Ryan Bourque Visits rehearsal

Ryan Bourque came and to our rehearsal and took some fabulous photographs that I'd like to share. Dancers:  Diana Deaver, Kristina Isabelle, Kalin Morrow, Angela Patmon, Jessie Young

Photographed at Outerspace

To see more of Ryan's work check out his blog:  www. kungfubicycle.wordpress.com

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We are working on The Floating City and this was the first rehearsal when everyone was there in a while.  It felt great to watch talented artists embodying not only my phrase work but actually making it better by adding in their own personal stories.

Themes we explored:

Pulleys - (more about that in another post)

Slowing down the brain / reflection

Drama/ storyness in the body

Place in the body - a landscape we can see or feel

Textured body

A body going through something - a story passing through the body

Unveil and Reveal

Floating on a boat / waves hitting at different directions

Blooms & Butterflies at Franklin Park Conservatory

Saturday March 9, 2013 we performed two shows in the Palm House of the Franklin Park Conservatory for the opening of the Blooms & Butterflies.  The theme was Brazilian Carnival so we put on a fabulous family friendly production that included dance, stilts, hoops and trapeze.  By the end of the show everyone was up dancing with us.  

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Performers:  Jeff Fouch, Kristina Isabelle, Eric Falck, Lindsay Nova Calvert, Cate Owens, Jessica Minshall and Noah Rogers.

TO SEE VIDEO EXCERPTS click link below:

Excerpts of Blooms & Butterfly show

Philip Roth Quote

This Phillip Roth quote is still resonating with me as I prepare the Draft solo Work version of this piece.

"The world is full of people who go around believing that they’ve got you or your neighbor figured out. There really is no bottom to what is not known. The truth about us is endless".

The poem that started it all

The poem that started it all 8/8/11

The Floating City

Even as I sit in this chair, the city rocks. I am on the boat again or did I ever leave?

Shifting and settling underneath me It tugs my heart and mind back to this place…

The floating city There is no escape. I am no longer trying to get away I am here When I am here, I am not sure what is real and what is a figment of this floating world.

Un –realized / realized dreams Open dialogues of days gone by The in-between The middle The muck

I sit and wait I actually try to move but I don’t But I am...you see The floating city is constantly moving

Collage of Images

I created this when I was recovering from my first breast cancer surgery in July and it seems to hit me in a lot of ways. I will just post it and you tell me what you see or feel. All of the images are from Art In America magazines from 2010.

I feel strong connections with this piece and The Floating City.

Legends & Legacies Concert

Press: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/05/01/book-gig-to-recall-gathering-of-talent.html

Kristina Isabelle Dance Company presents

Legends & Legacies: Columbus Dances Book Release and Maggie Patton Tribute Performance

Wednesday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m Columbus Performing Arts Center – Shedd Theater 549 Franklin Ave., Columbus, OH 43215

General Admission $15 and $10 students at the door

Presenting the publication: Columbus Moves, A Brief History of Contemporary Dance

Featuring a performance by: Karen Bell, Vickie Blaine, Susan Hadley, David Jon Krohn, Susan Van Pelt Petry, Jenai Cutcher, Señor Juan and Yolanda

Special tribute to Maggie Patton with solo a she created now recreated by Kristina Isabelle and a solo by book author Jenai Cutcher West

For more information: 614-224-0003

Photo Gallery: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.451829811510697.122310.117408874952794&type=1

The Purple State - Links Hall Nov. 4-6, 2011

NOV 4-6, 2011

THE PURPLE STATE

curated by 2012 Links Hall Artistic Associate Erin Carlisle Norton of The Moving Architects

Featuring choreography by: Kristina Isabelle, Meghan Durham-Wall, and Erin Carlisle Norton

Performers throughout the evening include: Laurie Atkins, Annie Arnoult Beserra, Meghan Durham-Wall, and Ashley Thorndike-Youssef / Kristina Isabelle / The Moving Architects: Alyssa Gregory, Amanda Gross, Angela Luem, and Laura Vinci de Vanegas

Links Hall 3435 N. Sheffield Chicago / IL Friday, 8pm, with opening night reception Saturday, 8pm, with post show discussion Sunday, 7pm $15 or $12 online/$10 students and seniors more info and tickets: Linkshall.org themovingarchitects.org

THE PURPLE STATE: featuring 3 distinct female choreographers with deep connections to Ohio. From a state steeped in political drama and cities steadily rising out of cornfields, there maintains a drive into the theoretical, performative, and choreographic work of Kristina Isabelle, Meghan Durham-Wall, and Erin Carlisle Norton. Pulling in themes surrounding the complexity of interacting, the violet found in Kandinsky artwork, and magical realism, their work keeps dance charged and relevant in Middle America.