Title Blow Up

Choreographer: Olga Rabetskaya with Mio Ishikawa 

Performer: Mio Ishikawa

Music: SK.EIN

Costume and Set Design: Olga Singh and Olga Rabetskaya

Program note: A study of interacting with an inflated “boat” that encapsulates visual metaphors of resilience, exploration, success or the journey of self-discovery within an urban landscape.Navigating in fast speed/fast food/fast art world

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tender, again

Choreographer and Performer: Gabe Katz

Music: Les Jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este, S. 163 Composed by Franz Liszt Performed by Lam Wong

Costume Design: Caitlyn Taylor

Program note: Originally premiered in 2021. Returning to old memories and sensations in a body with a new brain, new flesh, and a similar heart. 

Globe (film)

Choreographers and Performers: Mio Ishikawa and Olga Rabetskaya

Music: Tushrik Fredericks

Videography: Carlos Cardona

Video Editor: Olga Rabetskaya

Producers: BODYSONNET and Satellite Collective’s Rogue Film Unit

Program note: Globe is a dance film exploring the dichotomy of containment and permeability of the body. Globe uses multiple mediums to highlight the effort to listen to the transaction between internal shifts and our eternal being.

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Stellar Evolution 

Choreographer: Kevin Pajarillaga

Performer: Amari Frazier

Music: The universe Wakes up - The comet is Rising 

Costume Design: Marion Talan

Program note: Stellar evolution is the process by which a star changes over the course of its lifetime and how it can lead to the creation of a new star.

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NO CONSEQUENCE

Choreographers and Performers: Colin Frederick and Moscelyne ParkeHarrison.

Music: Edited by Moscelyne ParkeHarrison

Intel War (Vatican Shadow), Fiera (Arca), Spectacle of Ritual (Kali Malone), Le Code (Myth Syzer), Blue Noise.

Costume Design: vipère by D Calhoun 

Program note: Created in San Francisco, NO CONSEQUENCE explores the dynamics of a “power couple,” the identity of youth and the different lenses of how queer people are perceived together in the public eye versus in private. 

Thank you to the following supporters for making this work possible.

Berkeley Ballet Theater

Center for Performance Research Technical and Production Team

Colin Frederick (they/he) was born and raised in Warrensburg, Missouri where began their dance training at Center Stage Academy of the Performing Arts. They attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where they obtained their B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography. While attending university, they had the privilege to perform in many faculty, undergraduate, and professional companies work - including Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company and MTH Theatre. After graduation, Colin moved to San Francisco, California where they have freelanced with several choreographers and companies including Marika Brussels, Garrett + Moulton Productions, and most notably Post:ballet, under the direction of Robin Dekkers. Along with being a company dancer with Post:ballet, Colin is the Assistant to the Directors for Post:ballet and Berkeley Ballet Theater. While freelancing, Colin also produced, choreographed, and performed in a mixed bill performance with BODYSONNET called neverover : an evening of queer chaos. During this time Colin also became a 200-hour certified yoga instructor through the Yoga Alliance.

Amari Frazier (he/him) is a Chicago native and Chicago Academy for the Arts graduate. He earned his BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School, where he performed works by esteemed choreographers, including Sonya Tayeh, Ohad Naharin, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Spenser Theberge, and Jermaine Spivey. Frazier has attended summer programs at Alvin Alley American Dance Theatre, Springboard Danse Montreal, and Nederlands Dance Theatre.

He worked with Ballet Collective during the summer of 2021 and has continued collaborating with the company on various projects. Frazier's choreographic skills have been showcased in several Juilliard performances, and he premiered a new work in April 2023 for Juilliard's Senior Production. Frazier joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in April 2023.

Mio Ishikawa (she/her), Japanese movement artist based in New York City, works collaboratively across multiple artistic mediums. Ishikawa is a performer with Sidra Bell Dance New York and Punchdrunk's Sleep No More NYC. Ishikawa trained at the Juilliard School (BFA 2019).  Ishikawa is a recent recipient of 2023-2024 Center for Ballet Art NYU Juilliard Fellowship in support of her upcoming creation.

Her works have been presented at New World Symphony in Miami and The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. Ishikawa choreographed and directed the movements for photographers Across artistic mediums, Ishikawa has worked with artists, Dan Colen, Tatyana Nagayeva, Olga Rabetskaya and Robert and Shana PerkeHarrison, Moon Chang, MIZU, Jake Olsen and Kevin Peter, among many others. Ishikawa is an associate director of a bicoastal dance platform BODYSONNET. As a core member, she has been a part of residencies in US and Germany and have produced dance performances and films. She led workshops at Harvard University, NYU and Mercyhurst University as a teaching artist of SBDNY.

Gabe Katz (he/him) is a multimedia artist, dancer, choreographer, educator, and graduate of Marymount Manhattan College Class of 2018, receiving his BFA in dance and a minor in studio art. He is also an alum of The School at Jacob’s Pillow, as well as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Professional Training Program and Springboard Danse Montreal, both under the direction of Alexandra Wells. Gabe has performed repertoire by choreographers such as Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Shechter, Maxine Doyle, Peter Chu, Sonya Tayeh, Jonathan Campbell and Austin Diaz with MADBOOTS DANCE, Katherine Maxwell with Hivewild Dance Company, Jenn Freeman, Larry Keigwin, Akira Uchida, and Rena Butler. His commercial credits include Gap, Puma, Eartheater, Shygirl, Paul McCartney, and Ryan Heffington. He was featured in Akira Uchida’s film “Still” which made it’s premiere on NOWNESS in 2022. Gabe has taught and choreographed at dance institutions around the country, creating numerous live works as well as dance on film. Gabe was a performer in Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More in NYC, choreographed by Maxine Doyle.

Kevin Pajarillaga (he/him) is most curious about the process of sharing the lived experiences of the body through time and space fused with a little bit of fantasy and imagination. Pajarillaga has performed for;  artist  Doja Cat at MTV VMAs 2021, GAP’s 2018 spring campaign “Experiment in Color”,  Celia Rowlson-Hall’s short film “First Snow”,  “SPACE END” by Wilder Yari and Maddy Talias. He danced with companies including Gibney Company,  NW Dance Project, Yin Yue Dance Company and Sonya Tayeh Dance. Pajarillaga has performed works by Choreographers such as Alan  Lucien Oyen, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Felix Landerer, Gustavo Ramirez, Johan Inger and others. 

Moscelyne ParkeHarrison (she/her), director and co-founder of BODYSONNET, is a dance artist from the Berkshires, Massachusetts. She is currently based in San Francisco where she is the Associate Artistic Director, Resident Choreographer, and company dancer with Post:ballet. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School (with the Artist as Citizen Award). She has received commissions from Post:ballet, LINES Training Program, The Juilliard School and Metropolis Ensemble. She is currently in process for an evening length immersive theater show as artist in residence at the Midway. Moscelyne’s film ‘say i am you’ was recently selected for the San Francisco Dance Film Festival and Dance Camera West. 

Olga Rabetskaya (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, director and photographer from Belarus  whose work spans across film, choreography and photography, multimedia production. Olga’s artistic research and exploration focus on how to share our emotional experience, memories, and body intelligence through movement. She was a soloist in the Contemporary dance troupe of the State Youth Theater of Belarus from 2014 to 2019. Her dance works and dance films have been presented at international festivals.