https://elladawnws.com Dancews Tue, 06 Jan 2026 03:44:44 +0000 https://elladawnws.com en https://elladawnws.com/Nav Sun, 30 Oct 2022 21:40:24 +0000 Dancews https://elladawnws.com/Nav Ella Dawn W-S / Dancews &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; About &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Contact &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https://elladawnws.com/Project-Nav-1 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 21:14:17 +0000 Dancews https://elladawnws.com/Project-Nav-1 <img width="1614" height="906" width_o="1614" height_o="906" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0fc9da04331a56690c0f07eee4cf383979dff7025c9919c9a1117bc32d42f11/website-background.JPG" data-mid="200023651" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0fc9da04331a56690c0f07eee4cf383979dff7025c9919c9a1117bc32d42f11/website-background.JPG" /> Work︎Machine Room Door (2025) demo body (2023) roofacebridgedance (2021) It's a beautiful day too bad it won't last and neither will you (2019) you(logy)/(me)logy (2019) It happens all at once but not right now (2018) It exists on a tilted plane (2018) https://elladawnws.com/Machine-Room-Door Tue, 06 Jan 2026 03:44:44 +0000 Dancews https://elladawnws.com/Machine-Room-Door In Machine Room Door four dancers with a shared drive towards heightened physicality, explore the edges of what the container of the performance environment can hold. The dancers create and diffuse the performative space of the venue, navigating between material, structural relationships to the body, and imaginative environments and states. Through physical investigation of precarity, safety, and effort, the desires underlying these systems emerge. Performers: Maxi Hawkeye Canion, Laura Witsken, Brendan Bunny Elefante Lighting Design: Shana Crawford Costumes: BritaSound Design: Skyler Skjelset&nbsp;Scenic Design: Chloe Friend Performed March 2025at Pageant (Brooklyn) <img width="7530" height="6024" width_o="7530" height_o="6024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4240da0ec720cd316e47535bdc3867d765aa2022a9f8d511aa9901fdac597a30/Photo-Credit---Angelo-Fiore-Maxi-Hawkeye-Canion--Brendan-Bunny-Elefante--Laura-Witsken.jpg" data-mid="242484342" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4240da0ec720cd316e47535bdc3867d765aa2022a9f8d511aa9901fdac597a30/Photo-Credit---Angelo-Fiore-Maxi-Hawkeye-Canion--Brendan-Bunny-Elefante--Laura-Witsken.jpg" /><img width="5792" height="7240" width_o="5792" height_o="7240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e63605acb112a11c20f6b52d9af97f8ca158ad7c0f0c467cacc9230bb79dadc/Photo-Credit---Angelo-Fiore-Maxi-Hawkeye-Canion-.jpg" data-mid="242484364" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e63605acb112a11c20f6b52d9af97f8ca158ad7c0f0c467cacc9230bb79dadc/Photo-Credit---Angelo-Fiore-Maxi-Hawkeye-Canion-.jpg" /><img width="5792" height="7240" width_o="5792" height_o="7240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d4e428a7306f0b1fd0dd8fc70e9bcc29023607d1871981a2b968757b08a52fd/Photo-Credit----Angelo-Fiore-Brendan-Bunny-Elefante.jpg" data-mid="242484370" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d4e428a7306f0b1fd0dd8fc70e9bcc29023607d1871981a2b968757b08a52fd/Photo-Credit----Angelo-Fiore-Brendan-Bunny-Elefante.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3888" width_o="5184" height_o="3888" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/efb04fc6be9d8cc233437bf654478a22237fc79ab4734ae7450af0a2ec0d376b/Photo-Credit-----Vita-Novikova-Laura-Witsken.JPG" data-mid="242484387" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/efb04fc6be9d8cc233437bf654478a22237fc79ab4734ae7450af0a2ec0d376b/Photo-Credit-----Vita-Novikova-Laura-Witsken.JPG" /> photos 1-3 by Angelo Fiore photo 4 by Vita Taurke https://elladawnws.com/demo-body Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:18:40 +0000 Dancews https://elladawnws.com/demo-body Demo body is a collection of practices and body materials developed in private and public spaces in relation to built structures, such as skyscrapers, bridges, and interconnecting roads. The movement essential to the stability of these structures is a score for developing a presence and tolerance for interiority. The performance of these materials happens in three distinct sites - the passageway between the two houses, the concrete behind the house, and the border between the meadow and the turf. Performers: Zoe Papaeracleous, Kamilah Udomsap, Ellie Quiring Performed July 2023 on Governors Island <img width="2768" height="1848" width_o="2768" height_o="1848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd2922c5ba2bd7aa8f624307095c6b4dd2b96d7f3362b4810f01cf3896cb0fd5/DSC09812_HB.jpg" data-mid="200025741" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd2922c5ba2bd7aa8f624307095c6b4dd2b96d7f3362b4810f01cf3896cb0fd5/DSC09812_HB.jpg" /><img width="2674" height="1785" width_o="2674" height_o="1785" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92daf8394ee4097ac1b087e78122051844a579ddd8e145e03f0288111d2d2160/DSC09774_HB.jpg" data-mid="200025742" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92daf8394ee4097ac1b087e78122051844a579ddd8e145e03f0288111d2d2160/DSC09774_HB.jpg" /> https://elladawnws.com/rooffacebridgedance Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:18:45 +0000 Dancews https://elladawnws.com/rooffacebridgedance roofacebridgedance performer: Ella Dawn W-Sperformed at Lawn Chair Dances, rooftop show (May 2021) <img width="1149" height="655" width_o="1149" height_o="655" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f90a8a444131d853c2c1ac372d9bb4a16d7c3ddbed9afc271809c5f7ce1f2a4b/roofacebridgedancetxt.JPG" data-mid="200025684" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f90a8a444131d853c2c1ac372d9bb4a16d7c3ddbed9afc271809c5f7ce1f2a4b/roofacebridgedancetxt.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2cb65fb9cb91fd9b764cb75765629038e35c911f1115ffe5b243958ea0ab1fad/program-pic-1.jpg" data-mid="200025623" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2cb65fb9cb91fd9b764cb75765629038e35c911f1115ffe5b243958ea0ab1fad/program-pic-1.jpg" /><img width="3072" height="4080" width_o="3072" height_o="4080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9f60dc54eeff801f57312b176cc7e6d73da15241facc92a1cd19aac8e9c7285/PXL_20231223_045528247.jpg" data-mid="200025600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9f60dc54eeff801f57312b176cc7e6d73da15241facc92a1cd19aac8e9c7285/PXL_20231223_045528247.jpg" /> https://elladawnws.com/It-s-a-beautiful-day-too-bad-it-won-t-last-and-neither-will-you Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:57:54 +0000 Dancews https://elladawnws.com/It-s-a-beautiful-day-too-bad-it-won-t-last-and-neither-will-you In It’s a beautiful day, too bad it won’t last and neither will you, personal histories collide with our limited collective imagination for the tangibility of grief as dancers reach, repair, and refashion across the surface of a performance. Everyday materials and conversations are distorted to expand our imaginations and create memorial landscapes, idols, and altars. Performers: Jade Manns, Zoe Papaeracleous, Owen Prum, Ellie Quiring Costume Contributions: E G Condon Video Design: Dominika JezewskaPerformed at University Settlement as part of the Emerging Guest Artist Series, December 2019 <img width="1626" height="917" width_o="1626" height_o="917" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/802fc2bca7a02d0e46233c746a68dbb66ab8f24295485f2a60aa9f74ef307a5e/iabdstill1.JPG" data-mid="200025475" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/802fc2bca7a02d0e46233c746a68dbb66ab8f24295485f2a60aa9f74ef307a5e/iabdstill1.JPG" /><img width="1611" height="863" width_o="1611" height_o="863" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee9b169914681435bcdc88f55808e96ee8310dddf32777ddbe0fbb6f6cd5a1e0/iabdstill4.JPG" data-mid="200025478" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee9b169914681435bcdc88f55808e96ee8310dddf32777ddbe0fbb6f6cd5a1e0/iabdstill4.JPG" /><img width="1616" height="886" width_o="1616" height_o="886" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ede2f2c3e1f512e69733d6e25451c469ad3c3cefce23c62be54ac45233e9e33a/iabdstill5.JPG" data-mid="200025479" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ede2f2c3e1f512e69733d6e25451c469ad3c3cefce23c62be54ac45233e9e33a/iabdstill5.JPG" /> https://elladawnws.com/you-logy-me-logy Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:26:02 +0000 Dancews https://elladawnws.com/you-logy-me-logy you(logy)/me(logy) is a two part work. This work sifts through a vast and largely disorganized and diffuse archive of personal and artistic production.&nbsp; The first part, you(logy), is a multimedia installation and live performance presented in the conference room of University Settlement. Projected text tracking intertwining losses and parallels creates a container for personal archival materials to unfold in a performative space.&nbsp; <img width="582" height="960" width_o="582" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6d7bca67bb29f8358e179a12ad8bb1936a88b7d0fc47ff8f329b5b7cfe1742d/youlogy2.jpg" data-mid="200025427" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/582/i/e6d7bca67bb29f8358e179a12ad8bb1936a88b7d0fc47ff8f329b5b7cfe1742d/youlogy2.jpg" /> me(logy), takes place immediately after in the upstairs theatre space of Speyer Hall. Reconstructed movement material developed as part of the previous work is enacted as an experiment in memory and decay. Video projection of early attempts at this task, as well as additional video footage of movement across bridges memorializes markers of time and space in a concrete way.&nbsp; <img width="582" height="960" width_o="582" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f70847438de78ce851303586308c7570e75a54e8740794216a6de29f753b2132/melogy.jpg" data-mid="200025431" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/582/i/f70847438de78ce851303586308c7570e75a54e8740794216a6de29f753b2132/melogy.jpg" /> Performers: Kiera Bono, Carlyn Kane, Zoe Papaeracleous, Ella Wasserman-Smith Performed at University Settlement April 2019 https://elladawnws.com/It-happens-all-at-once-but-not-right-now Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:26:02 +0000 Dancews https://elladawnws.com/It-happens-all-at-once-but-not-right-now It happens all at once but not right now attempts to pinpoint the exact moment of a disastrous event, finding resonance in the buildup and the aftermath. A distorted, roundabout approach to time drives the structure of the piece.&nbsp; Performers: Kiera Bono, Carlyn Kane, Zoe PapaeracleousPerformed at the Old First Reformed Church (November 2019) <img width="3008" height="2000" width_o="3008" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3782d3a3fcf8835b665cbb7175c3e08e74a7f389ee51ce6eb595249311ab3b6d/carlyn1-2.jpg" data-mid="49326459" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3782d3a3fcf8835b665cbb7175c3e08e74a7f389ee51ce6eb595249311ab3b6d/carlyn1-2.jpg" /> https://elladawnws.com/It-exists-on-a-tilted-plane Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:26:01 +0000 Dancews https://elladawnws.com/It-exists-on-a-tilted-plane It exists on a tilted plane&nbsp; tracks the unstable surfaces we find ourselves upon and allows them to reverberate through internal shifts. Video projection is utilized to track these shifts more closely and echo them out. Performers: Eli Condon, Zoe Papaeracleous, Owen Prum, Ella Wasserman-Smith Performed at Triskelion Summer Fest (July 2018), The Baumann (May 2018), Arts on Site (April 2018) <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/108d1e3b0930ccf8e97e270cc9aeb782fce939f808613e55f83927702bb33cc6/dancedancecondensed_Moment.jpg" data-mid="49325984" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/108d1e3b0930ccf8e97e270cc9aeb782fce939f808613e55f83927702bb33cc6/dancedancecondensed_Moment.jpg" />