BIODANCE at Home
David Pacific
Missy Pfohl Smith
Artistic Director, Choreographer, and Filmmaker
Celebrated as "visually stunning," (Rochester City Newspaper) and "delicately nuanced," (The Star-Ledger, New Jersey), Rochester's BIODANCE has blazed a path where modern movement meets multidisciplinary collaboration and features diverse storytelling that is as powerful as it is poignant. Led by Artistic Director Missy Pfohl Smith, BIODANCE at Home showcases the ensemble’s ingenuity and adaptability with two originally conceived compositions set specifically for the camera. Then, relive their acclaimed performances from their productions of Aria and Thou Hast Trespast. With past performances set to stage and newly crafted works adapted for outdoors, the Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance proudly presents BIODANCE in your home, bringing world-class dance safely to your life this season.
About BIODANCE
BIODANCE is a contemporary repertory company based in Rochester, NY led by Artistic Director Missy Pfohl Smith, who also serves as the Director of the Institute for the Performing Arts and the Program of Dance and Movement at the University of Rochester. The work of BIODANCE has toured internationally and has been called “gorgeous…astonishing…exceptional” and “a brilliantly crafted world of beauty, melody, and calmness.” The company collaborates with multi-disciplinary artists and performs the work of recognized choreographers including Missy Pfohl Smith, Heidi Latsky, Bill Evans, Randy James, Ivy Baldwin, D. Chase Angier, and more. Exploring social, political, and environmental issues through its works, BIODANCE has created various site-specific works, including two shows crafted for a four-story planetarium in collaboration with a media artist, dancers, musicians, vocalists, and a visual artist. BIODANCE interacts with its community members in a variety of ways through performances, benefit concerts, limited mobility dance classes for senior citizens, interactive lecture-demonstrations, and more! The company is dedicated to dance education and sharing the many facets of contemporary dance and collaborative arts with a wide audience through traditional and alternative performance venues. More information at biodance.org.
PERFORMERS:
Alex Alletto, Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp, Zachary Frazee, Natalia Lisina, Nanako Horikawa Mandrino, Alaina Olivieri, Laura Regna, Wynton Rice, Jean Michael Rubingu, Caitlyn Schrader, Missy Pfohl Smith, Donetta Tchoroleev, Stuart Tsubota, Cadence Whittier, Courtney World
VIDEOGRAPHY AND PRODUCTION:
W. Michelle Harris, Media Artist
Lauren K. Alleyne, Poet
Natalia Lisina, Choreographer/Performer
Thank you to the following sponsors whose support made this performance available free of charge virtually and on DVD so that all of Rochester can enjoy the finest in art and performance: Fred and Floy Wilmott Foundation, Rochester Area Community Foundation, Spindler Family Foundation, The Vanden Brul Foundation, Canandaigua National Bank.
Special thanks to Missy Pfohl Smith and all of those involved with the performance and production of BIODANCE at Home for generously making this performance available to our audiences.