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The Choreography

Nathan Andary's unique language of movement is a symbiotic fusion of Laban, Body-mind-centering, Yoga, Butoh, and Release techniques riding the support of breath and the spiral of the spine. Andary's dances are emotionally charged and are infused with a keen intelligence while described as being innovative, fluid, physical, and visually exciting. A solo piece by Andary was described by the Providence Journal as ...surreal and subtly silly. Andary uses life experiences and the cerebral voyage through the art of communication as a breeding ground for choreography and theater. His work is a fusion of traditional modern dance and Butoh theater principles. Nathan’s choreography has been performed for charitable concerts raising awareness and money for the Diabetes Foundation, the American Heart Association, and AIDS Project Rhode Island.

Wrangled (2008)

A quartet that responds to the many interruptions of mass consumerism bombarding an individual’s journey in the Western world and how that individual is not permitted, culturally, to rest along the way. Rope, mooing cows, and a video backdrop created by Philadelphia’s Video Artist Allison Powell sets the scene and adds another dimension to this funny and thoughtful piece.

Length: 12 minutes

4 dancers

Reciprocity or the Truth (2008)

Examines how the varying layers of our personalities are utilized through interpersonal exchanges as determined through the Social Penetration Theory. Through the mathematical and strategic partnering of the dancers, each of the four dancers demand the same interaction from the other or the truth.

Length: 10 minutes

4 dancers

Remote (2008)

A duet that confronts the question of, “What do you want to do tonight?” 2 dancers sit, lean, jump, melt and race after each other in pursuit of their answer to a static filled backdrop created by Video artist Allison Powell.

Length: 8 minutes

2 dancers

Original video backdrop

The Council (2007)

A group piece of 7 dancers that responds to Mark Tappan’s thesis on Reframing Internalized Oppression and Internalized Domination. The Council highlights an individual’s relationship with the identity scripts and internal conversations brought about by mediated action. In 3 parts, the dance is riveting and raw highlighting what might be the “worst” in each of us.

Length: 20 minutes

7 dancers

Water Street Cafe (2007)

Water Street Cafe conjoins visual movement from dance and 3 mural paintings to the amazing work of Miles Davis by playing with the manipulation of visual space with poly-rhythms and complex syncopation through not only the movement from the body, but also the movement of the eye as it gazes at the backdrop in juxtaposition to the dancer.

Length: 8 minutes

4 dancers

Original mural paintings

5500-K Spectra (2006)

Influenced by the proliferation of North Korea in the early part of the 21st Century, 5500-K Spectra illustrates the didactic meanings of the word radiation with an original score by Ted James, a 10-foot Neon Sculpture created by Josh Wexler and Butoh inspired movement performed by 7 dancers. This piece was created in part with an innovation grant from NG Systems.

Length: 15 minutes

4-7 dancers

Original score by Ted James

10-foot Neon Sculpture by Josh Wexler

Complect (2006)

A trio set to the vocal stylings of Anonymous 4 braids the pain, hope, and strength of maritime women in Newport in the 1800’s. Complect was created in part with a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.

Length: 9 minutes

3 dancers

Comfort Endured (2005)

A group piece in 3 distinct sections that mines Andary’s heritage of growing up in the Kentucky foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Each section is filled with emotion, energetic dancing and inspiration.

Length: 12 minutes

7 dancers

Phenomena of Paragon (2005)

7 dancers perform to an original score by New York based composer Matt Everett, a collaboration between sculpture art, Butoh and modern dance examining the elements and stages of the joys and struggles inherent in the caring and loss of someone or something.

Length: 12 minutes

6 dancers

Original Score by Matt Everett

Original Sculptural Pods by Lia Cinquegrano

Flight (2005)

Created in part with a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Flight is a placid piece involving 5 dancers exploring the flight and grouping patterns of gulls on the Rhode Island shoreline set to the Bach Cello suites and Chopin. Partial funding provided by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.

Length: 11 minutes

5 dancers

Pulse (2004)

Created in part with a grant in part from Brown University’s Creative Arts Council and performed to the original work of poet, Michael Tod Edgerton, is a collaboration of spoken text and movement illustrating the basking of the southern sun and meandering paths highlighted by the humid summer days.

Length: 12 minutes

2 dancers

Original score by Michael Tod Edgerton

Garden Play (2004)

Merges an original video from Philadelphia based artist Allison Powell and Nathan Andary’s textured and aggressive movement illuminating the plight of privilege and liberty. Observing and sensing the personification of a caged animal breeds the thought that all animals, including humans, are bound by some type of cage--literally or metaphorically.

Length: 8 minutes

4 dancers

Released (2004)

Merges an original video from Philadelphia based artist Allison Powell and Nathan Andary’s textured and aggressive movement illuminating the plight of privilege and liberty. Observing and sensing the personification of a caged animal breeds the thought that all animals, including humans, are bound by some type of cage--literally or metaphorically.

Length: 7 minutes

3 dancers

Original video by Allison Powell

Serious (series of) Solos (2003)

3 solos shown separately investigates the power and force of one’s mindless activity in a single day. A Passing Thought highlights an individual’s desire that enacts passion and movement through the dancers private dance. A More Complex Passing Thought explores the power and emotion coupled with oppression of race and gender. Performed to the vocal stylings of Maria Callas, the dancer wearing a ball gown works to gain control over an inanimate object. A Stream of Consciousness, the dancer starts off reading a book and then gets lost in her thoughts, as spiraling movements carry her through her daydream. Picturesque epigraphs pop up as signals of emotional change throughout the dance phrases . Within the functions of life and living; the smallest incidents become larger than one may recognize or understand. One’s thought can transport her/him on a journey within a journey. Each solo looks at life from a different perspective presenting a thought, a wish, and a journey.

Length: 15 minutes

3 dancers

Garden Mystique (2003)

Merges an original video from Philadelphia based artist Allison Powell and Nathan Andary’s textured and aggressive movement illuminating the plight of privilege and liberty. Observing and sensing the personification of a caged animal breeds the thought that all animals, including humans, are bound by some type of cage--literally or metaphorically.

Length: 9 minutes

3 dancers

The Route (2002)

Merges an original video from Philadelphia based artist Allison Powell and Nathan Andary’s textured and aggressive movement illuminating the plight of privilege and liberty. Observing and sensing the personification of a caged animal breeds the thought that all animals, including humans, are bound by some type of cage--literally or metaphorically.

Length: 15 minutes

7 dancers

Original Sculpture by Aaron Chang

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