For Silver Spoon we've taken certain inspirational images quite literally while others have been manipulated to better suite the characters we are trying to portray.
It's always so exciting to see worlds come to life inside the rehearsals. Sara, Nicole and Shayley have been a dream team in our limited amount of time to create this trio.
With Springshot opening this weekend we hop...
We're excited to share with you first that Coriolis will be presenting a new work in Springshot festival at 18th and Union in Capitol Hill.
This new work features a family of three and their evolving relationship with eachother. The highest commodity is grapefruit and the more they consume the more status they gain within their community, but what happens to their personal connections wh...
We are excited to share the performance footage of SHUT choreographed by Meredith Pellon and performed by Eva Crystal for Wielding Forms Dance Festival. The magic of this piece was how embodied Eva was while performing with her eyes closed, incorporating a level of chance that had the audience at the edge of their seats throughout the work.
2023-03-13 01:17:23 +0000 UTC View Post
This video shows the in process solo Lack which will be build into an evening length work. A diptych, this work will be shown alongside a group piece, the solo exploring desire followed by the group piece showing the pit falls that may result in indulging into that desire. We hope these two pieces will come to life this next year!
2023-01-07 14:34:03 +0000 UTC View Post
How Kyrin Grey will be playing with chance for the upcoming festival!
2022-12-31 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Learn more about the piece Nicole Cardona will be creating for Wielding Forms Dance Festival
2022-12-19 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Shenandoah will be choreographing a quartet for Wielding Forms Dance Festival, she is also the Artistic Director of Psychopomp Dance Theater in LA. Psychopomp Dance Theater is grounded in viscerally athletic movement exploring social issues through the structure of Jewish culture and thought.
2022-11-20 18:34:44 +0000 UTC View Post
We are excited to share with you first the Wielding Forms Curatorial team consisting of Prasti Purdum, Stacy Brenner, Madeleine Gregor, and Robbi Moore. As Coriolis moves into it's 15th season we're excited to be able to offer new opportunities to the Seattle dance community. We have reached a point where our organization can now more regularly support the voices of dance artists outside of our...
2022-10-18 18:38:27 +0000 UTC View Post
This past month we have been meeting and collaborating with Stella Kuntz of Yaw Theater to build a new dance festival, Wielding Forms. The creation of this festival helps us further our mission of promoting and supporting the creation of authentic stories while also building up the community we so adore. As we enter our 15th season, we want to find more ways to give back, provide new opportunit...
2022-09-07 15:58:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy August, and with August comes Season 15 for Coriolis Dance! The biggest things on our mind for this season are sustainability and growth, and we have some exciting ideas and programs planned not only for this season but for years to come.
But first,
This past week I was sitting down for dinner with a group of women, all professional dancers at various ballet companies on the w...
2022-08-07 22:29:36 +0000 UTC View Post
We're excited to share the video footage taken of Endangered at Seattle International Dance Festival!
Choreographed by Natascha Greenwalt and Jason Ohlberg
2022-07-20 21:47:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy June! We've been in pressure cooker mode this month for the creation and premiere of Endangered. Co-choreographed by Natascha Greenwalt and Jason Ohlberg it has been amazing to see them work seamlessly together with two complimentary but differing styles.
In the video above you can see a "behind the scenes" rehearsal clip of the quartet choreographed by Jason in 2021 which was...
2022-06-06 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We're already into May! This past weekend we opened The Art of Seafaring at Yaw Theater, the show has been called dreamy, soulful, and masterful. But a successful opening didn't come without a mountain of obstacles. Due to a music mishap Co-Director Lauren Hlubny created our score the week of our opening, and it is truly brilliant. The sounds of whales, waves, and the creaking of boats helps tr...
2022-05-02 16:01:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Last month Endangered Species started it's rehearsal process with Jason and Matt flying in from NY. Jason has fully set the Quartet portion of the work to be shown at SIDF, a recreation of a work he set on Skidmore College. Endangered Species will consist of a solo, duet, quartet, and a septet. Here's a small note Natascha sent to the cast after our residency "After a couple years of so many di...
2022-04-03 16:29:19 +0000 UTC View PostJust a few beautiful moments from our residency for Endangered Species, we're returning back to rehearsals come May for our performance at SIDF this June!
2022-03-27 01:00:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Posters are ready to start marketing The Art of Seafaring! With just about a month and a half until opening night we are going to start posting posters around town, plus tickets are live! You can buy yours today at https://coriolisdance.ticketleap.com/the-art-of-seafaring/ . This week not only do ...
2022-03-13 21:18:57 +0000 UTC View Post
So many different artists have dove into how and where they seek inspiration to share with you, however, we all missed a big one. And that's watching/viewing other art. While trying to dissect and investigate how each section would look and feel with the goals I had in mind I often turned to choreographers I had long looked up to. I watched many Pina Bausch pieces on YouTube throughout the firs...
2022-03-05 18:07:44 +0000 UTC View Post
We had the privilege to show our in process work of The Art Of Seafaring this past Saturday at The Shed last Friday. So many fresh perspectives and new ideas are floating around helping inform next steps as we continue our process. We loved how the audience viewing our showing grasped onto our themes of desperation, hopelessness, despair, and underlying hope. But we are thrilled for the opportu...
2022-03-02 03:50:51 +0000 UTC View Post
The Art of Seafaring is full of fresh faces new to Coriolis! In order of pictures we have Nicole Cardona, Shayley Timm, Tess Neil, Daria Fisher, Grace Garrett and Madeleine Gregor. We are just over a week away from our in-process showing and cannot wait to share all of the work we have put in.
2022-02-17 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This video clip is from our rehearsal this past Wednesday where we introduced the paper boats into the Search Party Trio. This section still needs some clarification, finesse, and detail work but you can already start to see the trio taking on the idea of searching the starts for their way home. I used the constellation group of Argo Navis to inspire their shapes and gestures. Best seen in the ...
2022-02-13 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
As for most choreographers my notebook holds all my little thoughts and ideas surrounding The Art Of Seafaring. I like to use sticky notes for sections that are color coded based off of group or individual moments, that way I can easily reorder and see the flow of the sections. Pictured above is the working order for our in-process showing. Spoiler alert, not all sections will be shared. Not al...
2022-02-07 21:36:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The Art of Seafaring choreographed by Madeleine Gregor and Co-Directed by Lauren Hlubny and Madeleine Gregor deftly weaves illustrative poetry, ballet tropes, contemporary movement, and theater into a work that is uniquely personal to all. In a monthly ritual spurred by the full moon, the crew details their journey through heartbreaking solos, passionately spoken poetry, intimate tableaus, and ...
2022-02-05 19:17:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Photos above are taken from a section of The Art Of Seafaring titled "moon gazing" which juxtaposes the softness and vulnerability of gazing at the moon with a deliberate tossing of unwanted ideas and beliefs. A section still in the works, I'm excited to see how we can really pull these two ideas to their extremes.
Our in process showing is quickly approaching. February 25th we will be ...
Apprentice Grace Garrett set this phrase on Shay based off of this phrase in King Lear's monologue "Rumble thy bellyful! Spit, fire! spout, rain!
Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire are my daughters." With only 15 minutes to learn and share you can see the gears turning in Shay's head as she grapples with the phrasing and how to interpret it. This investigation will help feed intention and mood fo...
A moment from last week's rehearsal investigating each dancer's solo poem. Here Tess is improvising to Sea Violet by Hilda Doolittle, this is her first interpretation of the words as well as first time hearing the full poem. The sea flower poems detail flowers growing in the sand, or on the bluffs next to the ocean. The Sea Violet fronts the winds, whereas the blue violets safe on the hill flut...
2022-01-24 18:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week started the rehearsal process for The Art of Seafaring. I'm thankful to have Co-Director Lauren Hlubny at my side to start the creative process and world building for the cast. Last night we introduced each dancer's solo poetry and investigated movement possibilities. Utilizing a "translator" the dancer would move with the intention that the person speaking was translating their movem...
2022-01-20 18:58:04 +0000 UTC View Post
How inspiration from a close friend's beautiful artwork started the idea of The Art of Seafaring. Photos of Christin Call's work Big Bruise, taken by Christin Call. This work is available for purchase, contact Christin for more information.
2022-01-12 18:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Taking a quick moment to thank our wonderful Patreon community, this platform and your support has had a huge impact on Coriolis the year. The monthly support allows us to operate with less fear and trepidation when hiring and paying out our contracted artists. In addition, we hope you feel a closer connection to us each month as we continue to share what's happening "behind the scenes". Is the...
2022-01-01 20:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post
