Repertory Ruth and Judith [2000] Premiered at The Merce Cunningham Studio Music Cam Millar Performed by Kathlynn Flynn and Heather Harrington Ruth and Judith is a duet that explores a symbiotic relationship bewteen two women who travel back and forth through time engaging in childhood and adult games that have both a brutality and tenderness to them. They are aware of their audience, almost posing for photographs at times and letting secrets be revealed. To Here [Part 1] [2002] Premiered at Joyce SoHO Music Quentin Chiappetta Set by Sharon Louden and video by Brian Novatny Costumes Patti Gilstrap Performed by Jennifer Chin, Kathlynn Flynn, Tania Varela-Ibarra, Sarah Lewis, and Alyssa Stith My Life Had Stood [2001] Premiered at the Patricia Nanon Theater Music Quentin Chiappetta Performed by Heather Harrington and Sarah Lewis The audience becomes spectators at an arena in My Life Had Stood. The two competitors enter from the sides and scope out the area where the game will be played out. This duet, which has a film noir feel to it, examines the ability of a human being to exert control over another. I gave the dancers the action of pointing to represent their virulence. The pointing mutates from a symbol of potency, to one of control and blaming, to finally one of violence. *Created at the Patricia Nanon Residency Lucille [2000] Premiered at St. Mark's Church Music Cam Millar Performed by Heather Harrington Lucille explores a woman's need to uncover her true identity by deconstructing herself. She realizes the place that she is in but finds that she is unable to change it. The acute awareness that she is going through this in front of an audience is foremost in her mind. Imitations of Drowning [2003] Premiered at St. Mark's Church in Danspace Project's City/Dans series Music Quentin Chiappetta Sets Illya Azaroff Costumes Patti Gilstrap Performed by Heather Harrington, Tania Varel-Ibarra, Sarah Lewis, Jennifer Chin, Kathlynn Flynn, Branislav Henselmann, Kelly Grigsby, and Alyssa Stith Imitations of Drowning begins with an image of Lady Macbeth, her feet immersed in red fabric, inhabiting a world that is metaphorically underwater. She is fully submerged in her unconscious, finding it impossible to live with herself in the waking world. Water, used to wash away her guilt, also becomes the way to a final sleep. In the end, Lady Macbeth is flanked by visions of herself that restlessly pace in a world without sleep or peace. Imitations of Drowning speaks to the irreversibility of actions and the inability to deal with the consequences.	To There [Part 2] [2002] Premiered at joyce SoHo Music Quentin Chiappetta Sets Sharon Louden Performed by Jennifer Chin and Sarah Lewis Onion Cellar [2001] Premiered at 92nd Street Y Music Quentin Chappetta Costumes Patti Gilstrap performed by Alyssa Stith, Jennifer Chin, Heather Harrington, and Sarah Lewis The Onion Cellar is a quartet that explores a search for processing reality that involves the use of logic, symbolic gestures,and architecture versus superstition and spirituality. December 15 [2001] Premiered at Dixon Place Music Cam Millar Performed by Adan Klotz and Heather Harrington This duet examines the ability of a human being to exert power and control over another and how the control differs depending on the gender of the individuals involved. W. [2001] Premiered at WAX Theater Music Cam Millar Performed by Heather Harrington Costume Patti Gilstrap Slips of the Tongue [2000] Premiered at Merce Cunningham Studio Music Quentin Chiappetta Costumes Kathleen Dyer Performed by Jennifer Chin, Kelly Grigsby, Heather Harrington, and Sarah Lewis Slips of the Tongue is a quartet that examines the urge to say something or do something but not to be able to because of inhibitions. Locked Doors [1999] Premiered at Dance Theater Workshop Music Cam Millar Costume George Hudacko Performed by Heather Harrington