The Living Gallery
Monday, June 14th 5-7pm
35 Meadow St. Suite 103
Brooklyn, NY 11206
OVERTURE
Performance/Movement by Yu Fujiwara
Projection/Design by Cameron Surh
SLIPPAGE
Performance/Movement by Nadia Khayrallah
Projection/Design by Cameron Surh
RUSH- A Film
Performance/Movement by Kelsee Jordan
Film/Editing by Elizabeth Burr
Music Composed and Performed by Nick Saia and Ledah Finck
BODY OF WORDS
A Dance Film Premiere
Body of Words is an exploration of the intricacies of our bodies and what we inherently do to care for ourselves. Each of us requires moments of self care throughout our days whether that be a deep breath or a clench of the fist in an effort to release internalized tension. Body of Words challenges you to acknowledge and thank yourselves for all the ways you take care of you.
Direction/Choreography/Film/Editing by Lydia Soueidan
Performance by Qiana McDonald, John Trunfio, and Elizabeth Burr
Music: "Circular as Our Way" by Hammock
The Living Gallery is brought to you by EBDance, directed and produced by Elizabeth Burr.
Catering from Van Leeuwen's Ice Cream.
Space provided by Seven House New York.
Special thanks to our audience and donors.
Nadia Khayrallah
Dance Performer and Movement Creator
Nadia Khayrallah (she/they) is a dance artist, writer, and discontent creator rooted equally in history and fantasy, form and groove, esoterica and common sense. A graduate of Columbia University, she currently works with Jonah Bokaer Choreography, Gotham Dance Theater, eSKay Arts Collective, and EBDance, and is an Artist in Residence at Chez Bushwick. She has co-directed music videos for the artists Zahed Sultan and Alethea as well as creating her own work for stage and screen. She has written for the Dance Enthusiast, Huffington Post, Reductress and Sukoon Magazine, and is a staff writer for ThinkingDance.
Yu Fujiwara
Dance Performer and Movement Creator
Yu Fujiwara Originally from Kanagawa, Japan. She trained as a dancer in Japan Women’s College of Physical Education and Ailey School. Her previous experience includes performing for Drye/Marinaro Dance Company, Balasole Dance Company, Brooklyn Royals Dance team, Belly Trans Entertainment, and Fish Leong’s 2016 U.S. tour. In addition to performing, her original choreography has been performed at KoDaFe, Queens Dance Festival, MODArts Dance Company’s Collective Thread, Camden's Festival of Dance, and Fertile Ground. Outside of performance work, she also enjoys teaching dance and sports at Japanese Children's Academy, assisting children's classes at Mark Morris Dance Center and binbin Factory Kids Ballet.
@yu_moderndy12
Kelsee Jordan
Dance Performer and Movement Creator
Kelsee Jordan (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, and U.S. Army officer based in New York City. She grew up dancing in Columbus, Ohio and continued her education at Ohio University where she graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography, and a minor in Military Science. It is here she received the Betty Mihendler and Hazel/Carr Liggett Dance Scholarship. Currently, she is attending Liberty University to pursue a Master of Divinity focusing in Chaplaincy. She has worked with dance artists such as David Dorfman, Kendra Porter, Jazmine Hern, SpaceJunk Dance, Jere Hunt, and Vanessa Long. Most recently she choreographed and performed in a music video for the Marty Ray project, and plans to release more work this coming year. She is currently a company member with Exit 12 Dance Company, as well as EBDance.
Photo by Russel James
Elizabeth Burr
Director, Producer, and Videographer
Elizabeth Burr (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, and director based in NYC. She received her BFA in Contemporary Dance from Indiana University in 2017. Elizabeth spent a semester studying in Israel at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance where she studied with Batsheva Dance Company members and Vertigo Dance. Elizabeth has been a member of Company Danzante, S. J. Ewing & Dancers, Bryce Dance Company, and Shift Dance. She has been commissioned to present work at Eisenhower Dance's New Dance Fest, SMUSH Moves, WAXworks, and Fertile Grounds. She has done choreographic residencies with Company Danzante, Adagio Ballet, and Annapolis High School. She founded EBDance in 2019 and this is her first time producing a professional show.
@lizz_burr
Photo by Robert Altman
Cameron Glyndon Surh
Multi-Media Designer
Cameron Glyndon Surh (he/they) is a dancer, digital artist and musician. They grew up guest dancing ballets around the Bay Area, California. Cameron graduated from New York University for Dance and the Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology. It was at Tisch School of the Arts that choreographers such as Shamel Pitts and UNA Productions set work on him. He is continuing to pursue real-time design code at NYU through a Masters in
Interactive Media Arts.
@cam_surh
Photo by Christopher Woodyard
Ledah Finck
Live Musician and Composer
Ledah Finck is a violinist, violist, improviser, and composer who currently resides in NYC. A passionate creator, performer, and curator of contemporary classical music, she is a member of the string quartet Bergamot Quartet, currently the Graduate Quartet in Residence at the Mannes School of Music, and the NC-based Earspace Ensemble. She released her first solo album, Mayfly, in 2020 and is at work on her second.
She has completed studies at the Banff Centre, the Lucerne Festival, Ensemble Moderne’s Klangspuren Academy in Austria, the Aspen Music Festival, and Bang on a Can among others. She holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in violin performance and composition from the Peabody Conservatory.
@ledahfinck
Nick Saia
Musician and Composer
Nicholas Saia is a New York based guitarist, composer and teacher. An active performer throughout the United States, he has led and participated in a multitude of varied and genre- defying ensembles. His main project is UHHM, an improvising trio with Christopher Frick on keyboards as well as Jack Naden on drums. UHHM has released two albums described as “a dizzying, heavily improvisational mix of satisfying songs… a worthwhile listen for fans of free jazz and progressive rock.” (All About Jazz©), and have just recorded their third. He also performs a set of solo guitar material that includes original compositions, improvisation, and contemporary compositions by artists including Füting, Finck and Berio. Nick released a solo album entitled "Bog Songs I" that includes his own writing as well as improvisation highlighting concepts of prepared guitar and his search for unexplored sonic territory on the instrument.
@nick.saia
Lydia Soueidan
Director, Choreographer, & Videographer
Lydia is from Williamsburg, Virginia. They trained in a multitude of styles at Virginia Regional Ballet and at 15 moved to New York City to train in The Joffrey Ballet School Jazz & Contemporary program where they were trained by dance educators such as Michael Blake, Bradley Shelver, Adrienne Hurd, Lauren Cox and Daniel Madoff. They performed in works choreographed by Rena Butler, Manuel Vignoulle, Sekou McMiller and Tyler Gilstrap. Since graduating, they have been freelance performing and choreographing for companies such as EBDance and Open Dance Ensemble.
@lydiasoueidan