MARSHMALLOW SEA

MARSHMALLOW SEA, the latest evening-length work from choreographer Stephanie Zaletel and her company of six dancers, reflects on water and its symbols to explore fluidity and force, sustenance and submission. Picking up where her last project, WATER STORIES, left off, Zaletel dives beyond linear narratives and submits to dream logic, offering an overwhelming surge of memories disrupted by a staggered, fractured pace. Composer Jonathan Snipes (of the experimental hip hop group clipping.) performs his score live, utilizing MaxMSP, field recordings and modular synth to construct a sonic atmosphere of persistence. MARSHMALLOW SEA features costumes by Amabelle Aguiluz and set design by prolific recycling artist Clare Graham.

Dancers:
szalt dance co. // Lindsey Lollie, Sarah Prinz, Eden Orrick, Amir Rappaport, Jordan Saenz, Stephanie Zaletel
Understudy/Female Figure: Ariana Daub
Sound and Music: Jonathan Snipes
“Laundromat” field recording by Stephanie Zaletel
“Storms are on the Ocean” by The Carter Family
Costumes: Amabelle Aguiluz
Set Piece: Clare Graham
Lighting: Pablo Santiago-Brandwein

Stephanie Zaletel is the founding artistic director of szalt (dance co.), which tackles subjects of the feminine experience, body memory (specifically as it pertains to trauma), and dream logic while creating and facilitating highly collaborative, site-sensitive, and socially fluent dance performance and practice.

Born and bred in Las Vegas, NV, Stephanie Zaletel holds a BFA in Dance Performance/Choreography from CalArts. Zaletel has performed for renowned choreographers ranging among Barak Marshall, Colin Connor (Artistic Director – Limon Dance Company), and in Danielle Agami’s Ate9 dANCEcOM-PANY. Zaletel worked closely with Agami as the company’s rehearsal director from 2013-2014. Zaletel has presented her own creative work at Velocity Dance Center (Seattle, WA), CCA (Santa Fe, NM), REDCAT, The Hammer Museum, ACE Hotel, Current LA’s Public Art Biennial, and was a Finalist in the 2015 McCallum Theater Choreography Competition. Her choreography has also been featured in music videos for recording artists, Jofridur, clipping, and Maxi Wild, in collaboration with directors Samantha Shay and Patrick Kennelly. Zaletel is an educator at AMDA LA, and has led master classes at LMU, Cornish College of the Arts, and Las Vegas Academy. She has also led improvisational movement classes for children with Down Syndrome. She was the 2016 MorYork Gallery Artist in Residence and is an active member of the Pieter Performance Space Council.

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This project was made possible with support from The Hammer Museum In Real Life Studio, Pieter Performance Space Holiday Residency, MorYork Gallery, REDCAT Winter Studio, Jim Rodney, Case Van Rij, and a number of generous individual donors.