Indigo Sparks
RINSE

RINSE is a duet created by Indigo Sparks and Sabrina Canas in collaboration with visual artist Jaleeca Yancy. This piece explores the many ways we process loss; an experience so broad in its affect that its palpability washes over us before we even have time to process what came and what went.

Created by Indigo Sparks in collaboration with Sabrina Canas

Performers
Indigo Sparks
Sabrina Canas

Set Design and Installation
Jaleeca Yancy

Styling
Essel Adoo

Photography
Ariella Imena

Music
Loscil
DKMA
Hollywood beach

Lighting Design
Conor Mulligan

Indigo Sparks (she/her) is a performance artist, choreographer, writer, and producer, based in Brooklyn, NY. Her deep curiosity for the facilitation of community and the transcendent possibilities of live performance continues to be reflected in her creative work and processes. Sparks trained in dance and vocal performance at The University of The Arts and has danced for choreographers like Bobbi Jene Smith, Sidra Bell, Gerard and Kelly, Helen Simoneau, and Netta Yerushalmy. Her arts administration experience includes organizations like The Vail Dance Festival, The Shed, The Public Theater, and the reopening of Girl From The North Country on Broadway. In 2021 she became a Sundance Interdisciplinary Arts Grantee with her short documentary dance film “it’s a matter of the soul”. Sparks is currently working as a Creative Producer for NY-Based Choreographer Will Rawls and as an Assistant Choreographer and Understudy for the touring musical "Yemandja" starring Angélique Kidjo.

Sabrina Canas is a first generation Argentine American artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She completed her BFA in Dance at the University of the Arts (UArts) in May 2019, where she performed works by Jesse Zaritt, Netta Yerushalmy, Helen Simoneau, Marguerite Hemmings, Beth Gill, Sidra Bell and others. In January 2018, she performed and attended the International Association for Blacks in Dance Conference in Los Angeles, California, under the direction of Tommie-Waheed Evans and Kim Bears-Bailey. Upon moving to Brooklyn, Sabrina has performed at HATCH Performance Series and Uptown Rising Performance Series. Sabrina produced and presented a fifteen minute installation performance in Solmssen Court at UArts, under the direction of Niall Jones, in November 2018 and recently presented a collaborative duet at The Craft: Late Night Performances and Brews that uses two female bodies as a conduit through which energetic currents flow to support deterioration, chaos, and regrowth. Sabrina is working with AL&D company in New York, where she performed work at Mark Morris Dance and participated in a video project with Retrograde Studios in November 2020. She was featured in jazz musician Tony Glausi's music video, When It All Comes Crashing Down, which premiered February 2021.

Jaleeca R. Yancy (b. 1990; Memphis, TN) is a multi-disciplinary artist from Memphis, Tennessee, based in New York, NY. She comes from a creative family of artists, designers, and entrepreneurs who exposed her to the world from a young age. Yancy is a graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN, with a dual major in marketing and design. After working as an in-house designer for multiple startups, she decided to focus her energy on creating her art and design studio. She is innovative and unafraid to challenge tradition. Her art roots are in exploring imagination, experimentation, and sustainability practices. She enjoys developing aesthetically pleasing art that explores non-traditional materials and design processes. Yancy has exhibited her work in numerous shows, including Knowhere Art Gallery, The National Art Club, Calabar Gallery, Superchief Gallery, and Urèvbu Contemporary. Jrydesigns.net // IG: jry_designs

Essel Aidoo is a Ghanaian artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Focusing on creating visual content through fashion styling and direction, his work aims to explore and celebrate the elegance and beauty of Blackness throughout the African diaspora. His work is a reflection of the eclectic cultural , environmental and political experiences he’s lived both in Ghana and New York.

Special thanks to my mother for teaching me that my heart is strong.

Justin Bass
Low Key Stressed, High Key Fucking It Up

A movement story based in three acts that show the portrayal of love, frustration and triumph. It starts in a room that continues to be stretched by personal intentions to make this room a home for someone to feel safe in. Love shows the access to compassion, Frustration shows the access to accepting the downfalls and Triumph shows the resolve of perseverance that is needed to survive it all.

Choreography
Justin Bass

Performers
Michaela Esteban

Original Score
Pearl Scott

Designer
Justin Bass

Costumes
Justin Bass

Lighting Design
Conor Mulligan

Justin Bass, born and bred from East Cleveland, Ohio he is a choreographer, dancer, teacher and candle maker based in Brooklyn, NY. Currently working for The Wallace Foundation and during his time there he has created Artist Salon Series which provided a virtual platform and funding for emerging artist during the pandemic for the last year and a half. While working from home he created an all natural soy candle company on Etsy called "Are You Lit Candles" which he hand makes from his Brooklyn apartment. Looking forward he wants to continue to show his work, offer opportunities for other artist and growing within himself to see where his creativity to go.

Michaela Esteban is a freelance dance artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Michigan and has completed additional training with BODYTRAFFIC, Vim Vigor, Hubbard Street, the Ailey School, and Earl Mosely’s Institute for the Arts. Michaela currently dances with the Stephen Petronio Company in addition to collaborating with the Moving Architects and GREYZONE. She has also had the pleasure of working with the Wilder Project, little house dance company, GroundWorks Dance Theater, and serving on the Advisory Board for the Doris Humphrey Foundation for Dance.

Pearl Scott is a Singer/Songwriter/Producer with influences in R&B and Jazz. She is known for her use of the Boss RC 505 loop station where she builds her original songs and productions live for her audiences. Some of her accomplishments include spending four years as a vocalist while on active duty at the U.S. Army Bands stationed at Fort Bragg, NC, and Fort Knox, KY. She has two singles streaming on all platforms: 'Sink into Me' and 'Save Me (One Love).' She also has an Album: 'Winter's Out' available for purchase on Bandcamp. Follow her on IG and TikTok @pearlscottmusic or go to her website pearlscottmusic.com.

Special thanks to Michaela Esteban and Paige Brocious for their dedication to the work and going on this journey with me. Paige, we love you, this performance is dedicated to you!

Spare/Change Dance Collective
underneath it all

underneath it all explores the yearn for human connection and community. As the piece develops there is an underlying dystopian feel to the space the dancers are creating and an awkwardness established in the connections forming between the dancers. The piece aims to unify those that struggle with connecting to others and themselves as well as reflect and comment on how challenging and vulnerable the human connection can be.

Created by Spare/Change Dance Collective

Performers
Emma Andre
Alice Chacon
Lara Golladay
Emilee Pratt

Music
Schnittke: Quintet for Piano and Strings: In Tempo Di Valse by Alfred Schnittke and Borodin Quartet,
Britten: String Quartet No. 1 in D Major,
Op. 25: I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo by Benjamin Britten and Endellion String Quartet,
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op.110: 4. Largo - Live by Dmitri Shostakovich and Emerson String Quartet

Lighting Design
Conor Mulligan

Spare/Change Dance Collective was founded in 2018 by dancer and choreographer Emilee Pratt. Since the collectives inception their work has been presented at numerous festivals throughout New York City and the US, and had presented both live performance and dance on film. The collective strives to create work that connects everyone together both dancer and non dancer through movement and storytelling.

Emma Andre (she/her) is a movement artist from the North Shore of Massachusetts. She recently graduated from the Boston Conservatory, earning a BFA in contemporary dance with an emphasis in ballet. She’s currently located in Brooklyn, and works teaching creative movement at child care centers. Her creative process often involves research through improvisation. Emma also draws, sews, and writes poetry.

Alice Chacon (she/her) is a New York City based freelance dancer, photographer, and filmmaker. She graduated with her BFA in dance from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase in 2018. As a dancer, photographer, videographer, and filmmaker, she has had the pleasure of working with Sidra Bell Dance New York, SYREN Modern Dance, Adam Barruch, GroundWorks Dance Theater, the New York Chinese Cultural Center (NYCCC) and many more including Spare/Change Dance Collective.

Lara Golladay (she/her) grew up in a small town studio while assisting various dance conventions. At the ripe age of 15 she started training under choreographer, Holly Ryder, and soon made her way to New York. She is now a freelance dancer in NY working with companies such as MEAGmove and Spare Change Dance Collective. Lara will happily be attending SUNY purchase this upcoming fall to further her dance education and continue pursuing her dance career.

Emilee Pratt (they/them) is a New York City freelance choreographer, dancer, and educator. They began their dance training at age 10 with the Rochester City Ballet then went on to study Dance and Composition at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance where they earned their BFA in 2018. Throughout their training and career they have worked with many wonderful companies and choreographers including Doug Varone, Loni Landon, Manuel Vignouelle, Dylan Crossman and many more artists.

Special thank you to my beautiful cast for making this process silly and fun and for sticking with it through the ups and downs. Much love to you all -Em

Many thanks to Meagan Ahern who was such a vital part of the process of this piece. We will be chaotically twirling on stage for you!

Conor Mulligan is an artist and lighting designer. His design work represents an ongoing exploration of light in live performance

Conor lives in New York with his fiancé Joseph and his cat Moe. He designs lighting for stage productions in New York City as well as regionally throughout the United States. Internationally his work has been featured in the Despertaresimpulsa 2019 arts festival (Guadalajara Mexico) in collaboration with the Criro Collective, a Boston-based dance company.

Conor is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829, a labor union and professional association of Designers, Artists, Craftspeople, and Department Coordinators.

Visit www.conormulliganld.com for more information.

We respectfully acknowledge that the work of Triskelion Arts is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of Lenapehoking, the homeland of the Lenape peoples. We pay our respects to their land, water, and ancestors, past, present, and future. This acknowledgment demonstrates a commitment to the process of working to dismantle the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism and to learning to be better stewards of this land.