Stage
Shuteye
"ShutEye" (2024) is a love song for bedrooms; the intricacies of a space that houses rest, conflict, intimacy, comfort... It celebrates the notion that a bedroom is a place for emotional and physical security, while also serving as a place of story-telling for distressing memories and thoughts. In this melodic duet, the performers create an ode to the nostalgic significance and intimate ties of a bedroom, both in shared and isolated spaces.
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Performers: Anne Mohan & Chloe McArthur
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Music: Adrianne Lenker//Glen Fittin & Scott Hogan
rubber hose
"Rubber Hose" (2023) celebrates early animation styles through the development of some of the most iconic characters: Betty Boop, Popeye, Koko the Clown, Felix the Cat, & others. The work carries the audience through a journey of play and subtle interactions between distinctly different egos in the space; We observe a manifold of greetings, childhood curiosity, romance and heartbreak, and conformity, and notice how these egos adjust and relate to one another in these scenarios. Largely inspired by direct scenes from animations, the dancers embody their characters' movement vocabularies with buoyant, comically exaggerated, and grounded qualities. Through these dramatized and hyper-animated personalities, "Rubber Hose" resurrects the golden age of cinema.
Performers: Alyssia Farias, Vanessa Martinez, Anne Mohan, Emery Myers, Christina Szumloz, Olivia Wojtowicz
Music: Matija Strniša//Jararaca//Duke Ellington//Cab Calloway
from here to eternity
“From Here To Eternity” is inspired by author Caitlin Doughty’s riveting exploration of ‘the good death’ across cultures. This work navigates the Americanized burial system, taking a particular interest in investigating the reprehension and fear tagged into caring for our dead, and the delaying of closure and healing through avoidance. The dancers in the piece each experience their own catharsis of comfort/discomfort, detachment, and denial in the grieving process. The vocabulary and world was built by Kierstyn Edore in collaboration with her dancers and their shared experiences.
Performers: McKenzie Brewer, Alyssia Farias, Nessa Martinez, Gryff Tate Mendonssa, Anne Mohan, Nicole Pellegrin, and Christina Szumloz (understudy: Marcia Testino and Chloe McArthur)
Music: Margaret Rizza & Kevin Mayhew Ltd//Frank Sinatra
What we did not know/don't take it easy
This work was premiered in June 2025 at Dixon Place, NYC for Creative Performance’s “Threat to Democracy” showcase. The piece was filmed by the New York Public Library and is now stored in their Jerome Robbins Dance Division for view.
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Written and Read by Perry Brass
Performers: Kierstyn Edore, Alyssia Farias, Ava Luna, and Christina Szumloz
death of the peonies
After our first successful and inspiring collaboration with Perry, we eagerly joined him in his live reading at Moving Body Salon (Moving Body Resources, NYC) in July 2025, performing his poem “Death of the Peonies”.
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Written and Read by Perry Brass
Performers: Kierstyn Edore, Nessa Martinez, Madison Pasquin, and Nicole Pellegrin
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coat of arms (albeit lace)
"Coat of Arms (albeit lace)" is a conversational duet created by two sisters Kierstyn and Amanda Edore. The piece honors womanhood in varying multiplicities from childlike innocence and playfulness to more brutal realities regarding gender to the outside world. While one sister experiences womanhood first, she carries the burden of teaching and protecting the innocence she sees in her sister and in her past self. "Coat of Arms..." is a celebration of the resilience of women passed down from generation to generation—the nuance of strength in softness, and the power of community through shared experiences. At the end of the piece, the women find a soft reconciliation and acceptance in their femininity; They dress in garments that were once burdening, yet now protective and decorative as they find they are finally free.
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Performers: Amanda Edore and Kierstyn Edore
Music: Birb//Other Nothing//Oberhofer
baba yaga
Created for Oh Dance’s “Evening of Creatures” performance in September 2025, this piece is inspired by the legacy and myth of Baba Yaga. Known for her wisdom and tactic of deception, she displays herself as one of three things: a haggard crone, three immortal sisters, or a witchlike hut on chicken legs. She transcends form through her many stories across Slavic folklore, but her ultimate goal is to lure her victims to their imminent death.
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Performers: Kierstyn Edore, Chloe McArthur, and Gryff Tate Mendonssa
Music: Mikael Karlsson//Jeff Alexander