PERFORMANCES
Chasing The Light​
World Premiere: May 11th, 2024
Aspen Fringe Festival
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Chasing the Light is a dance film and performance piece inspired by the natural environment in and around Joshua Tree National Park.
Humans historically have communed together using nature to tell stories, pass down knowledge, and explain the mysteries of life. Gathering together in nature is a thread that runs through every culture. This work explores the connection between nature and humanity.
The scale of this environment has an intense power, and puts our existence as humans into perspective. It invites us to contemplate our place in this vast universe.
Three For the World​
World Premiere: October 26-29, 2022
New York Live Arts
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Three For The World is an artistic production premiering works by contemporary choreographers Miriam Barbosa, Adrianna Thompson and Javier Dzul. In a challenging world with much need for the arts to enhance perception and consciousness, the three artists found a common thread through the medium of dance. This performance is a gift to a generation in crucial times.
Blue Eclipse
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World Premiere: October 26-29, 2022
New York Live Arts
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Blue Eclipse is an exploration of the dynamics of human relationship. People often walk a tightrope between independence and the desire for connection with others. In Blue Eclipse, the Moon and Sun are heavenly bodies that mirror the universal cycle of relationship.
Choreographer: Adrianna Thompson
Costume: Marion Talan
Original Musical Composition: Craig Bohmler
Lighting Design: Mike Inwood
Film Design: Jaco Strydom
Dancers: Itzkan Barbosa and Federico Garcia
Moment to Moment
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World Premiere: October 26-29, 2022
New York Live Arts
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Moment to Moment is about the isolation many of us experienced during the pandemic impacted our opportunities for intimacy and vulnerability. Many found refuge in their technology, substituting posts on cell phones for real connection, and remote work is the new normal, but have we lost the moment to moment awareness that reminds us we are all connected.
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Choreographer: Adrianna Thompson
Costume: Marion Talan
Original Musical Composition: Roxy Roller
Lighting Design: Mike Inwood
Film Design: Jaco Strydom
Dancers: Robert "Buddy” Valdez, Barbara Koch, Oren Yaari, Federico Garcia, Kennyth Montes De Oca, Andrea Dusel-Foil, Itzkan Barbosa, and Sasha Anneka Bass-ulmer
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Closer
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A dance film about reunion after isolation
Spring 2021
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Filmed at various outdoor locations and on stage after emerging from isolation, this dance film celebrates the indomitable spirit to face adversity, share our stories and find common ground through empathy, compassion, and human connection.
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Choreographer: Adrianna Thompson
Film Design: Jaco Strydom
Dancers: Alejandra Preciado, Andrea McGinnis, ArveJon Jones, Margot Lena, Adonis Martin, Robert M. Valdez Jr., Barbara Koch, Sophia Rumasuglia
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Shelter in Place
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A dance film in quarantine
2020
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Even though we were apart during the pandemic, the SOULSKIN Dance family came together to produce a dance film sharing our shelter in place experiences.
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Choreographer: Adrianna Thompson
Film Design: Jaco Strydom
Music: Noh
Dancers: Emanuel Colombo, Jamielyn Duggan, Delvis Savigne Frinon, ArVejon Jones, Barbara Koch, Margot Lena, Adonis Martin, Andrea McGinnis, Alejandra Preciado, and Adrianna Thompson
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Golden Mean
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World Premiere: September 6, 2019
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA
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The Golden Mean is a creation inspired by the 100th Anniversary of The Bauhaus Movement. The Golden Mean is the mathematical equation of perfection that naturally occurs in nature. The Bauhaus used this structure to define many of their ideas and concepts.
Choreographer: Adrianna Thompson
Co-Choreographer: Barbara Koch
Costumes: Tiffany Amundson, Barbara Koch and Adrianna Thompson
Original Composition by: Roxy Roller
Lighting: Harry Rubeck
Dancers: Ryan Camou, Emanuel Colombo, Delvis Savigne Frinon, Barbara Koch, ArVejon Jones, Margot Lena, Andrea McGinnis, Alejandra Preciado, and Adonis Damian Martin Quiñones
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Parallel Dialogues
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World Premiere: April 14, 2019
Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
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Parallel Dialogues explores the healing power of intimacy, and realizing that we are fundamentally and irrevocably connected. It ponders how humans define and navigate relationships that are both essential to existence and challenges us towards striking a balance for happiness.
Choreography: Adrianna Thompson
Music: Noh
Filmmaker: Jaco Strydom
Video Editing: Katrina Miller
Dancers: Ryan Camou, Emanuel Colombo, Delvis Savigne Frinon, Margot Lena, Andrea McGinnis, Allie Papazian, Adonis Damian Martin Quinones and Adrianna Thompson
Guest Artist: Dylan Elmore
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HERO
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World Premiere: September 7, 2018
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA
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HERO is a politically themed ballet that poses the question: What defines a hero? When a young woman unexpectedly receives a message from faraway, a doorway mysteriously reveals itself. An odyssey of the individual merging with the universal ( and vice versa) is the parallel realm that envelops her, testing her fortitude through longing and love, struggle and salvation, loss and remembrance. At once mystical and mundane, HERO explores the multitude of roles the hero plays in our everyday, extra-ordinary lives.
Choreography: Adrianna Thompson
Music: Noh
Playwright: Lilly Bright
Dancers: Ryan Camou, Emanuel Colombo, Devon Chen, Delvis Savigne Frinon, Erika Hassan, ArVejon Jones, Barbara Koch, Margot Lena, Allie Papazian, and Adonis Damain Martin Quinones
Guest Artist: Sebastien Thill
Video Filming: Andy Mogg
Video Editing: Jaco Strydom
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To Command
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World Premiere: March 9, 2018
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA
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Inspired by the dystopian genre, SOULSKIN embarks on a daring new work that questions our sense of autonomy in a world dictated by technology. This piece, conceptualized by Adrianna Thompson and choreographed by Thompson and returning guest artist Dylan Elmore, utilizes dance, photography, and live music in a collaborative performance unlike any previous SOULSKIN project.
Choreography: Adrianna Thompson & Dylan Elmore, with divertissements by Jamielyn Duggan & Erika Hassan
Dancers: Paola Calliari, Ryan Camou, Jamielyn Duggan, Delvis Savigne Friñon, ArVejon Jones, Margot Lena, Julian Lopez, Adonis Martin, Allie Papazian
Music: Dramatic Trailer by Audio 95
Videography: Genevieve Hand
Video Editing: Genevieve Hand
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Satin & Swing
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World Premiere: March 10, 2017
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA
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Artistic Director and Choreographer Adrianna Thompson seeks to engage audiences in a study of two eras, the 1920s and the present. Dance Mission Theatre transforms into a time machine, transporting us back to the 1920s. Glitz and glam sparkle from the dingy corners of a speakeasy. Raucous jazz blares, bringing bejeweled and sequined dancing flapper girls to life. An evening of indulgence has begun.
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Choreography: Adrianna Thompson
Dancers: Courtney Armani, Shanise Dews, Delvis Savigne Friñon, Edisnel Rodriguez Gonzalez, Emily Hansel, Erika Hassan, Margot Lena, Adonis Martin, Amy McMurchie, Leyna Swoboda
Music: Noh
Costumes: Eimaj Design by Jamielyn
Videography: Andy Mogg
Video Editing: Genevieve Hand
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Let's Move!
Summer Workshop: SOULSKIN Dance & Aspen Art Museum
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July 28, 2017
Aspen, CO
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A 360° view of the culmination of the Let's Move! workshop in partnership with the Aspen Art Museum.
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Choreography: Workshop participants
Dancers: Workshop participants
Music: Noh
Videography: Aspen Art Museum staff
Video Editing: Aspen Art Museum staff
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A Pop Culture Journey (Parts I, II, III)
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2014-2016
Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco, CA
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA
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Over the course of the company's first three years, SOULSKIN Dance presented an original three-part pop culture journey infused with dance, video and live beats.
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Choreography: Adrianna Thompson, Dylan Elmore
Dancers: SOULSKIN contracted dancers, seasons 1-3.
Media Design: Darl Andrew Packard, William Brinkert
Costume Design: Eimaj Design by Jamielyn
Music: "Problem Child" by Roy Orbison, "Lost Stars" by Faded Paper Figures
Videography: Andy Mogg
Video Editing: Molly Rogers
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The In-Between (2016)
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July 7, 2016
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
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A site-specific performance commissioned by the Aspen Art Museum as part of the exhibition: Alan Shields: Protracted Simplicity (1966-1985).
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Choreography: Adrianna Thompson
Dancers: Genevieve Hand, Erika Hassan, Amy McMurchie, Linda Phung, Leyna Swoboda
Costume Design: Eimaj Design by Jamielyn
Sound Score: Noah Salomon
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