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​Pants Becoming Kites (2018)

Choreography by Ellen Oliver in collaboration with Dayita Nereyeth Performance by Dayita Nereyeth
​Original music by Dylan Eldredge Fitzwater (with text feat. Austin Retzlaff and Maya Sungold)


"Pants Becoming Kites" was recently restaged in a long distance collaboration with Dayita Nereyeth at Shoonya Centre for Arts and Somatic Practices in Bangalore, India. Additional showings with Dayita Nereyeth and Ellen Oliver include Plymouth State University Dance Premiere Gala, New Work Series NYC, AS220 Modern Movements Festival in Providence, RI, and Citations: Three Dances in Bangalore and Goa.

Pants Becoming Kites (2014)

Choreography by Ellen Oliver
Music by Dylan Eldredge Fitzwater with text featuring Austin Retzlaff and Maya Sungold
​Performance: Liz Kleisner and Dayita Nereyeth
Costume: Julia Smith

Original duet performed at Performance Project at Amherst College, Amherst, MA (2014), and Mount Holyoke College Commencement Dance Concert, Holyoke, MA (2015).
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  • Choreography
    • A Visitor Who Does Not Remain
    • Shiny Side Up
    • Near Awake
    • Still Life with Self Portraits
    • Pants Becoming Kites
    • Connect
    • Kaleide with Amorphous Dance Collective
    • Between Me and Blue
    • In the Thick of the Middle
    • An Evening of Enchanted Alliance
    • Como la luz
  • FIlm
    • Untrammeled by Man
    • Landings
    • Ascending Folds
    • Dear Brother
    • In the Thick of the Middle
    • Enchanted Alliance
  • Paintings
  • Contact
  • Vimeo