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Tenants of Design (2018 - 2020)

Tenants of Design is a series of site specific dances intended to bring awareness to the inherent beholden-ness we have to the designers of our landscapes and physical spaces.

Tenants of Design

State University of New York at Purchase College; Purchase, NY; November 17th, 2018

Site-specific dance piece performed across Purchase College Campus. Three solos and three duets in six locations were performed simultaneously for a duration of 20 minutes.

Choreography by Lina Azalea; performed by Kanami Kusajima, Andy Zhao, Lena Silverman, Luiza Lamoglia & Katerina Belmatch, Gioia Grasso & Madeline Whitman, Angel Brady & Kalliope Piersol; costume by Soussan Designs

Tenants of Design was later reimagined as a three-channel video installation.

Choreography, direction, and editing by Lina Azalea; cinematography and editing by Aidan Kaye; performed by Kanami Kusajima, Lena Silverman, Gioa Grasso & Madeline Whitman

Tenants of Design x Rosekill

Rosekill; Rosendale, NY; August 23rd, 2019

Site-specific movement performance on a dock anchored in the center of the lake on Rosekill property; fire on a floating platform; lighting provided by colleagues in boats on the lake; music played through speakers on shore

Movement and set design by Lina Azalea; music by Joseph Kress; production support by Sam Liebert, Ixchel G. Galvez, Juan Carlos Hidalgo, Eliza Doyle, and Annika Berri; costume by Soussan Designs