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K.J. Holmes, a Brooklyn based danceartist/actor/singer/writer, travels nationally and internationally teaching/performing/creating. K.J. has been exploring improvisation as process and performance since 1981. She has collaborated extensively with Julie Carr, Simone Forti, Karen Nelson, Lisa Nelson and Image Lab, Steve Paxton; has performed in the work of Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People, Xavier Le Roy, Lance Gries, Mark Dendy, Melinda Ring, Karinne Keithley Syers, among many others; Assisted Simone Forti in the re-performance of her Dance Constructions at MoMA in NYC, as well as leading public workshops in embodiment titled Art as Physical Practice 2019-20; Performed in Matthew Barney’s film Redoubt 2017 and choreographed Catasterism in 3 Movements directed by Barney at the Schaulager Museum as part of Art Basel September 2021; collaborates with drummer Jeremy Carlstedt in L.I.P. (Love Is Power, MLK Jr.); teaches at NYU/ETW, Movement Research and remotely with the School for Contemporary Dance and Thought; attended the certification program of School for Body Mind Centering(r) 1995-99, is a graduate of the William Esper Studio (Meisner acting with master teacher Terry Knickerbocker), Satya Yoga (with Sondra Loring) and Ayurveda’s World (certified Ayurvedic practitioner). K.J. is re-devising her piece titled 900 Bees are Humming , a multi disciplinary work exploring death, life and transformation. Her dance/theater work has been presented by many venues nationally and internationally. more here
Karen Nelson rests playfully within dance improvisation and Buddhist study and practice. As explorer-collaborator, teacher, maker, touring performer, author/contributor to Dancing with Dharma and Contact Quarterly she has been a mutator of the form Contact Improvisation since 1977. She co-founded mixed-ability experiments Dance Ability and Diverse Dance Research Retreat and integrates Material for the Spine (Steve Paxton) and Tuning Scores (Lisa Nelson/Image Lab) into her physical-sensation based approach to dancing, along with investigating dominant cultural narratives and re-vers(ion)ing these fictions within her own embodiment and wider community.
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Evan Strauss is a multi-instrumentalist, improviser, audio engineer, and psychotherapist. He was born and raised in Seattle. Evan’s many passions are illuminated by an extensive discography, myriad collaborations and a proudly DIY ethos. His album of improvised music, The Uproar in Bursts of Sound and Silence, will be released in August 2022 through 577 Records. Other recent/current projects include his 2020 release And Yet We Ain’t Alone (577 Records) with artist-activist Rose Tang (唐路), an experimental opera based on Ursula Le Guin’s novel The Dispossessed premiering at The Brick Theater (Brooklyn, NY) in November 2022, and an upcoming collaboration with hip-hop icon Cool Keith aka Dr. Octagon. Legendary avant-garde multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter describes Evan as, “a musician/spirit/soul/mind truly to be reckoned with … inspired by the world of musicians, and the whole rest of the world around him.” more here