SANTA BARBARA DANCE THEATER
PROFESSIONAL COMPANY IN RESIDENCE AT UCSB
REPERTORY
A listing of all active repertory available for touring and re-staging.
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Miles to Go
Choreography: Brandon Whited
Music: Michael Wall
2 dancers
18 mins.
Miles to Go utilizes duet form and interactive sound design to illustrate the physical, mental and emotional trauma experienced by the LGBTQ+ community as a direct result of ongoing and increasing violence, discrimination, and attacks on civil rights through endless legislation. While both traditional and social media keep us informed, the endless onslaught has real ramifications.
Premiered October 2023 in Santa Barbara
Fall Season “The Ties that Bind/Los Lazos que Unen”
La Luz / The Light
Choreography: Eric Parra
Music: various
7 dancers
25 mins.
Commissioned for SBDT in relation to the performance, exhibit and symposium Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance, Eric Parra’s La Luz | The Light draws on his Colombian heritage and personal family history to illustrate a rich narrative centered on personal and collective struggle and perseverance.
Premiered October 2023 in Santa Barbara
Fall Season “The Ties that Bind/Los Lazos que Unen”
Querida Herida
Choreography: Rosie Herrera
Music: various
5 dancers
20 mins.
Expanded and adapted for SBDT Rosie Herrera’s Querida Herida (Beloved Would) uses episodes to explore the ways we wound and hurt ourselves and the ones we love. In her signature hyper-theatrical aesthetic, Herrea explores the layers of identity and human interaction colored by her unique vision.
Premiered October 2023 in Santa Barbara
Fall Season “The Ties that Bind/Los Lazos que Unen”
Querida Herrida was originally commissioned by Limón Dance Company in 2018.
DARLING
Choreography: Hélèn Simoneau
Music: Mary Kouyoumdjian
Dramaturgy: Melanie George
5 dancers
30 mins.
DARLING explores vulnerability and intimacy through the presence and absence of touch. More than romance—how does touch inform relationship? This work suggests and supports alternative views on gender and sexuality. It exposes the viewers’ own biases towards the perceived power and strength of the people onstage. Rooted in form, the movement is created in reverence to its lineage yet subverts traditional ways of being within dance partnering by proposing new ones.
New version for SBDT premiered January 2023 in Santa Barbara
Winter Season “Intimacy & Autonomy”
DARLING originally premiered by Helen Simoneau Danse in March 2020.
Partial Adaptation
Choreography: David Maurice
Music: various
2 dancers, 1 audience member
26 mins.
Partial Adaptation is a dance work created in the realm of (as well as with many of the tools of) absurdist theater, challenging autonomy and the fourth wall. For David Maurice, the piece is the beginning of a period of curiosity and the exploration of the roles of performers and audience, misuse of the fourth wall, and performer and audience autonomy.
Premiered January 2023 in Santa Barbara
Winter Season “Intimacy & Autonomy”
HER (abridged)
Choreography: Brandon Whited
Music: various
5-6 dancers
12 mins.
HER (abridged) is an ensemble work for six women that abstractly resonates on the ongoing injustice endured by women. Developed in partial collaboration with the dancers, the piece contrasts gestural explorations of strength and assertiveness, with durational group partnering tapping into community and mutual support amongst women.
Premiered January 2023 in Santa Barbara
Winter Season “Intimacy & Autonomy”
ARENA, or 1 of 4 and 4 of 1
Choreography: Brandon Whited
Music: B*tch
4 dancers
8 mins.
Originally designed for performance in-the-round, ARENA, or 1 of 4 and 4 of 1 is a witty, playful and physically light-hearted romp that is anchored by formalist compositional structure. A conversation between formal austerity and hyper-performativity, ARENA brings energy and light to those who are drawn to narrative and character, and form and symmetry to those with an eye for structure and organization in dance composition.
Premiered January 2022 in Santa Barbara
SBDT 2022 Season