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Beth Gill

(NY)

Returning Choreographic Fellow: 2013, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2024

FREAK:FUNK

January 5 – 17, 2025

FREAK:FUNK is not a title, but rather a linguistic and physical impetus to think about cultural intersections broadly and specifically. Working exclusively with women during this residency Gill will explore diagrammatically a series of current interests and curiosities: diy art-making and materials, interracial friendship, rhythmic interruption, magical thinking, Soul Train and bricolage.

Nail Biter

February 12 – 20, 2022

Collaborators in Residence: Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, Jennifer Lafferty, Marilyn Maywald Yahel [Performers], Baille Younkman [Costume Designer], Jon Moniaci, [Composer], Michelle Fletcher [Manager]

Returning Choreographic Fellow Beth Gill came to MANCC for the fourth time to continue developing her work Nail Biter.  In this new work, fantasy and imagination act as powerful liberating catalysts for creating new selves and futures. It brings to life otherworldly characters, amalgamations of Gill and her dancers, that speak across culture lines to a collective unconscious. Reaching towards science fiction and ancient myth, Nail Biter’s characters communicate visually through archetype and metaphor.

Nail Biter is a three-year project co-commissioned by Fisher Center at Bard, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and the Walker Art Center. This single creative process spanning 2021 – 2023 will produce three related, site-responsive presentations culminating in a large-scale proscenium production.
 
While in residence at MANCC, Gill met with FSU Art Professors, Rob Duarte and Carolyn Henne, who spoke with Gill to work through technical considerations of the material elements she was investigating, namely body casting and robotics. Gill also hosted a sharing of the work in process and discussion with members of the FSU School of Dance Faculty.

This residency is supported, in part, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 

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