PHOTO GALLERY
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MARY SIGWARD
In Translation
Set to Charles Rudig's "Speaker for the Dead", this brooding duet embodies the liminal spaces of our mind. Weaving, waltzing, and intertwining movements are contrasted with vast distances between the movers, highlighting the subconscious reverberations of our inner thoughts. This duet is neither here nor there, but rather an enigmatic sonic voyage to the next destination.
Premiered on June 16, 2024 at the Seattle International Dance Festival.
Run time: 12 minutes
Choreographed by Mary Sigward, in collaboration with Kaitlyn Nguyen and marco farroni
Performed by Kaitlyn Nguyen and Mary Sigward
Music by Charles Rudig, performed by Hypercube
photo: Jim Coleman
Nebeneffekte
A pulsating trio, Nebeneffekte examines the intensity and interconnectivity of life from the vantage point of the smallest beings on the planet: microorganisms.
Premiered on September 13, 2024 at Base Arts Space in Seattle, WA as part of MS+A's production Semblance of a Loop.
Run time: 10.5 minutes
Choreographed by Mary Sigward, in collaboration with the dancers
Performed by Lael Battiste, Kaitlyn Nguyen, and Emily Walter
Music by Holly Herndon
photo: Tricia French
an arrangement in a system to pointing
Inspired by Gertrude Stein’s "Tender Buttons", this work reflects on the exertion of staying in the present for another person. This work marks the first collaboration between MS+A and Brooklyn-based composer Charles Rudig.
Premiered on June 16, 2024 at the Seattle International Dance Festival, with a development residency at bst at the University of Washington Dance Department in August 2023.
Run time: 7.5 minutes
Choreographed by Mary Sigward, in collaboration with the dancers
Performed by Lael Battiste and Rhea Keller
Music by Charles Rudig, performed by Scott Allen Miller
photo: Tricia French
photo: Jim Coleman
Spectacle
Spectacle investigates contemporary consumer culture and its negative impact on our relationship to one another. Inspired by Guy Debord’s writings, this work exemplifies how humans have lost touch with one another in an over-stimulated world by supplanting their relations between people with commodities.
Premiered on June 14, 2023 at the Seattle International Dance Festival, commissioned as part of the James Ray Residency Program
Run time: 25 minutes
Choreographed by Mary Sigward in collaboration with the dancers
Performed by Nathan Cook, Rhea Keller, Deshawn Morton, Kaitlyn Nguyen, and Mary Sigward
Music by Valgeir Sigurðsson and Ben Lukas Boysen
photo: Marcia Davis
sorry Clover
sorry Clover is an interdisciplinary dance work investigating the fragility of memory. It reflects on the painful comfort of nostalgia and our unconditional love for a fleeting moment in time. This work isn’t tied to a particular moment in life. Rather, it’s about the relationship between the event that gave rise to the memory and the act of remembering it.
sorry Clover premiered on November 11, 2022 at Yaw Theater in Seattle, WA.
Run time: 37 minutes
Mary Sigward: dancer, choreographer, producer, sound design, graphic design, digital and film artist
Sara Torres: lighting designer, technical director
Maia Durfee: costume alterations
photo: Jim Coleman
back-formation
back-formation is a work-in-progress examining the role of grief in the human experience. At some point in life, every human will experience the overwhelming and confusing emotion called "grief." Movement has the capacity to heal by creating a powerful kinesthetic connection between two beings, even when a single word is not spoken.
Premiered on February 23, 2020 at 12 Minutes Max at Base Arts Space in Seattle, WA.
Run time: 11 minutes
Mary Sigward: Choreographer and Dancer
Jazzy Photo: Videographer