A selection of past works.....
One-Way Home.
Solo work-in-progress dance theater piece reflecting on memory, loss, grief, and mortality set in a future plastic wrap-filled landscape.
Excuse the Art, presented by The Windmill Arts Center in partnership with Fly on a Wall. April 2022.
Performer: Emily Christianson
Solo work-in-progress dance theater piece reflecting on memory, loss, grief, and mortality set in a future plastic wrap-filled landscape.
Excuse the Art, presented by The Windmill Arts Center in partnership with Fly on a Wall. April 2022.
Performer: Emily Christianson
ONE: A Kinetic Journal.
A shared choreographic laboratory and residency exploring the multi-faceted meanings of the word "one," culminating in a series of evening-length performances incorporating contemporary dance, storytelling, theater, improvisation, and technology. ONE Movement Project brought together artists from Atlanta, Philadelphia, and San Diego who collaborated and performed together over a span of three years.
Oxford College at Emory (Atlanta), Nov. 2019 // UC San Diego Dept. of Theatre and Dance, April 2018 // West End Performing Arts Center (Atlanta), Feb. 2017.
Performers/Collaborators: Alex Abarca, Alicia Peterson Baskel, Myra Bazell, Emily Christianson, and Lillian Ransijn
A shared choreographic laboratory and residency exploring the multi-faceted meanings of the word "one," culminating in a series of evening-length performances incorporating contemporary dance, storytelling, theater, improvisation, and technology. ONE Movement Project brought together artists from Atlanta, Philadelphia, and San Diego who collaborated and performed together over a span of three years.
Oxford College at Emory (Atlanta), Nov. 2019 // UC San Diego Dept. of Theatre and Dance, April 2018 // West End Performing Arts Center (Atlanta), Feb. 2017.
Performers/Collaborators: Alex Abarca, Alicia Peterson Baskel, Myra Bazell, Emily Christianson, and Lillian Ransijn
AM.
Solo dance work delving into the overwhelming and turbulent yet magical 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
Solo dance work delving into the overwhelming and turbulent yet magical 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
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
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
*All photos of Shaken credited to Bobbi Jo Brooks Photography*
“The Avery Standard (or How I Learned to Embrace the Grayscale).”
Group dance work included in Magnetic Drift, a 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.
Performers: Lauren Banks, Blake Beckham, Emily Christianson, Corian Ellisor, Joanna Futral, Helen Hale, Kim Kleiber, Alisa Mittin, Claire Molla
Technical Direction: Malina Rodriguez
Lighting: Danny Davis
Cargo.
An evening of dance merged with live music, visual art, and video.
Banzai Art Space, June 2006.
Performers: Emily Christianson, Hila Kerekesh, Maryn Mills, Jessica Sias Wilson
Production and Lighting: Ganesh Giri Jaya
“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.
An evening of dance merged with live music, visual art, and video.
Banzai Art Space, June 2006.
Performers: Emily Christianson, Hila Kerekesh, Maryn Mills, Jessica Sias Wilson
Production and Lighting: Ganesh Giri Jaya
“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.