MATRIARCH

Live performance clip Portland, OR | September 2017

Choreography/dance by Mizu Desierto, Music by Lisa DeGrace, video by Stephen A. Miller

 From choreographer Mizu Desierto: “This ritual performance is a contemplation on the loss of my dearest and the matriarch of my Italian lineage. As well as a study on how to cultivate a generative queendom.“

LICHEN

Live performance clip Portland, OR | July 2015 | Dance+ Festival

Catherine Egan (Performance/Choreographer/Director), Lisa DeGrace (sound), Stephen Miller (Video Projection), Jenny Ampersand (Sculplture)

Rhinoceros

March 2014 | Portland, OR

One day, Yanguan called to his assistant,
'Bring me the rhinoceros fan.' The assistant said, 'It is broken.'
Yanguan said, 'In that case,
bring me the rhinoceros."

Rhinoceros is an amalgamation of ancient Zen riddles, Butoh dance, and the profound notion of the ordinary. It explores the inconceivable as a platform for creativity. Rhinoceros surprises as it unfolds moving audience from the familiar/known to the spring board of the Unknown.
Choreographer Meshi Chavez

Musicians: Lisa DeGrace, Adrian Hutapea,

Dancers: Meshi Chavez,Stephanie Lanckton, Rene' Soulier, Teresa Vanderkin

Technical Artists:
Projection by Stephen A. Miller
Lighting Design by Vanessa Janson