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Battledress by Rocha Dance Theater
Battledress is an evening length work of dance, costume design and original music. In this piece, the dancers distort the perception of the female, wearing and utilizing abstract armor inspired costumes. The costumes and dancers act as armature a framework that provides structure and stability as well as protection. The music score mixes urban styles with orchestral and tribal influences. Battledress embodies conflicts that relate to social structures and preconceptions, while asking the question: When is structure overbearing or when is there not enough?
Direction, Choreography and Costume Design by Jenny Rocha
Original Music Score by Joseph Rivas
Performance by Courtney Drasner, Jillian Hollis, Jenny Rocha and Guests
Additional Design by Eric Gorsuch and Laurie Tyrol
Jenny Rocha is a multi-disciplinary artist with a focus on dance and costume design. In addition to being a choreographer and costume designer, she is also a performer, producer and teaching artist. Currently, Jenny is the artistic director of Rocha Dance Theater and The Painted Ladies. She is also a teaching artist at BAM and on the guest faculty at Mark Morris Dance Center. Jenny also choreographs and produces for various public and private events, theater, nightlife, colleges and films. Some commisions include: The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Danspace Project, La Mama, MANA Contemporary, Shien Lee Artists, Galapagos Art Space, The Boston Center for the Arts, The New Bedford Art Museum, Roger Williams University and many more. Rochas work has been critically acclaimed in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Village Voice, The Providence Journal and others. Jenny has received support from The Thomas Moore Foundation, Danspace Projects Commissioning Initiative, The Puffin Foundation, a residency grant from Armitage Gone! Dance/Contemporary MANA, The Boston Center for the Arts, The CUNY Dance Initiative 2015, Roger Williams University and private donations.
Joseph Rivas is a composer/music producer and owner of Beat Instinct Music. His work
includes original production, remixing, mixing, mastering, sound design, and sound for film and dance. Joseph also teaches music production and mixing. He is a certified Pro Tools Operator and fluent in all major digital audio workstations including Ableton Live 6 and has been a strong proponent of Ableton Lives unique abilities as music software. Joe has worked in genres that include hiphop, electronic, RnB, orchestral, bass music and pop. He is a 5 time Indaba Music contest winner including two grand prizes for his original productions in the Com Truise (ghostly international) sample session at Converse Rubber Tracks and the IHEARTCOMIX sample session featuring Franki Chan, Heems, Gavin Turek, Pictureplane and Mark Redito fka Spazzkid. As the music supervisor and composer for Rocha Dance Theater and The Painted Ladies he regularly produces tracks, remixes and original scores. He has also worked as a mix engineer for feature length documentaries and is currently mixing live music by the band Deer Tick.
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LocationBaryshnikov Arts Center (View)
450 West 37th Street
New York, NY 10018
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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