If You Can't Beat 'em, Join 'em
Yeun Hwaa + Charlotte Katherine l By: Denise Leitner
Absurdist comedy dance theatre piece exploring various concepts of push and pull, obsession and balance, solo play and teamwork. Created in collaboration with US and Korean movement and sound performing artists.
Choreographer: Yeun Hwaa + Charlotte Smith
Composer: Austin Ford + Zac Greenberg
US Premiere; Los Angeles Dance Festival International l June 23, 2023
Choreographer: Yeun Hwaa + Charlotte Smith
Composer: Austin Ford + Zac Greenberg
US Premiere; Los Angeles Dance Festival International l June 23, 2023
Echo
Site-specific creative multi-media international artist collaboration utilizing a refurbished oil tank as the inspiration spark.
Created in a 4 day collaboration, Music + Digital + Dance Co-work, as part of the Seoul International Dance Festival in TANK - at the Oil Tank Culture Park, Seoul, Korea l July 9, 2022
Choreographer/Performer: Ahn Eun-joo + Charlotte Smith
Composer/Performer: Zac Greenberg
Digital Media- Youngmi Lee
Producer: ING Collaboration Group General + Choi Moon-ae Production
Cinematography/Editing: Han Won-seok
Created in a 4 day collaboration, Music + Digital + Dance Co-work, as part of the Seoul International Dance Festival in TANK - at the Oil Tank Culture Park, Seoul, Korea l July 9, 2022
Choreographer/Performer: Ahn Eun-joo + Charlotte Smith
Composer/Performer: Zac Greenberg
Digital Media- Youngmi Lee
Producer: ING Collaboration Group General + Choi Moon-ae Production
Cinematography/Editing: Han Won-seok
I WILL
Days are hard, life is challenging, female rights are under attacked in America. Living in the present moment, with obstacles assembling a maze of uncertainity, I am face to face with myself. I see the birthing people before, after, and alongside me. I see my trials and failures. No matter how hard we push, it is not enough. But I am enough. I can rise and overcome all obstacles. I can stand strong and confident. I WILL.
This solo work addresses self-confidence, self-love, role in community, and our diminishing rights in US society as womxn. It is dedicated to all the birthing people in the US who have been affected by the US Supreme Court's Decision to overthrow Row V. Wade on June 24, 2022.
National Premiere: SIDFIT Pre-view with LA Dance Festival l June 24, 2022
International Premiere: Seoul International Dance Festival in TANK l July 8, 2022
Additional Performances: Los Angeles Dance Festival l April 28, 2023
High Women. at Dynasty Typewriter, Los Angeles l April 30, 2023
This solo work addresses self-confidence, self-love, role in community, and our diminishing rights in US society as womxn. It is dedicated to all the birthing people in the US who have been affected by the US Supreme Court's Decision to overthrow Row V. Wade on June 24, 2022.
National Premiere: SIDFIT Pre-view with LA Dance Festival l June 24, 2022
International Premiere: Seoul International Dance Festival in TANK l July 8, 2022
Additional Performances: Los Angeles Dance Festival l April 28, 2023
High Women. at Dynasty Typewriter, Los Angeles l April 30, 2023
"I WILL was an in-your-face drama, quirky, upsetting and marvelous. She provided a portrait of a determined yet somewhat disturbed woman, disheveled, wild hair, who looked at the world with a distraught and piercing stare. I wanted to go up onto the stage and comfort this woman. The solo was brief but one that will stay with me.” Jeff Slayton - LA Dance Chronicle
Read the full article here: www.ladancechronicle.com/review-friday-april-28-2023-of-the-11th-los-angeles-dance-festival/
Les Petits Plaisirs de la Vie
Photo by: Ginger Sole
An ongoing work in progress which reminds its audience to enjoy the beautiful moments present in every day life. We are each granted opportunities to find joy in “life’s little pleasures”; this work explores treasuring these magical moments as an individual and the benefits of generously sharing them with our communities. The goal of this work is to remind ourselves to be grateful for the people and moments in our lives that remind us to carry gratitude with us as we realize our potential as individuals and as a collective.
Concepts for the individual sections were inspired by seemingly mundane, but decidedly magical moments from
the cast’s life experiences.
Music by Benjamin Marx. Edited by Zac Greenberg.
Original cast: Katherine Murphy, Hyosun Choi, Taylor Unwin, Leslie Duner, Charlotte Smith.
Rehearsal Director: Leslie Duner
Premiere: Los Angeles Dance Festival: Fringe | April 2019
Additional performances: DanceBACK at the Madrid Theater, Canoga Park, CA | November 2019
Half the Sky: Women's Voices at Fiesta LA Ballona | October 2021
SpectorDance's Choreographers' Showcase - Dance that Makes a Difference in Carmel By-The-Sea, CA I October 2023
Concepts for the individual sections were inspired by seemingly mundane, but decidedly magical moments from
the cast’s life experiences.
Music by Benjamin Marx. Edited by Zac Greenberg.
Original cast: Katherine Murphy, Hyosun Choi, Taylor Unwin, Leslie Duner, Charlotte Smith.
Rehearsal Director: Leslie Duner
Premiere: Los Angeles Dance Festival: Fringe | April 2019
Additional performances: DanceBACK at the Madrid Theater, Canoga Park, CA | November 2019
Half the Sky: Women's Voices at Fiesta LA Ballona | October 2021
SpectorDance's Choreographers' Showcase - Dance that Makes a Difference in Carmel By-The-Sea, CA I October 2023
" Warm light, wistful glances and strong bonds between the performers create a comforting contrast to the rest of the lineup, emphasizing the general feelings many of us have been craving during the pandemic: closeness and unity."
-Lara J. Altunian for LA Dance Chronicle | Aug 6, 2020
Read the full review here: https://www.ladancechronicle.com/the-virtual-la-dance-festival-showcases-quarantines-most-necessary-skill-adaptability/
"With extensions for days, classical gestures, and magical acting, finally something joyful and soulful in the often bogged down,
avantgarde world of modern dance." -Amber Adams for BroadwayWorld.com I May 2, 2019.
Read the full review here: https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Review-LA-DANCE-FESTIVAL-FRINGE-FRIDAY-at-The-Diavolo-Space-20190502
"Each châinés was followed by captivating looks upward, as the women leaned on one another, then extended their arms and cupped their hands as though attempting to grab the ethereal. Theirs was by far the most heartwarming of the evening."
-Lara J. Altunian for LA Dance Chronicle I Apr 30, 2019
Read the full review here: https://www.ladancechronicle.com/fringes-opening-night-reveals-an-edgier-side-to-la-dance/
In Just a Blink of an Eye
By Artist: Xu Zhen
living sculpture at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
July 27–Sept 2, 2019
Celestial Silence
What happens when we look deep into one’s self? Into your experiences, strength, imperfections, validity. When the world falls quiet, can you stand strong with who you see?
Original Performer: Heather Francis
Music: "Feet" by Zac Greenberg and Sam Katz
International premiere: Seoul International Dance Festival in TANK: Seoul, South Korea. July 2019
National premiere: The Power of Music and Dance: Cincinnati, OH. April 2018
Local premiere: PGK Dance Project presents at San Diego Art Walk. May 2017.
Other performances: MashUp's Dance's International Women's Day Film Festival,
Closing Night Celebration (2021), Los Angeles Dance Festival FRINGE (2018), DanceBACK in Los Angeles (2017)
Original Performer: Heather Francis
Music: "Feet" by Zac Greenberg and Sam Katz
International premiere: Seoul International Dance Festival in TANK: Seoul, South Korea. July 2019
National premiere: The Power of Music and Dance: Cincinnati, OH. April 2018
Local premiere: PGK Dance Project presents at San Diego Art Walk. May 2017.
Other performances: MashUp's Dance's International Women's Day Film Festival,
Closing Night Celebration (2021), Los Angeles Dance Festival FRINGE (2018), DanceBACK in Los Angeles (2017)
The Power of Music and Dance
An evening length, dance and music concert commissioned by Musicians for Health
at the historic Memorial Hall in Cincinnati, OH April 2018.
Raised over $70K for cancer research.
Choreographer: Charlotte Katherine Smith
Composer: Zac Greenberg
Rehearsal Director: Leslie Duner Alvarez
Dancers: Leslie Duner, Alék López, Moises Josue Michel and Charlotte Smith
Orchestra: concertNOVA
at the historic Memorial Hall in Cincinnati, OH April 2018.
Raised over $70K for cancer research.
Choreographer: Charlotte Katherine Smith
Composer: Zac Greenberg
Rehearsal Director: Leslie Duner Alvarez
Dancers: Leslie Duner, Alék López, Moises Josue Michel and Charlotte Smith
Orchestra: concertNOVA
LIMIT
Photo: Charlotte Katherine, Alék López, Leslie Duner Alvarez by Paul Antico
A quartet of zooming dynamic dancers pushing their movement to the limit.
Music "Athena's Wrath" by Zac Greenberg
Orignal cast: Leslie Duner, Moises Josue Michel, Alék López, Charlotte Smith
Premiere: Los Angeles Dance Festival Fringe April 2018
Additional performance: The Power of Music presented by Musicians for Health in Cincinnati, OH April 2018.
Photo by Paul Antico.
Music "Athena's Wrath" by Zac Greenberg
Orignal cast: Leslie Duner, Moises Josue Michel, Alék López, Charlotte Smith
Premiere: Los Angeles Dance Festival Fringe April 2018
Additional performance: The Power of Music presented by Musicians for Health in Cincinnati, OH April 2018.
Photo by Paul Antico.
Cave
Pictured: Alék López
Dropped in a deep dark cave, the dancer explores their new environment and familiarizes themselves with their new reality. This project is continually in redevelopment with several collaborators and mediums.
Music: "The Call of Corycian Cave" by Zac Greenberg.
Original dancer: Alék López. Local Premiere at CMDC's 5th Anniversary showcase in January 2018. International Premiere in The Power of Music Presented by Musician's For Heath at the historic Memorial Hall in Cincinnati April 2018.
Additional performance by Charlotte Smith at The Madrid Theatre, Canoga Park, CA I February 2020.
Music: "The Call of Corycian Cave" by Zac Greenberg.
Original dancer: Alék López. Local Premiere at CMDC's 5th Anniversary showcase in January 2018. International Premiere in The Power of Music Presented by Musician's For Heath at the historic Memorial Hall in Cincinnati April 2018.
Additional performance by Charlotte Smith at The Madrid Theatre, Canoga Park, CA I February 2020.
Jupiter Rising
Photo of Leslie Duner by Denise Leitner
Choreographer/Performer: Charlotte Smith
Composer/Performer Zac Greenberg
Premiere: danced by Alan Perez at Voices of LA ARTISTS December 2017
Additional performances danced by Leslie Duner: The Power of Music l Cincinnati, OH April 2018.
Los Angeles Dance Festival's Summer Dance Series l June 2018.
Composer/Performer Zac Greenberg
Premiere: danced by Alan Perez at Voices of LA ARTISTS December 2017
Additional performances danced by Leslie Duner: The Power of Music l Cincinnati, OH April 2018.
Los Angeles Dance Festival's Summer Dance Series l June 2018.
"The fascinating work of Charlotte Smith’s Jupiter Rising with composer and performer, Zac Greenberg, playing a triangular string instrument and encircling Smith’s spot-lit legs that reached heaven-wards made for curious, inventive and unique beginnings of this piece. Her fierce conviction, untamed red hair wildly raging and her feral use of the space under the hot spots, got away from the normal contemporary fare, and into a freedom that kept my attention in rapt wonderment and thankful recognition that there are some who actually invent." Joanne DeVito - LA Dance Chronicle
Burning Bell
Photo of Alék López and Charlotte Smith.
A collaborative work with live taiko drumming by Taiko Center of LA's Director Willie Wu.
Original cast of dancers: Sarah Butler, Moises Josue Michel, Leslie Duner, Hyosun Choi, Jessica Harper,
Heather Francis, and Charlotte Smith.
Premiered at WHDF in August 2017. Restaged at LA Theatre Center in January 2018.
Original cast of dancers: Sarah Butler, Moises Josue Michel, Leslie Duner, Hyosun Choi, Jessica Harper,
Heather Francis, and Charlotte Smith.
Premiered at WHDF in August 2017. Restaged at LA Theatre Center in January 2018.
Bending Inward
Choreography by: Charlotte Katherine in collaboration with dancer, Leslie Duner.
Music: "Sin for a Sin" by Zac Greenberg
Local Premiere: August 2016 in the West Hollywood Dance Festival
National Premiere: Power of Music commissioned by Musicians for Health. Cincinnati, OH 04/22/18.
Additional performances: Voices of LA ARTISTS. LA, CA. 12/11/16.
PGK Dance Project presents at San Diego Art Walk 05/30/17.
Music: "Sin for a Sin" by Zac Greenberg
Local Premiere: August 2016 in the West Hollywood Dance Festival
National Premiere: Power of Music commissioned by Musicians for Health. Cincinnati, OH 04/22/18.
Additional performances: Voices of LA ARTISTS. LA, CA. 12/11/16.
PGK Dance Project presents at San Diego Art Walk 05/30/17.
"Together, they seamlessly partnered through the space, lifting and melting into one another. There was a movement theme of imbalance and falling that moved the piece forward and carried with it an emotional drive that was not overdone, but instead read honest and visceral," - Beth Megill for LA Dance Review
Full review of WHDF: https://ladancereview.com/2016/08/27/powerful-start-to-the-west-hollywood-dance-festival/
DEAD OASIS
Restaging of 'Bending Inward'. Reimagined by Director: Katherine Grace Murphy and created by CMF Productions
in Borrego Springs, CA. Dance film/music video for "Sin for a Sin" by Zac Greenberg.
in Borrego Springs, CA. Dance film/music video for "Sin for a Sin" by Zac Greenberg.
HAPPINA
"HAPPINA": a full sensory theatrical experience (inspired by the life and philosophy of Pina Bausch combined with the spirit of the Happenings) in a series of moments that captures the essence of these groundbreaking
art movements in a modern day environment.
Choreographed and performed by: Charlotte Katherine
in collaboration with Graphic Designers: Marylouise McGraw and Charles Lin.
Premiered August, 2016 at Pasadena Art Center College of Design
art movements in a modern day environment.
Choreographed and performed by: Charlotte Katherine
in collaboration with Graphic Designers: Marylouise McGraw and Charles Lin.
Premiered August, 2016 at Pasadena Art Center College of Design