Active Repertoire
Dissimilate
Choreography by Rohan Bhargava
Original music by Annie Nikunen
Performing forces: four dancers, cello, electronic track
Duration: approx. 12.5 minutes
Supported in part by a commissioning grant from the O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation.
Music commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.
World premiere: May 21-22, 2022
Dancers: Sydney Chow, Elisabeth Jeffrey, Paulina Meneses, Evita Zacharioglou
Musicians: Jeffrey Zeigler, cello
Mark Morris Dance Center
Equipoise
Choreography by Gabrielle Lamb (guest)
Original music (Ipseities, No. 21) by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: two dancers, piano
Duration: approx. 6.5 minutes
Made possible in part by a generous gift from Deborah and Charles Adelman.
World premiere: June 27, 2021
Dancers: Erin Dillon and Evita Zacharioglou
Musicians: Jonathan Howard Katz, piano
Dixon Place
on the other side of silence
Choreography and music by Annie Nikunen
Performing forces: dancing flutist and interacting pianist
Duration: approx. 9 minutes
World premiere: June 27, 2021
Performers: Annie Nikunen and Jonathan Howard Katz
Dixon Place
SPLIT
Choreography by PeiJu Chien-Pott (guest)
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Costumes by Lauren Carmen
Performing forces: two dancers, cello
Duration: approx. 10.5 minutes
Made possible in part by a generous gift from Deborah and Charles Adelman.
World premiere: May 21-22, 2022
Dancers: Liz Hepp and Paulina Meneses
Musician: Jeffrey Zeigler, cello
Mark Morris Dance Center
The Subject
Choreography by Evita Zacharioglou
Piano music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Soundscape by Spencer Robelen
Performing forces: three dancers, piano, and electronic track
Duration: approx. 11 minutes
World premiere: May 21-22, 2022
Dancers: Nico Gonzales, Elisabeth Jeffrey, Evita Zacharioglou
Musician: Jonathan Howard Katz, piano
Mark Morris Dance Center
To Take You There
Choreography by Alia Kache (guest)
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Text: “Live Girls,” by Andrea Cohen
Music commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.
Performing forces: one dancer, soprano, and cello
Duration: approx. 15 minutes
World premiere: June 27, 2021
Dancer: Erin Dillon
Musicians: Sharon Harms, soprano; Issei Herr, cello
Dixon Place
Unbeknownst
Choreography by Gabrielle Lamb (guest)
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Costumes by Lauren Carmen
Performing forces: four dancers, viola, piano
Duration: approx. 16 minutes
Supported by a commissioning grant from the O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation and a project grant from New Music USA.
World premiere: May 21-22, 2022
Dancers: Rohan Bhargava, Sydney Chow, Nico Gonzales, Evita Zacharioglou
Musicians: Elise Frawley, viola; Jonathan Howard Katz, piano
Mark Morris Dance Center
Unleash
Choreography by Rohan Bhargava
Music: Dviraag by Asha Srinivasan
Performing forces: two dancers, flute, and cello
Duration: approx. 8 minutes
World premiere: June 27, 2021
Dancers: Elisabeth Jeffrey and Christopher LaFleche
Musicians: Annie Nikunen, flute; Issei Herr, cello
Dixon Place
What Kind of Land
Choreography by Da’ Von Doane (guest)
Music: What kind of land will we be together in? by Annie Nikunen
Performing forces: two dancers, piano 4-hands
Duration: approx. 10 minutes
World premiere: May 21-22, 2022
Dancers: Nico Gonzales and Christopher LaFleche
Musicians: Melinda Faylor and Jonathan Howard Katz, piano
Mark Morris Dance Center
Additional Repertoire
Anima
Choreography by Erin Dillon
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: cello, piano, three dancers
Duration: 17 minutes
World premiere: June 12-13, 2015
Dancers: Elisabeth Jeffrey, Megan Jones, Michaela Catherine McGowan
Musicians: Aminda Asher, cello; Jonathan Howard Katz, piano
Ascendancy
Choreography by Erin Dillon
Music: “Fantasy—Remembering Roger,” and “Rhapsodic Musings,” from Four Lauds, by Elliott Carter (presented by arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, publisher and copyright owner)
Performing forces: two dancers, solo violin
Duration: approx. 8 minutes
World premiere of first part: October 6, 2014 (Elebash Recital Hall)
World premiere of full piece: June 12-13, 2015
Dancers: Elisabeth Jeffrey and Michaela Catherine McGowan
Musician: Caroline Chin
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, LIU Brooklyn
conjuring MAEJHH
Choreography by Annalee Traylor
Original music by Hilary Purrington
Performing forces: three dancers, solo piano
Duration: approx. 9 minutes
World premiere: May 10-11, 2019
Dancers: Erin Dillon, Elisabeth Jeffrey, Hannah Weber
Musician: Jonathan Howard Katz, piano
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts at LIU Brooklyn
Music commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation
Crux
Choreography by Leigh Schanfein
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: clarinet, percussion, string sextet, seven dancers
Duration: approx. 16 minutes
World premiere: April 25, 2012
Dancers: Tucker Davis, Mike Hodge, Paul Monaghan, Lydia Phillips, Keelin Ryan, Lauren Santos, and Leigh Schanfein
Musicians: Alicia Lee, Alex Lipowski, Francis Liu, Tema Watstein, Margaret Dyer, Nathan Schram, Mariel Roberts, Aminda Asher, and Martin Piecuch
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, NYC
Elle ne m’aime pas
Choreography by Hannah Weber
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Texts from Carmen, Samson et Dalila, and Tosca
Performing forces: solo (singing) dancer, solo (moving) pianist
Duration: approx. 16 minutes
Made possible by a generous gift from Gerald Appelstein.
World premiere: May 10-11, 2019
Dancer: Erin Dillon
Musician: Jonathan Howard Katz, piano
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts at LIU Brooklyn
Encaged
Choreography by Erin Dillon
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo piano
Duration: approx. 7 minutes
World premiere: November 8, 2018
Dancer: Erin Dillon
Musician: Jonathan Howard Katz, piano
Dixon Place, New York City
Epoch
Choreography by Erin Dillon
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: five dancers, clarinet, viola, and piano
Duration: approx. 27 minutes
Supported by a commissioning grant from the O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation.
World premiere: May 10/12, 2018
Dancers: Demetria “D’vass” Charles, Elisabeth Jeffrey, Christopher LaFleche, Marissa Brielle Wiley Mumford, Hannah Weber
Musicians: Adrián Sandí, clarinet; Celia Hatton, viola; Jonathan Howard Katz, piano
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts at LIU Brooklyn
Escape Velocity
Choreography by Seán Curran (guest)
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Part of The Portrait Project
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo percussion
Duration: approx. 7.5 minutes
World premiere: February 18-19, 2016
Dancer: Erin Dillon
Musician: Sarah Mullins
GK ArtsCenter, Brooklyn
Façade
Choreography by Zara Lawler (guest)
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: dancing flutist
Duration: approx. 4 minutes
World premiere: October 20, 2021
Performer: Annie Nikunen
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
The Heaviness of Air
Choreography by Helen Simoneau (guest)
Original music by Mary Kouyoumdjian
Part of The Portrait Project
Music commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo cellist with fixed electronics
Duration: approx. 5.5 minutes
World premiere: February 18-19, 2016
Dancer: Isaac Owens
Musician: Aminda Asher
GK ArtsCenter, Brooklyn
Imminence
Choreography by Erin Dillon
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: five dancers, violin, clarinet, and percussion
Duration: approx. 16 minutes
World premiere: April 1-2, 2017
Dancers: Demetria “D’vass” Charles, Elisabeth Jeffrey, Isaac Owens, Hannah Weber, Marissa Wiley
Musicians: Lauren Cauley, violin; Adrián Sandí, clarinet; Sarah Mullins, percussion
GK ArtsCenter, Brooklyn
Just when and where you are
Choreography by Leigh Schanfein
Music: Pieces for Piano, Nos. 3 & 4, by James Holt
Performing forces: piano, two dancers
Duration: approx. 7 minutes
World premiere: February 17, 2013
Dancers: Michael Abbatiello and Robin Gilbert Campos
Pianist: Jonathan Howard Katz
Roulette, NYC
Laid upon the children
Choreography by Leigh Schanfein
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: flute/bass flute, oboe/English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, viola, cello, bass, percussion, twelve dancers
Duration: approx. 21 minutes
World premiere:
February 1, 2014
Dancers: Shay Bares, Ariel Comeau, Tucker Davis, Chris DeVita, Elisabeth Jeffrey, Megan Jones, Oisín Monaghan, Isaac Owens, Rhea Roderick, Leigh Schanfein, Christian Serrano, and Hannah Weber
Musicians: Kelli Kathman, Arthur Sato, Adrián Sandí, Sarah Mullins, Colin Brookes, Hiro Matsuo, Lisa Maree Dowling, and Jonathan Howard Katz
Symphony Space, NYC
Latency
Choreography by Erin Dillon and Hannah Weber
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: clarinet, violin, piano, six dancers
Duration: approx. 21 minutes
World premiere:
February 18-19, 2016
Dancers: Erin Dillon, Elisabeth Jeffrey, Megan Jones, Michaela Catherine McGowan, Isaac Owens, and Hannah Weber
Musicians: Lauren Cauley, violin; Adrián Sandí, clarinet; Jonathan Howard Katz, piano
GK ArtsCenter, NYC
Marionettenfädendurcheinanderwalzer
Choreography by Leigh Schanfein
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: various instrumentations, two (or four) dancers
Duration: approx. 6 minutes
World premiere: April 25, 2012
Dancers: Tucker Davis and Leigh Schanfein
Musicians: Sarah Carrier, Alicia Lee, Francis Liu, Mariel Roberts, William McNally, Martin Piecuch
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, NYC
Oracle
Choreography by Norbert De La Cruz III
Original music by Harry Stafylakis
Performing forces: six dancers, violin, cello, and piano
Duration: approx. 15 minutes
Oracle was supported by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, New York State Council on the Arts, Helen F. Whitaker Fund, Aaron Copland Fund for Music.
World premiere: May 10-11, 2019
Dancers: Rohan Bhargava, Demetria “D’vass” Charles, Erin Dillon, Elisabeth Jeffrey, Christopher LaFleche, Hannah Weber, Evita Zacharioglou
Musicians: Lauren Cauley, violin; Caleb van der Swaagh, cello; Jonathan Howard Katz, piano
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts at LIU Brooklyn
Noesis
Choreography by Hannah Weber
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: five dancers, viola, cello, and piano
Duration: approx. 22 minutes
World premiere: June 3-4, 2017
Dancers: Demetria “D’vass” Charles, Erin Dillon, Alia Kache, Isaac Owens, Hannah Weber/Marissa Wiley
Musicians: Celia Hatton, viola; Aminda Asher, cello; Jonathan Howard Katz, piano
GK ArtsCenter, Brooklyn
Reflection
Choreography by Katarzyna Skarpetowska (guest)
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Part of The Portrait Project
Music commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo piano
Duration: approx. 8.5 minutes
World premiere: February 18-19, 2016
Dancer: Michaela Catherine McGowan
Musician: Jonathan Howard Katz
GK ArtsCenter, Brooklyn
Separate Rooms
Choreography by Joshua Beamish (guest)
Original music by Shawn Jaeger
Part of The Portrait Project
Music commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo bass clarinetist
Duration: approx. 8.5 minutes
World premiere: February 18-19, 2016
Dancer: Hannah Weber
Musician: Adrián Sandí
GK ArtsCenter, Brooklyn
Sinking
Choreography by Wendell Gray II (guest)
Original music by Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti (title of music: Gray)
Originally developed during the 2017 Emerging Artist Residencies.
Performing forces: two dancers, viola, and percussion
Duration: approx. 9.5 minutes
World premiere: May 10/12, 2018
Dancers: Marissa Brielle Wiley Mumford, Isaac Owens
Musicians: Celia Hatton, viola; Sarah Mullins, percussion
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts at LIU Brooklyn
Three movements around Bach
No. 1
Choreography by Hannah Weber
Music: Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667, by Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo piano
Duration: 2 minutes
World premiere: June 12-13, 2015
No. 2
Choreography by Erin Dillon
Music: Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, by Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo piano
Duration: approx. 5 minutes
World premiere: October 6, 2014
Dancer: Hannah Weber
Musician: Jonathan Howard Katz
Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
No. 3
Choreography by Hannah Weber
Music: Chaconne in D minor, from BWV 1004, by Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo piano
Duration: approx. 13 minutes
World premiere: October 6, 2014
Dancer: Leigh Schanfein
Musician: Jonathan Howard Katz
Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
she was not needing to be changing
Choreography by Janis Brenner (guest)
Original music by Leah Asher
Incorporating text by Gertrude Stein
Music commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.
Supported by the Harkness Foundation for Dance and a commissioning grant from the O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation.
Performing forces: three dancers, cello, and percussion
Duration: approx. 12.5 minutes
World premiere: May 10/12, 2018
Dancers: Demetria “D’vass” Charles, Erin Dillon, Hannah Weber
Musicians: Aminda Asher, cello; Sarah Mullins, percussion
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts at LIU Brooklyn
Three Movements around Bach
No. 1
Choreography by Hannah Weber
Music: Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667, by Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo piano
Duration: 2 minutes
World premiere: June 12-13, 2015
No. 2
Choreography by Erin Dillon
Music: Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, by Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo piano
Duration: approx. 5 minutes
World premiere: October 6, 2014
Dancer: Hannah Weber
Musician: Jonathan Howard Katz
Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
No. 3
Choreography by Hannah Weber
Music: Chaconne in D minor, from BWV 1004, by Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo piano
Duration: approx. 13 minutes
World premiere: October 6, 2014
Dancer: Leigh Schanfein
Musician: Jonathan Howard Katz
Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
Too Close for Contact
Choreography by Hannah Weber
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: violin, clarinet, percussion, five dancers
Duration: approx. 11 minutes
Premiered (shortened version) February 7-8, 2015, Peridance Faculty Showcase
Dancers: Ariel Comeau, Megan Jones, Michaela Catherine McGowan, Leigh Schanfein, and Hannah Weber
Musicians: Caroline Chin, violin; Adrián Sandí, clarinet; Sarah Mullins, percussion
Premiered (whole piece) June 12-13, 2015, Kumble Theater
Dancers: Erin Dillon, Megan Jones, Michaela Catherine McGowan, Isaac Owens, and Hannah Weber
Musicians: Caroline Chin, violin; Adrián Sandí, clarinet; Sarah Mullins, percussion
Trace
Choreography by Hee Ra Yoo (guest)
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo piano
Duration: 8 minutes
Periapsis premiere: May 16/20, 2013
Dancer: Leigh Schanfein
Musician: Jonathan Howard Katz
The Secret Theatre; Actors Fund Arts Center
Tra:verse Re:verse
Choreography by Leigh Schanfein
Music: MOERAE [The Fates], mvmts. III and II, by Mary Kouyoumdjian
Performing forces: violin, cello, piano, two dancers
Duration: approx. 8.5 minutes
World premiere: February 17, 2013
Dancers: Mike Hodge and Leigh Schanfein
Musicians: Alex Fortes, Hiro Matsuo, Jonathan Howard Katz
Roulette, NYC
Trust
Choreography by Miro Maglorie (guest)
Original music by Richard Carrick
Part of The Portrait Project
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo violinist
Duration: approx. 7 minutes
World premiere: February 18-19, 2016
Dancer: Elisabeth Jeffrey
Musician: Lauren Cauley
GK ArtsCenter, Brooklyn
Twine
Choreography by Manuel Vignoulle (guest)
Original music by Jonathan Howard Katz
Part of The Portrait Project
Performing forces: solo dancer, solo violist
Duration: approx. 6 minutes
World premiere: February 18-19, 2016
Dancer: Megan Jones
Musician: Celia Hatton
GK ArtsCenter, Brooklyn
The Unfinished Pattern
Choreography by Leigh Schanfein
Music: Supernatural Love, by Kati Agócs
Performing forces: violin, piano, seven dancers
Duration: approx. 11 minutes
World premiere: May 16, 2013, in the Queens New Music Festival
Dancers: Robin Gilbert Campos, Elisabeth Jeffrey, Megan Jones, Saioa López Briones, Jessica Nolan, Rhea Roderick, and Breton Tyner-Bryan
Musicians: Francis Liu and Jonathan Howard Katz
The Secret Theatre, NYC