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Rainbow's Bio

Improv Exploration

In this video I’m playing around with building even more movement based on the above score. What you are seeing is completely raw seeds of material- I only filmed one take to show something in a very early stage of the process. It’s so tough to not judge yourself in these moments... I try to remind myself that there’s almost always a few s...

Postballet Extras

Rainbow adds movement to her still shapes.

Postballet Extras

A couple movement scores from Rainbow, videos to be posted separately! 

Through Rainbow's Eyes!

Bow talks about how she feeds her choreographic practice with other art-forms as well as how she manages to have hobbies while also raising a toddler. 

Introducing Rainbow!

Rainbow Fletcher was one of the first choreographers Coriolis commissioned to set work on the company. This month we will be featuring her creative process and more!

"YOU. ARE. ENERGY.

I have been repeating this to myself lately, why though? I find myself googling about energy and going down rabbit holes of definitions, here’s a fe...

Pulled from the Archives, Unfixed Arias Catalog of Origins

When I learned I was going to become Associate Artistic Director, I started deep diving into our shared google drive. I stumbled upon what could be one of my favorite pieces of art Coriolis has made, the Unfixed Arias Catalog of Origins. It's beautifully designed with so many different poems, photographs, artworks, all put together for the ...

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To create the audition phrase I shared I utilized the poem Sea Gods by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), many of her poems from the collection Sea Garden will be spoken and danced to throughout The Art of Seafaring. I wasn't able to memorize the entirety of the poem to create the phrase, so I focused on the first stanza, and pulled out the words that seem...

Sneak peak!

Last night the cast for Sur/thriving came over for an impromptu photoshoot! We haven't talked much about their feelings, objectives, and perspectives as characters in this work yet so it was interesting to see what they naturally gravitated towards. I'm really excited about how the fabric stands out from the plastic bags, bubble wrap, and paper....

Audition Phrase

This is one of the two phrases I will be sharing December 15th at our Workshop/Audition. Each one has a different feeling attached and will occur during different parts of the work. One at the height of happiness, hope, community and the other in a more somber and crestfallen state. It's important to me to see the range of emotional experience a...

Home (work) spaces

For this month's through our eyes, I wanted to share my at home studio space. This window filled room leads to the apartment's communal rooftop. It was the perfect spot to investigate movement through COVID-19 and continues to be incredibly inspiring. The other morning I was working on phrase material for the upcoming audition and this was the v...

You're Invited!

Coriolis Dance is hosting a virtual happy hour November 17th starting at 7:00pm PST.  RSVP on Eventbrite, we're giving thanks, having a laugh, and sharing some major announcements.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coriolis-...

Happy November!!

Behind the scenes: Costumes

A look at the costume design renderings. Key features:

• Built in pockets and bags that can fill with more materials throughout the film
• Use of both shiny organza fabric as well as fishing nets
• Long rope of knitted plastic bags that connects the dancers

Announcing the Creative Team!

Madeleine Gregor, Prasti Purdum, and Stacy Brenner will be the three creators behind Sur/thriving. For this marathon styled creative undertaking they will work together to build the set and costumes starting at 10am on Nov 30th. Watch live on YouTube as the pieces come together, once the set is built we will work on the movement creation and imp...

Sur/thriving in Process

Starting to work through movement and character development for Sur/thriving

A look into the inspiration

Watch and listen as I scroll through my Sur/thriving Pinterest board and explain some imagery and inspiration.

Through our Eyes

A look into our upcoming dance film, Sur/thriving coming to life Nov 30th with a live stream documenting the process on YouTube! Peep some of our marketing materials as well 😍

October Update!

This month will not feature a specific person, but will be sharing behind the scenes content as Coriolis prepares for Season XIV. First sneak peaks! We're creating a new dance film titled Sur/thriving and the title of our newest full length work is The Art Of Seafaring.

Meet Ashley

Postballet Extras!

Through Ashley's Eyes

Zoom with Ashley!

Ashley has offered up a zoom session to talk through the Mindful Movement retreat as a way to reflect upon your experiences. 

She has the evening of September 16th available from 5:30-6:30, please RSVP below to show your interest

Meet Ashley Zimmerman!

A Selection of Photos

The first photo is of  Sylvain taken prior to his burlesque days, next features Paris Original in full costume, and the last is Sylvain and his brother Danny with their old theatre director Nancy.

Sylvain's Extended Bio

INSPIRATION –

After months of an artistic dry spell, this was one of those magical moments of inspiration where the all the ideas flowed so naturally and abundantly that it felt like the act basically made itself and I was just watching all the pieces fall into place. It's not often that the end result of a work is exactly as it was conceptualized, but this i...

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Through Sylvain's Eyes

August is here!

The summer is flying by and we're already into August. This month will be featuring Sylvain Boulet, also known as Paris Original of Mod Carousel. Sylvain has been a long time collaborator and dancer of Coriolis Dance and we're so excited about what he has to share with you.