collaborating + performing in other artist’s work
10 seconds til midnight
Artistic Direction, Choreography and Performance by: Nicole Mannarino
Sound Choreography and Performance by: Samira Mendoza, Tanasha G
Improvised and performed by: Ariel Lembeck, Belinda Ju, Laura Witsken, Reché Nelson, Ben Hard* Guest performer (Nov 3-5)
Kestrels, Brooklyn October 20-22, 27-29 + Nov 3-5 2023
photos by: N-K Photography, Creative Solutions NY LLC
noposition nolocation
Written and Directed by: Barnett Cohen
February 2023, presented by Center for Performance Research
Performers: Deja Bowen, MJ Markovitz & Ariel Lembeck
Styling: JenniLee
Lighting Design: Dylan Philips
Documentation: Team Lunch TV
Images Courtesy of CPR & by Elyse Mertz
‘lectric Eye
Choreographed by: Joanna Kotze
February 2022, presented by The Space at Irondale, Brooklyn NY
Dancers: Wendell Gray II, Molly Heller, Symara Johnson, Joanna Kotze, and composer/musician Ryan Seaton, with Mary Lyn Graves, Ani Javian, Ariel Lembeck, Jordan Lloyd, Jennifer Nugent, Devin Oshiro, Ambika Raina, Ariana Speight, Marion Spencer, and Hsiao-jou Tang
Music composed and performed by Ryan Seaton
Original song ‘Black Fly’ by Circuit des Yeux
Lighting design by Kathy Kaufmann
Costumes by Christian Joy
photos by: Maria Baranova
BIG BEATS
BIG BEATS is the force of 20 performers doing complex, synchronized movement in a public space.
choreographed by Joanna Kotze
featuring 20 New York-based professional dancers––Bria Bacon, Mary Lyn Graves, Wendell Gray II, Ani Javian, Symara Johnson, Joanna Kotze, Ariel Lembeck, Jordan Lloyd, Jennifer Nugent, Devin Oshiro, Pamela Pietro, Ambika Raina, Paul Singh, Ariana Speight, Stacy Spence, Marion Spencer, Hsiao-jou Tang, Nattie Trogdon, Claire Westby, and Rochelle Wilbun
original sound score played live by composer/musician Ryan Seaton.
Sept 18, 2021 - Pier I, Riverside Park South at 70th street, New York NY
Funded by Summer on Hudson and the City Artist Corps Grant.
Transmutation
As a part of the Hollis + Nattie: Tuning Bodies Show during the Tisch Summer Dance Residency
Choreographed by: Hollis Bartlett and Nattie Trogdon
Performed by: Quentin Burley, Wendell Grey II, Symara Johnson, Emma Judkins, Ariel Lembeck, Nik Owens, Paul Singh, Laurel Snyder, Hsiao-Jou Tang, Carlo Antonio Villenueva, Aya Wilson, Jessie Young
Lighting Design: Susan Hamburger
Jack Crystal Theater @ NYU Tisch - July 12, 2019
PACK
Choreography: Jessica Gaynor (Jessica Gaynor Dance)
Music: Quentin Tolimieri
Dancers: Emily Diers, Ariel Lembeck, Jordan Risdon, Kristi Tornga
Baryshnikov Arts Center — June 20, 2019
flinch/speck
Choreography: Elisabeth Motley
Original Music for Trumpet/Electronics: Zubin Hensler
Performed by: Lea Fulton, Alvaro Gonzalez, Ariel Lembeck, Elisabeth Motley
Danspace Project Draftwork November, 2017 - New York, NY | Gibney's Work 2.4 April 2016 - New York, NY | Jacob Pillow Inside/Out Festival August 2016 - Becket, MA
photos by: Scott Shaw
location of Figures
Choreography: Jessica Gaynor
Original Music: Quentin Tolimieri
Lighting Design: Andrew Dickerson
Performed by Emily Diers, Sarah Eichler, Ariel Lembeck, Jordan Risdon, Julia Sabangan, Gabriel Speiller, Dillon Spicer, Kristi Tornga
Danspace Project @ St. Mark's Church April 9, 2016 - New York, NY
photos by: Sam Polcer
duck and goose (excerpt)
Choreography and Direction: Elisabeth Motley
Performed by: Meredith Fages, Lea Fulton, Ariel Lembeck
Sound: live audio loop
Center for Performance Research February 2015 - Brooklyn, NY
Melba
premiered at St. Marks Church (1990) performed as part of Eva Dean Dance's Pearl Diving (2015) at 14th St Y, New York, NY
Choreography: Eva Dean
Dancers: George Hirsch, Ariel Lembeck, Jeremiah Stanfield
Lighting Design: Sarah Melot
Costumes: Diane Madden
Videographers: Nan Melville & Aleksandr 'Sasha' Popov
Video Link: Eva Dean Dance in Association with the Dance Series at the 14th Street Y Presents PEARL DIVING, Celebrating 3 Decades of Eva Dean Dance Repertory
© 2015 Eva Dean, All Choreographic Rights Reserved
photos by: S.M. Doody