Choreography by Margaret Wiss March 25, 2016 Kendall Studio Theater Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA 01075 Dancers: Céline Barreau, Nora Buonagurio, Olivia Chandler, Emily Clark, Helena Kleinschmidt, Isoke Samuel, Margaret Wiss Live Musicians: Anna-Julia Plichta & Eileen O’Grady Videographer: Sean Kinlin & Jim Coleman Music: “It’s Just a Matter of Acceleration” original composition (commissioned) by Thomas Liao, “Lilies in the Valley” by Jun Miyake, musical collaboration/improvisation by Anna-Julia Plichta and Eileen O’Grady, “Glades” by Nicholas Williams, “Tied Down” by Thom Hanreich, “Helios” by Fourteen Drawings, “As Worldly Pleasures Wave Goodbye” by Two Lone Swordsmen, Various found sound samples arr. by Margaret Wiss ​ Costume Design: Margaret Wiss Costume Construction: Katie Meltzer Lighting Design: Margaret Wiss with Brenda Cortina

Nothing happens until something moves. 

Created for Mount Holyoke College Dance
Premiered in 2016
Music: Thomas Liao, Jun Miyake, Anna-Julia Plichta, Eileen O’Grady, 
Nicholas Williams, Thom Hanreich, Fourteen Drawings, Two Lone Swordsmen,
Various found sound samples arr. by Margaret Wiss
Costume Design: Margaret Wiss
Costume Construction: Katie Meltzer
Lighting Design: Margaret Wiss with Brenda Cortina

7 dancers, 14 minutes

 

Past Performances

September 28, 2019 - The Platform, First Edition - Bengaluru - India

March 24-25, 2016 - Kendall Studio Theater - South Hadley, MA

March 20, 2016 - Biomorphic Dance Festival - West End Theater - New York City, NY

 

Press

An esprit for choreography and dance kinesiology.

https://blog.mtholyoke.edu/thegates/an-esprit-for-choreography-dance-kinesiology

Nothing happens until something moves: Exploring the Kinetic Energy of the Body, Space and Sound through Movement (Honors Thesis Project) 

https://ida.mtholyoke.edu/xmlui/handle/10166/3910