Awakening shows what is so moving about the world that surrounds us. Sensual movement and sweeping landscapes of bodies awaken our senses to unexpected environments and reveal our innate connection to the natural world. The sound-score places the viewer into rainy meadows, moves through a forest at night, whips across a raging sea, moves from the city street to an underground cave, and takes in the view from the top of a sparkling skyscraper. Improvisational scores woven with detailed choreography keep each section sparkling and alive while awakening the audience to how our emotions and movements remain connected to nature.
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Awakening Cast
Spacetime Dance
Amanda Blythe serves the Washington, DC dance community as a dance artist, choreographer and administrator. Classically trained in ballet, she first experienced modern dance and contact improvisation in college where she studied under Chris Aiken, Peter DiMuro, Colleen Thomas, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Tania Isaacs and many others. She currently dances with Erica Rebollar/Rebollar Dance and UpRooted Dance as a company member, as well as collaborating on independent projects. Prior credits include Nancy Havlik’s Dance Performance Group, ClancyWorks Dance Company and Kitchen Sink Fest. She has performed at Atlas Performing Arts Center, Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival, Baltimore Theatre Project, Black Rock Center for the Arts, Cultural Arts Center at Montgomery College, Dance Exchange, Dance Loft on 14, Dance Place, Green Space (NYC), Harman Center for the Arts, Jack Guidone Theater, Joe’s Movement Emporium, Josephine Butler Parks Center, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Reston CenterStage and Takoma Park Community Center.
Amanda also has experience as a freelance marketer, social media manager, digital media specialist, theatrical costume designer, photographer, videographer, Q&A facilitator, talkback moderator, stage manager, sound technician, flash mob coordinator and is willing to try anything once.
Katie Sopoci Drake MFA, GL-CMA, is the Artistic Director of Spacetime Dance and a Core Collaborator of Mountain Empire Performance Collective. As a performer, Sopoci Drake is described as a "sinuous, animal presence of great power; watching her dance is a visceral experience." (Third Coast Digest, 6/12). She is the Artistic Director of Spacetime Dance (since 2004) and Founding Collaborator of Mountain Empire Performance Collective (since 2013). As a performer, company credits include Rebollar Dance (since 2014), Mordine and Company Dance Theater of Chicago (2012-2013), Momentum Dance Company of Miami (2009-2012), Wild Space Dance Company of Milwaukee (2005-2009), and Rosy Simas Danse of Minneapolis (2001-2005). Katie has also made appearances as an independent artist with many companies including Brazz Dance, Your Mother Dances, The Florentine Opera, and The Minnesota Opera. Holding an MFA in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a Graduate Laban Certification in Movement Analysis from Columbia College - Chicago, and a BA in Theater/Dance with a minor in Vocal Performance from Luther College, Sopoci Drake continues to study various somatic practices to inform her work and life as a curious mover.
Aquiles Holladay
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Althea Skinner
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Chartamia "Shay" Turner, is a choreographer, dance educator, and arts administrator in the DC Metro Area. A native of Illinois, Chartamia graduated with a BA in dance from Columbia College Chicago, 2013. While living in Chicago, Chartamia has collaborated with visual artists Jillan Soto and Murat Adash. Chartamia has presented works in the Chicagoland area including; Chicago’s Dance Month, LettersTo Obama, BeastWomen Series, Elgin Ties Dance Festival, Delve Showcase, and Joel Hall’s: Dances In The Hall.
While in DC, she has had the privilege to perform with Nicole Binder and Gabrielle Revlock, BodyCartography of Minneapolis, MN, Katie Sopoci-Drake "Spacetime Dance", Nancy Havlik Performance Group, Miss Jessica Denson, Tihana Johvanic; and Heather Doyle (both nationally and internationally). Chartamia's choreographic works have been presented in the DC Metro area including; Small Plates Dance Festival, Errant Movement Two of Us: Evening of Duets and Glade Dance Collective: NACHMO and a set work on Errant Movement performed at Hamlin Park Theater(Chicago). Chartamia is a frequent collaborator with DC experimental musicians and dance artists and is a current company member with Nancy Havlik's Performance Group, SpaceTime Dance and Guest Artist with Contradiction Dance Theater.
Lucid Beings - Full bios found at lucidbeingsdance.com
Natalie Boegel
Rebekah Fresco
Franki Graham (Co-artistic Director)
Erin Gum
Jeanna Riscigno (Co-artistic Director)
Catherine Webbert
Amanda Blythe serves the Washington, DC dance community as a dance artist, choreographer and administrator. Classically trained in ballet, she first experienced modern dance and contact improvisation in college where she studied under Chris Aiken, Peter DiMuro, Colleen Thomas, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Tania Isaacs and many others. She currently dances with Erica Rebollar/Rebollar Dance and UpRooted Dance as a company member, as well as collaborating on independent projects. Prior credits include Nancy Havlik’s Dance Performance Group, ClancyWorks Dance Company and Kitchen Sink Fest. She has performed at Atlas Performing Arts Center, Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival, Baltimore Theatre Project, Black Rock Center for the Arts, Cultural Arts Center at Montgomery College, Dance Exchange, Dance Loft on 14, Dance Place, Green Space (NYC), Harman Center for the Arts, Jack Guidone Theater, Joe’s Movement Emporium, Josephine Butler Parks Center, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Reston CenterStage and Takoma Park Community Center.
Amanda also has experience as a freelance marketer, social media manager, digital media specialist, theatrical costume designer, photographer, videographer, Q&A facilitator, talkback moderator, stage manager, sound technician, flash mob coordinator and is willing to try anything once.
Katie Sopoci Drake MFA, GL-CMA, is the Artistic Director of Spacetime Dance and a Core Collaborator of Mountain Empire Performance Collective. As a performer, Sopoci Drake is described as a "sinuous, animal presence of great power; watching her dance is a visceral experience." (Third Coast Digest, 6/12). She is the Artistic Director of Spacetime Dance (since 2004) and Founding Collaborator of Mountain Empire Performance Collective (since 2013). As a performer, company credits include Rebollar Dance (since 2014), Mordine and Company Dance Theater of Chicago (2012-2013), Momentum Dance Company of Miami (2009-2012), Wild Space Dance Company of Milwaukee (2005-2009), and Rosy Simas Danse of Minneapolis (2001-2005). Katie has also made appearances as an independent artist with many companies including Brazz Dance, Your Mother Dances, The Florentine Opera, and The Minnesota Opera. Holding an MFA in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a Graduate Laban Certification in Movement Analysis from Columbia College - Chicago, and a BA in Theater/Dance with a minor in Vocal Performance from Luther College, Sopoci Drake continues to study various somatic practices to inform her work and life as a curious mover.
Aquiles Holladay
Stay tuned...
Althea Skinner
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Chartamia "Shay" Turner, is a choreographer, dance educator, and arts administrator in the DC Metro Area. A native of Illinois, Chartamia graduated with a BA in dance from Columbia College Chicago, 2013. While living in Chicago, Chartamia has collaborated with visual artists Jillan Soto and Murat Adash. Chartamia has presented works in the Chicagoland area including; Chicago’s Dance Month, LettersTo Obama, BeastWomen Series, Elgin Ties Dance Festival, Delve Showcase, and Joel Hall’s: Dances In The Hall.
While in DC, she has had the privilege to perform with Nicole Binder and Gabrielle Revlock, BodyCartography of Minneapolis, MN, Katie Sopoci-Drake "Spacetime Dance", Nancy Havlik Performance Group, Miss Jessica Denson, Tihana Johvanic; and Heather Doyle (both nationally and internationally). Chartamia's choreographic works have been presented in the DC Metro area including; Small Plates Dance Festival, Errant Movement Two of Us: Evening of Duets and Glade Dance Collective: NACHMO and a set work on Errant Movement performed at Hamlin Park Theater(Chicago). Chartamia is a frequent collaborator with DC experimental musicians and dance artists and is a current company member with Nancy Havlik's Performance Group, SpaceTime Dance and Guest Artist with Contradiction Dance Theater.
Lucid Beings - Full bios found at lucidbeingsdance.com
Natalie Boegel
Rebekah Fresco
Franki Graham (Co-artistic Director)
Erin Gum
Jeanna Riscigno (Co-artistic Director)
Catherine Webbert
This project was supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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