"Aftermath" (1979) with music to American Jazz bassist Barre Phillips' recording, "Mountainscapes," was a group work created with all of students in my Beginning Modern Dance class taught at California State University, Dominguez Hills (I wanted everyone to feel wanted and capable; after all, I was an advocate for positive experiences in DANCE!--so critical given the plethora of horror stories I've heard!). I would recreate this work--choreographed particularly for movers new to dance--in the spring of 1996 for junior high students with whom I worked during an artist residency at Del Robison Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Space Dance I (1985) with commissioned score by composer/pianist D. A. Young (brother, Sound Designer/Editor for South Park) was initially created as part of a residency with the California Space Museum for its first week-long "Science and Arts Festival" -- with students exploring the idea of movement in .06 degree gravity. I later developed the work with the Jon Johnson Dance Company for the dance festival "Dance Park" and further developed the work to address the outdoor architectural design of the John Anson Ford Theater.

"Black Ice" (1987) to Peter Gabriel music from the film, "Birdy," was my first Reno, Nevada group work based on the phenomenon and experience of 'black ice.' Initially commissioned and part of a week-long residency at UNLV, "Black Ice" has been danced by my UNR dance students (with slides of the paintings of Marianne ), and performed several times by numerous members of Reno's modern dance company Sierra Repertory Dance Company, Sara Bogard, Artistic Director

"Familiar Infrequencies" (1989) set to the music of Steve Reich, "Six Marimbas"--I tried to have this played live but there weren't 6 marimbas in the state--was a group work created on both dance students in my Advanced Modern Technique class at the University of Nevada, Reno and professional dancers from the community (dancers of "Hello Hollywood, Hello!" fame--one of the longest running shows in Reno).

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