The theater space is not necessarily scent-free, but scents will not intentionally be used in the performance. Please refrain from wearing scented products, so that audience members with a sensitivity are able to enjoy the performance. Strobe lights will be used in the performance. The sound design for some pieces will include loud or jolting sounds. Please bring earplugs if these sounds might be uncomfortable for you. If you have questions about accessibility that are not covered in the above information, feel free to contact Coleman at colemanmpester@gmail.com.
//IDENTITY
Coleman Pester is a choreographer and dancer based in in Seattle. Coleman has built a diverse palate of work; premiering dance works in Seattle, Australia, Israel, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Coleman acted as the assistant to renowned Choreographer Anouk van Dijk, Artistic Director of Chunky Move in Australia in 2012. Coleman earned a BFA from the LINES Ballet/Dominican University program in San Francisco. Coleman founded //TECTONIC MARROW SOCIETY and continues to create and direct work through this company/project. //TMS exists as an amorphous company that creates multi-media art with the focal point of contemporary dance. Coleman has been commissioned and presented by Seattle Art Museum, Velocity Dance Center, On the Boards, and NEPO Arthouse. Coleman has received awards, grants, and residencies from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Artist Trust, The Glenn H. Kawasaki Foundation, The University of Washington, and The Cornish Playhouse. More info: www.tectonicmarrowsociety.com.
Cameo Lethem, co-producer of IOTA, is an emerging choreographer based in Seattle that utilizes her dance and neuroscience background to expose human situations through kinetic scenarios. Most recently, she was selected as an artist for The Breaking Glass Project- an organization founded by So You Think You Can Dances Ellenore Scott to advance opportunities for emerging female choreographers. Her current mentors through the program are Sidra Bell of Sidra Bell Dance NY and Nia-Amina Minor of No)One Art House. Cameo will be working with Chloe Albin (Sleep Nod, Wade Madsen, Nathan Blackwell) and Jessica Pavilanis (Ktisk Contemporary Dance) to expand upon a piece she created for Open Studio, part of On the Boards programming.
Jody Kuehner is a Seattle-based dance artist, director, and drag queen Cherdonna Shinatra. She is the 2015 Stranger Genius Award winner, Velocity Dance Center's 2014 Artist in Residence, and 2010 Spotlight Award winner. Her choreography has been presented by every major contemporary dance venue in Seattle. Jody received a National Dance Project Production Grant for a new work that will premiere in Seattle 2016/17 seasons at On the Boards and Velocity Dance Center and will tour the US. Jody has worked with Dayna Hanson as Production Coordinator and Assistant Director for various projects. She has been a company member of Mark Haim and Pat Graney since 2008 also assisting Graneys KTF Prison Project in 2007. As Cherdonna, she currently performs regularly with drag-queen superstar BenDeLaCreme (RuPauls Drag Race); and the award-winning international sensations Kitten LaRue and Lou Henry Hoover. Kuehner teaches Professional Contemporary Dance at Velocity, has taught at summer intensives Strictly Seattle and Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation. She is Resident Choreographer for the LGBTQ youth choir Diverse Harmony.
Jenna Eady began her training under the direction of Susan Thompson at Bainbridge Dance Center. She recently graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a BFA in dance. While studying at CalArts she had the opportunity to perform in works by Sidra Bell, Bessie Award winner Julie Bour, and was selected to work closely with Kate Weare during the Evelyn Sharp Choreographic Residency. After graduating she went on to perform with New York based company BODYART at the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. Jenna has returned to Seattle as a freelance performance artist dancing with Anna Conner and Kate Wallich + The YC.
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LocationFounders Theater at Velocity Dance Center (View)
1621 - 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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