The Festival History
2017
Germany
Mamaza
Eifo Efi
A co-production with the Goethe Institut Los Angeles
Poland
Galiana & Nikolchev’s Useless Room
The Last One
Los Angeles
Herencia Flamenca
Ole Flamenco
Los Angeles
L.A. Contemporary Dance Company
Force Majeure
Presenting works by Genevieve Carson, Gregory Dolbashian, Micaela Taylor, Christian Denice
2018
Los Angeles
Micaela Taylor + The TL Collective
Rosewood – World Premiere
Los Angeles
L.A. Contemporary Dance Company
Rift – World Premiere
Presenting works by Genevieve Carson, Nathan Makolandra, and Stephanie Zaletel
Los Angeles
Corina Kinnear
naked – World Premiere
Germany
deufert&plischke
Letters to Dance
A Co-production with the Goethe Institut Los Angeles
2019
Germany
Shade Theret
maybe – World Premiere
A Co-production with the Goethe Institut Los Angeles – World Premiere
Los Angeles
Acts of Matter
Be seen – World Premiere
Los Angeles
L.A. Contemporary Dance Company
The Only Constant – World Premiere
Los Angeles
The TL Collective and The JA Collective
CollectivesDrift – World Premiere
Los Angeles
La Dansa Dansa
Hybrids of Plants and Ghosts
Los Angeles
Kevin Williamson & Company
Gnarled – World Premiere
2020
Los Angeles
String Theory
Landscapes and Layers – World Premiere
Los Angeles/Atlanta
Acts of Matter with special guest DANCE AEGIS
Tethering – World Premiere
Los Angeles
JA Collective & Slauson Rec.
Wrenz Kaloogy & Principium – World Premiere
Los Angeles
L.A. Contemporary Dance Company
Premiere: 15 – World Premiere
Los Angeles/Pittsburgh
Victoria Marks in collaboration with Isla Hansen
Pastoral – World Premiere
2021
Postponed due to the Covid Pandemic
2022
Germany
Shade Theret – Throwaway Line
With the support of the German Consulate
Los Angeles
L.A. Contemporary Dance Company
Dancing in Snow – World Premiere
Los Angeles
Primera Generación Dance Collective
Nepantla – World Premiere
Los Angeles
Teresa Toogie Barcelo
Metanoia – World Premiere
Los Angeles
Galiana & Nikolchev’s Useless Room
Insula
Los Angeles
Imprints
Let us Bleed, Then Heal – World Premiere
Germany
deufert&plischke
The Eerie Atlas – A Worn World
A co-production with the Goethe Institut Los Angeles
2023
Los Angeles
No)One. Arthouse
Presenting work by Alejandro Perez, Friidom, Marcella Lewis, Rebekah Denegal, Qwenga and Jordan Slaffey
Los Angeles/New York
Roya Carreras and Assaf Salhov
The Stories We tell Ourselves (World Premiere ) & The Song of Spies
Los Angeles
JA Collective
5 Stories About Stage That Are Simply Untrue – World Premiere
Los Angeles
Jessie Lee Thorne’s Poets in Motion
Topia: The Something in Between – World Premiere
Los Angeles
Dancing Through Prison Walls
DATA or 7 ways to dance a dance through prison walls
Los Angeles
DaEun Jung
Byoulnorri
Summer Edition
Participating choreographers:
Vanessa Cruz, Friidom, Corina Kinear, Marcella Lewis, Hannah Millar, Alejandro Perez, Chie Saito, Lara Wilson