A list of past works
Atlanta, GA:
ONE: A Kinetic Journal: A shared choreographic laboratory exploring the multi-faceted meanings of the word "one,"
culminating in a series of evening-length performances that incorporate contemporary dance, storytelling, theater, improvisation, and technology.
West End Performing Arts Center, February 2017.
Performers: Alex Abarca, Alicia Peterson Baskel, Myra Bazell, Emily Christianson, Lillian Ransijn
AM.
Solo work-in-progress delving into the overwhelming and turbulent yet uplifting transition into motherhood.
Small Plates Artist Workshop Showing, June 2015.
Produced by Zoetic Dance Ensemble in collaboration with the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education.
Performer: Emily Christianson
Flying Lessons.
A journey into shedding identities, taking flight, and striving for limitlessness.
Skwirlhaus, June 2013.
New Dance Festival at the Decatur Arts Festival, May 2013.
Performers: Nicholas Goodly, Mary Grace Phillips, and Kala Seidenberg
In Between.
A site specific performance work exploring the crossroads of industry, habitat, and nature, and the resulting tension when these worlds collide.
Art on the Atlanta BeltLine, November 2012.
Performers: Emily Christianson, Nicholas Goodly, and Stephanie Johnson
Original soundscore: Ganesh Giri Jaya
Lighting: Maryn Whitmore
Shaken.
Multi-media experimental dance work influenced by the iconic James Bond films.
Fabrefaction Theatre, September – October 2011.
Performers: Lauren Banks, Stefanie Staten Boettle, Andrea Catchings, Emily Christianson, Camille Jackson, Susan Keller, Amy LaViers, Lillian Ransijn, Nicholas Surbey, Onur Topal-Sumer
Production: Ganesh Giri Jaya
Video: Orin Christianson
Lighting: Maryn Whitmore
Magnetic Drift.
Contemporary dance concert co-produced with WonderRoot, featuring works by Blake Beckham, Emily Christianson, Corian Ellisor, Helen Hale, Sharon Sibley, and Laura Wallace.
Magnetic Theater, May 2011.
Technical Direction: Malina Rodriguez
Lighting: Danny Davis
“The Avery Standard (or How I Learned to Embrace the Grayscale).”
Group dance work included in the Magnetic Drift concert.
Magnetic Theater, May 2011.
Performers: Lauren Banks, Blake Beckham, Emily Christianson, Corian Ellisor, Joanna Futral, Helen Hale, Kim Kleiber, Alisa Mittin, Claire Molla
“Untitled.”
Solo piece commissioned by Dance Truck for the Midtown Festival of the Arts, September 2010.
“Shaken, Not Stirred.”
Early movement studies on themes from the James Bond films
Various sites, May 2009 and November 2008.
Performers: Jolayne Berg, Trina Bordere, Rose Caudle, Emily Christianson, Kayley Cortez, Sarah Ash Evens, Juana Farfan, Camille Jackson, Laura Johnson, Kim Kleiber, Mary Jane Pennington, Jade Poole, M. DeLa Sweeney, Zerina Serulle, Nicholas Surbey
Production: Ganesh Giri Jaya
Cargo.
An evening of dance merged with live music, visual art, and video.
Banzai Funspace, June 2006.
Performers: Emily Christianson, Hila Kerekesh, Maryn Mills, Jessica Sias Wilson
Production and Lighting: Ganesh Giri Jaya
New York, NY:
“Untitled.”
Solo piece presented by Movement Research, September 2009
“State.”
Solo piece presented by the Metro Movement Project, February 2006.
“You Must Be This Tall.”
Group work presented by WAXworks, November 2005.
Performers: Kelly Arsenault, Emily Christianson, Nicole Durfee, Lisa Marie Elliott, Kate Enright
“D-Day.”
Solo piece presented by Dance Space Center, February 2004.
Atlanta, GA:
ONE: A Kinetic Journal: A shared choreographic laboratory exploring the multi-faceted meanings of the word "one,"
culminating in a series of evening-length performances that incorporate contemporary dance, storytelling, theater, improvisation, and technology.
West End Performing Arts Center, February 2017.
Performers: Alex Abarca, Alicia Peterson Baskel, Myra Bazell, Emily Christianson, Lillian Ransijn
AM.
Solo work-in-progress delving into the overwhelming and turbulent yet uplifting transition into motherhood.
Small Plates Artist Workshop Showing, June 2015.
Produced by Zoetic Dance Ensemble in collaboration with the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education.
Performer: Emily Christianson
Flying Lessons.
A journey into shedding identities, taking flight, and striving for limitlessness.
Skwirlhaus, June 2013.
New Dance Festival at the Decatur Arts Festival, May 2013.
Performers: Nicholas Goodly, Mary Grace Phillips, and Kala Seidenberg
In Between.
A site specific performance work exploring the crossroads of industry, habitat, and nature, and the resulting tension when these worlds collide.
Art on the Atlanta BeltLine, November 2012.
Performers: Emily Christianson, Nicholas Goodly, and Stephanie Johnson
Original soundscore: Ganesh Giri Jaya
Lighting: Maryn Whitmore
Shaken.
Multi-media experimental dance work influenced by the iconic James Bond films.
Fabrefaction Theatre, September – October 2011.
Performers: Lauren Banks, Stefanie Staten Boettle, Andrea Catchings, Emily Christianson, Camille Jackson, Susan Keller, Amy LaViers, Lillian Ransijn, Nicholas Surbey, Onur Topal-Sumer
Production: Ganesh Giri Jaya
Video: Orin Christianson
Lighting: Maryn Whitmore
Magnetic Drift.
Contemporary dance concert co-produced with WonderRoot, featuring works by Blake Beckham, Emily Christianson, Corian Ellisor, Helen Hale, Sharon Sibley, and Laura Wallace.
Magnetic Theater, May 2011.
Technical Direction: Malina Rodriguez
Lighting: Danny Davis
“The Avery Standard (or How I Learned to Embrace the Grayscale).”
Group dance work included in the Magnetic Drift concert.
Magnetic Theater, May 2011.
Performers: Lauren Banks, Blake Beckham, Emily Christianson, Corian Ellisor, Joanna Futral, Helen Hale, Kim Kleiber, Alisa Mittin, Claire Molla
“Untitled.”
Solo piece commissioned by Dance Truck for the Midtown Festival of the Arts, September 2010.
“Shaken, Not Stirred.”
Early movement studies on themes from the James Bond films
Various sites, May 2009 and November 2008.
Performers: Jolayne Berg, Trina Bordere, Rose Caudle, Emily Christianson, Kayley Cortez, Sarah Ash Evens, Juana Farfan, Camille Jackson, Laura Johnson, Kim Kleiber, Mary Jane Pennington, Jade Poole, M. DeLa Sweeney, Zerina Serulle, Nicholas Surbey
Production: Ganesh Giri Jaya
Cargo.
An evening of dance merged with live music, visual art, and video.
Banzai Funspace, June 2006.
Performers: Emily Christianson, Hila Kerekesh, Maryn Mills, Jessica Sias Wilson
Production and Lighting: Ganesh Giri Jaya
New York, NY:
“Untitled.”
Solo piece presented by Movement Research, September 2009
“State.”
Solo piece presented by the Metro Movement Project, February 2006.
“You Must Be This Tall.”
Group work presented by WAXworks, November 2005.
Performers: Kelly Arsenault, Emily Christianson, Nicole Durfee, Lisa Marie Elliott, Kate Enright
“D-Day.”
Solo piece presented by Dance Space Center, February 2004.