home

Treading Puddles Program


Wide Asleep (2009) A comedic exploration of the peculiar disjointed ideas that manifest within those half-awake wee morning hours during which you have suddenly been caught in a fleeting, inexplicable world of uncertainty, embarrassment, and mystery. There you discover you are half-dressed, running to nowhere, carrying oranges while your feet turn into water and it seems completely plausible.

16 minutes

Evergreen (2009) Inspired by a painting of a violent storm brewing over a single blade of grass, this work examines moments on the brink – some bend at an adversary and bounce back. Evergreen reflects on this potent resiliency in nature and pursues this elusive quality.

19 minutes

From (2009) A quartet finds itself lost in a forest of heartbreak where the magic of communication and connection brings the realization that… some breaking is building.

20 minutes

Flowers on the Table by the Open Window (2003) Recalling an era when women played a lesser role in society, they were often found waiting and wanting. This work in four sections: The Hopeful, The Enduring, The Livid, and The Gutted, references the many portraits of women found in museums. The dancers embody their untold passions and stories, specifically from the images of Jan Vermeer, who presented pensive women looking anxiously out of the window into an unknown.

22 minutes