August 23, 2024

Curators

Leonor Mendes

Ro Miller

“The Field, part 2” is a performance of talking and dancing that explores the dynamics of emergent material. The work creates a dispersal of happenings: overlapping conversation, a chorus of murmurs, the layering of latent rhythms and enigmatic gestures. A collision of plotless ecologies, the work becomes a discontinuous riff / rift on the ensemble’s potential for harmony and dissonance. “The Field, part 2” was created and performed collaboratively by Leah Fournier, Amelia Heintzelman, and Tess Michaelson.

“A good way below a man is walking, hands in his trouser pockets” is about the everyday experience of being on the cusp. It was created by Samara Michaelson. 

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Artists

AMELIA HEINTZELMAN

Amelia Heintzelman is a performer, choreographer, and teacher. Her work has been shown at Pageant, Movement Research at the Judson Church, Snug Harbor, Lubov Gallery, and University Settlement in NYC. She has performed for Alexa West, Jesi Cook, Ayano Elson, and Debroah Hay. She teaches at Pageant and Movement Research. www.ameliakh.com 

TESS MICHAELSON

Tess Michaelson is a writer, multidisciplinary artist, and teacher who works at the intersection of text and performance. Her writing has appeared in the Brooklyn Rail, Motor Dance Journal, The Chicago Review, among others. She has performed at Movement Research at the Judson Church and at the inaugural (Un)Making Conference at NYU. Tess earned a degree in English from Stanford University (2018) and an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Columbia University (2021). She currently teaches at Uptown Stories. 

LEAH FOURNIER

Leah Fournier is a dancer and maker based in New York. Her collaborative choreographic work has been presented at Pageant, Movement Research at the Judson Church, the Asia Society, and Fresh Festival (CA), among others, and she’s received long term project support from the School for Contemporary Dance & Thought (MA). She has performed with artists including Juli Brandano, Julia Antinozzi, Angie Hauser, Chris Aiken, Barbie Diewald, Nancy Stark Smith, and Vanessa Anspaugh. Leah works at Movement Research and, from time to time, with Sara Shelton Mann (CA). 

Samara Michaelson is a writer and researcher who works in the field of philosophy of literature, dance, and short fiction. Her writing has appeared in Frieze, and Aesthetics for Birds, among others. She is currently pursuing a doctorate at Duke University.