Merde Project Selected Artists:

→ Emma Andre
→ Kelly Del Rosario
→ Moscelyne ParkeHarrison
→ Cauveri Suresh
→ REYES Dance/Jocelyn Reyes

Producers:

→ Kristin Damrow
→ Rick Riemer

Lighting Design:

→ Kevin Lo

Lighting Technician:

→ Shy Baniani

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EMMA ANDRE

Choreography:
Emma Andre

Performers:
Emma Andre, Kamala Fifield, Ai Yin Adelski

Music: Selections from Bikini Kill's "The First Two Records" 

The final section of this piece includes choreography created by Ai Yin Adelski and Kamala Fifield. 

Special thanks to Brooke Terry and Sarah Emmons who first embodied this work with me.

  • Emma Andre is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher based in Oakland, California. Their work explores femininity, expectations, gender performance, and self actualization.

'Āina

Choreography and performance in collaboration:
Kelly Del Rosario, Kayla Gene, Alyssa Shimoda

Music:
Rain and Birds by Mind & Body, Maika'i Ka 'Oiwi Ka'ala by Keali'i Reichel

Special thanks to Mia Macaspac

KELLY DEL ROSARIO

  • Kelly Del Rosario was born and raised on the island of Oahu and recieved his BFA in Dance at University of Hawaii at Manoa. He has been dancing professionally in the Bay since 2006 and has been a long time collaborator with the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, RAWdance, as well as various other choreographers.

you’ve made my heart cold

MOSCELYNE PARKEHARRISON

Choreography, Text, and Performance:
Moscelyne ParkeHarrison

Dramaturg:
Shana ParkeHarrison 

Music:
Aujourd'hui and Tout Dit by Camille, no stillson 6 cirk [Houston, TX 12.17.16] by Aphex Twin, Menysid by Nicolas Jaar, Salome (Opera) by Richard Strauss, CRUSH by Playboi Carti and Travis Scott 

Note: I'm talking to you.

  • Moscelyne ParkeHarrison is a bicoastal dancer, choreographer, and director from the Berkshires MA. She is the Artistic Director of BODYSONNET, a company committed to making site responsive work. Moscelyne has received support from NEFA, and MassCulturalCouncil, and commissions from The Juilliard School, Metropolis Ensemble, LINES Training Program, and Post:ballet.

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CAUVERI SURESH

Choreography and Performance:
Cauveri Suresh

Original Sound:
Matt Robidoux

  • Cauveri Suresh is an artist whose work considers the relationship between bodies and physical environment. Their solo work deals with questions about time, mythology, and cycles of destruction.

String Quartet No. Ate (WIP)

REYES DANCE/JOCELYN REYES

Performers:
Madison Lindgren, Maya Mohsin, Jocelyn Reyes, Giovana Sales Nascimento da Silva, Giulia Sales Nascimento da Silva

Music:
String Quartet No. 8 by Dmitri Shostakovich, Sound effects from Free Sound, Sound Mix by Jocelyn Reyes 

Program Note:
Thank you so much to my dance collaborators for all your creative input, playfulness, questions, laughs, and for your support in bringing this dance into existence! 

  • Jocelyn Reyes (she/her) is a Latin American contemporary choreographer based in San Francisco. A first generation LA native, Reyes holds a B.S. in Cognitive Science and a B.A. in Dance from UCLA, and is the artistic director of REYES Dance. Reyes’ works blend everyday gestures, quirky athleticism, humor and abstract storytelling to question traditions, belief systems, and behavioral patterns, in order to reimagine healthier ways of relating to ourselves and others.

Merde Project is a creative extension of Kristin Damrow & Company. Alongside this initiative, KDC runs Bodies of Empowerment—a free dance program that has served over 1,000 participants in the past four years. Your support helps keep programs like these thriving. Consider donating at kristindamrow.com/support.