Choreographer

2004. Nerdof, a work for 11 dancers based on the life and works of the composer Dimitri Shostakovich, to Shostakovich's 9th String Quartet, performed at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

2002. Egon, a work for 1 man and 7 women, based on the life and works of the artist Egon Schiele, music by Franz Schubert, performed at SUNY-Potsdam.

1997. Impasse, a new work for seven Japanese dancers, performed in Tokyo, Japan.

1991. Umi Kurete, a trio for three Japanese dancers, music by Joji Yuasa. Tokyo, Japan.

1989. This Time Place, a quartet, music by Kerry Rose. Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz, CA.

1989. Cries of Gaia, collaborative choreography and performance in a duet with Betsy Fisher, music by George Crumb. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1988. Mobile Suite, a work for seven dancers based on the paintings and projections of Cheryl Doering. Original score, Gene Lewis. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1988. Studio, choreography, performance, and composition of a four-track collage score for a trio. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1987. Whisper Moon, choreography and performance of a quartet, music by William Bolcom, UCSC.

1986. Klee Works, based on six paintings by Paul Klee, for ten dancers, including two solos for myself. Music by Gunther Schuller and scenic design utilized nine projectors, UCSC.

1985. On the Ropes, a group piece for 12 dancers. Text from Guillaum Apollinaire, Gertrude Stein and Louis Aragon. Original score: Herb Heinz, Dale MacDonald, UCSC.

1985. Witch Dance III, choreography and solo performance, Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1984. Login-Logout, a piece for 11 dancers (8 students, 3 faculty). Choreography, performance, and construction of a four-track sound score from the rhythmic patterns of programmed computer printers. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1983. Transport, a solo and two duets in collaboration with Robert Ellis Dunn and Gordon Mumma. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1983. Witch Dance III, choreography and performance of a solo based on an existing fragment of a Mary Wigman piece from 1926. Live Gamelan accompaniment: Undang Sumarna. UCSC.

1982. Anasazi (The Ancient Ones), group piece for eight dancers, music by David Cope, UCSC.

1982. Is It Time Already? (A Solo for Eleven), choreography, text editing, and performance, UCSC.

1981. Freewheeling, choreography of a new version, performed as a quartet with Donna Krasnow, Donald Byrd, and Martin Kravitz, UCSC.

1981. Cogito Ergo Sum, a rechoreographed work for 10 dancers, UCSC.

1980. Cogito Ergo Sum, a work for 9 dancers and 8 projectors; composed a score using text from Spinoza, Descartes and Mumma.

1980. Enantrodromia, choreography and performance of a 30-minute work for 27 dancers,to music by Robert Moran, UCSC.

1980. Freewheeling, choreography and performance of a work in three movements with Albert Reid and Bill Cratty. Music: Sonata in A Flat Major, by F. Haydn. UCSC.

1980. Talking Will be at a Minimum, rechoreographed and performed, UCSC.

1980. Vectors, rechoreographed for 12 dancers, music by Leo Kraft, UCSC.

1980. Ashes of Roses, rechoreographed with Kelly Holt. Faculty concert, Summer Dance Theater Institute, UCSC.

1980. Blowout, rechoreographed for 10 students, UCSC.

1980. Rituals, a solo performed with David Cope. Dance Theater Concert. Music by David Cope, UCSC.

1979. Ashes of Roses, a duet with Bill de Young. Music by Lukas Foss, UCSC.

1979. Vectors, choreographed group work for 9 dancers. Music by Leo Kraft, UCSC.

1978. Blowout, a piece using 30 innertubes for 10 dancers. Created a tape collage in collaboration with Dave Hirschmann using music by Stockhausen and Braxton. Summer Dance Theater Institute Concert, UCSC.

1978. Repose of Rivers, rechoreographed for 10 dancers. Added new sections and music. UCSC.

1978. Talking Will be at a Minimum, choreographed and performed as a duet on sculpture by Norvid Roos. Created a tape in collaboration with Carl Fravel using 3 actors and texts from newspaper articles by Wally Trabing. UCSC.

1978. Tone Poem. Choreography and performance in collaboration with Betty Walberg, to music by Randy Newman. Faculty Concert, UCSC.

1977. Repose of Rivers, a new work for 8 dancers based on 2 poems by Hart Crane. Music by John Eaton. UCSC.

1977. Threnody, a reworking of Kaleidoscope for 8 dancers, UCSC.

1977. Variations for a Door and a Sigh, rechoreographed for performance with Kelly Holt. Case Western Reserve Theater, Cleveland, OH.

1977. Variations for a Door and a Sigh, a duet. Performance and composition of a tape collage in collaboration with Dave Erickson from works by Pierre Henry and Ken Nordine. UCSC.

1976. Apparitions, choreographed in collaboration with Gladys Bailin and performed in concert with Gladys Bailin and Kelly Holt, Studio Theater, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

1976. A Room of One's Own, a trio. Choreography, composition of sound score, and performance. UCSC.

1976. Gangbusters (new title - Shakedown), choreographed for Dance Theater Production, UCSC.

 1976. Kaleidescope, a new work for 7 dancers, to music by George Crumb, UCSC.

1975. Gangbusters, for ten dancers. Score by Gordon Mumma and live performance on french horn by Eli Hollander, UCSC.

1975. Caesura, rechoreographed and performed as a solo. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1974. Centriptal Flight, co-choreographed and performed as a duet to live music by Charles Jones. UCSC.

1974. Soundings, for 9 dancers, based on the poem "The Moon Rises," by Federico Garcia Lorca. Music by Alban Berg. UCSC.

1973. Ancient Voices, a group work for 10 dancers. Music by George Crumb, based on a cycle of songs with texts by Federico Garcia Lorca. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1972. Love and Plastic, music by Dissevelt and Bolton, rechoreographed for 12 performers and 60 feet of plastic. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1972. Go for Baroque, music by Lukas Foss, a piece for full orchestra and dancers (in which both groups were involved with the movement and sound). UCSC.

1972. Shattered Moon, a piece for orchestra and dancers within an environmental sculpture designed by Steve Lynn, UCSC.

1971. Reinforced Concrete, based on “concrete poetry,” UCSC.

1971. Symbiosis, choreography and performance to music for piano and solo dancer. UCSC.

1970. Night Flight, a work for dancer, cello and five timpani to music by William Bolcom. Chautauqua Institution, NY.

1969. Love and Plastic, a group work for sixteen dancers, music by Dissevelt and Bolton, Chautauqua Institute, NY.

1969. On Klee, a piece for ten dancers with projections of works by Paul Klee. Performed by the Repertory Dance Group at New York University School of Arts. Music by Gunther Schuller.

1969. Sound Supermart, a piece for solo dancer and four tape recorders, music by William Bolcom,. Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY. Additional performances of this work at the Free Music Theater, New York, NY.

1968. Dimensions of the Center, a solo. Performances at Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY. Additional performances at the Cooper Union Theater, New York, NY, and in Erie, PA. Music by Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel.

Director

1982. Hecuba, co-directed in two separate stagings, Performing Arts Theater and Quarry, UCSC.

1981. L'Histoire du Soldat, co-directed and choreographed, Colorado Music Festival, Chautauqua Theater, Boulder, CO.

1981. Three Penny Opera, co-director with Andrew Doe, Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1974. Humanist's Tragedy, assumed the direction of Jean Erdman's new theater piece based on a poem by Robinson Jeffers for 22 dancers-actors. New York University School of the Arts, New York, NY.

1973. Dance Theater Concert of Group Works. Directed, choreographed, and coordinated the production of five new works involving 42 dancers.

1973. Come Kiss My Verb, a group work utilizing a script created of poetry and prose from the Dada period.

1972. A Collaboration of Orchestra and Dance. Choreographed and directed two new works in collaboration with Sherwood Dudley, director of the UCSC Symphony Orchestra.

1972. Artists Concert. Coordinated the production of the major guest artists in residence for the SDTI. Choreographed and performed Sound Supermart, a work for solo dancer and five tape recorders, music by William Bolcom; performed a duet choreographed by Gladys Bailin, Vis-a-Vis, with Kelly Holt and Byron Wheeler on alternate evenings.

1972. Dance Theater Concert. Coordinated production presenting five choreographic works, three by my students, which I directed.

1971. Dance Theater Concert. Coordinated production involving five new works and 64 performers.

1971. Reinforced Concrete. Choreographed and performed a work for solo dancer and group, with projections and Moog synthesizer.

1971. The Journey, an environmental theater piece for 25 performers. Created and directed 1-1/2 hour work with traveling orchestra, under the auspices of a Creative Arts Institute Grant (August).

1970-89. Dance Theater Concerts, producer and director.

1968-69. Movement director for New York University School of the Arts major productions: Thieves' Carnival, Tartuffe, Electra, and The Time of Your Life.

Artistic Director

1972-80. Coordinated Summer Dance Theater Institute productions of new works involving approximately 55 dancers each year.

Performer

1989. Cries of Gaia, collaborative choreographer and performer in a duet with Betsy Fisher, music by George Crumb. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1988. Studio, performed and composed the collage four-track score for a trio. Collaborative choreography with Cliff Keuter and Elina Mooney. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1987. Whisper Moon, choreographed and performed a quartet, music by William Bolcom, UCSC.

1986. Klee Works, a piece based on six paintings by Paul Klee, for ten dancers, including two solos for myself. Music by Gunther Schuller and scenic design utilized nine projectors. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1985. Witch Dance III, choreographed and performed (solo). Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1984. Login-Logout, a piece for 11 dancers (8 students, 3 faculty); a four-track sound score constructed from the rhythmic patterns of programmed computer printers. Choreographer, performer, and composer. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1983. Transport, performed a solo and two duets, collaboratively choreographed with Robert Ellis Dunn. Music by Gordon Mumma. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1983. Witch Dance III, a solo based on an existing fragment of a Mary Wigman piece from 1926. Live Gamelan accompaniment: Undang Sumarna. Choreographed and performed, UCSC.

1982. Is It Time Already? (A Solo for Eleven), choreographed, wrote and performed, UCSC.

1981. Freewheeling, choreographed and performed a new version of a quartet for myself, Donna Krasnow, Donald Byrd, and Martin Kravitz, UCSC.

1980. Enantrodromia, choreographed and performed a 30 minute work for 27 dancers, music by visiting artist Robert Moran.

1980. Freewheeling, choreographed and performed a work in three movements with Albert Reid and Bill Cratty. Music: Sonata in A Flat Major, by F. Haydn.

1980. Talking Will be at a Minimum, rechoreographed and performed.

1980. Ashes of Roses and Rituals, in the Dance Concert Series, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

1980. Ostinato Pianissimo, duet with Kelly Holt, Summer Dance Theater Institute, Faculty Concert.

1979. Ashes of Roses, choreographed and performed as a duet with Bill de Young. Music by Lukas Foss.

1979. Rituals and Ashes of Roses, Riverside Theater, New York City.

1979. Rituals, music by David Cope, Ensemble Nova Concert, UCSC.

1978. Talking Will be at a Minimum, rechoreographed and performed as a solo. Faculty Concert, Summer Dance Theater Institute.

1976. Apparitions, performed new piece choreographed in collaboration with Gladys Bailin, July 12, Studio Theater, Case Western Reserve University.

1975. In Concert, with Byron Wheeler, Case Western Reserve University Theater, June 25-26.
In Concert, San Diego State Studio Theater.
In Concert, UC San Diego, Manderville Center Theater, October 15.
In Concert, UCSC Performing Arts Theater, October 2.
In Concert, UC Irvine, Fine Arts Concert Hall, October 9.

1975-76. In Concert Tour, a full concert of works performed with Byron Wheeler at Monterey Peninsula College, Cabrillo College, UCSC, UC Riverside, and Hartnell College.

1975. Ostinato Pianissimo, a duet with Byron Wheeler, choreographed by Kelly Holt.

1974. Centripetal Flight, performed as guest artist at Sonoma State University. Duet with Byron Wheeler, July 19, 20, and 21.

1974. Vis a Vis, a duet with Byron Wheeler, choreographed by Gladys Bailin, music by Vivaldi.

1973. Recurrencies, a duet with Dee Winterton, choreographed by Joan Woodbury. Music by Ned Rorem. Performing Arts Theater, UCSC.

1972. Performed at The Open Eye, New York City, in a series of concerts. Jean Erdman, director.

1972. Shungopovai Shade, performed at Theatre at Saint Clements, New York City, choreographed by Kelly Holt.

1971. Embryo, a full evening's multimedia concert: Ruth Solomon, movement; Keith Muscutt, light; Eric Regener, sound. Cabrillo College, UCSC, Saratoga, and Palo Alto.

1970. Jean Erdman Theater of Dance, performances at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, New York.

1968. Theater of Dance, performances on U. S. tour. Jean Erdman, director and choreographer.

1958-70. Soloist with Jean Erdman Theater of Dance; performances throughout the U. S.