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The Dwindling Dispute
Dumbo Dance Festival, Brooklyn, NY
September 23-24, 2011 7 pm & 8 pm
Come join kloetzel&co. for a presentation of Act Two from The Alice Odyssey. In this absurd duet, based on the Red Queen/White Queen dialogue from Through the Looking Glass,
the characters battle their way through a soup of nonsensical images
and text to best their opponent. The work will be shown at DDF, an
international dance festival based in New York.
To view excerpts: The Dwindling Dispute
Icarus Refried
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
April 27-28, 2011 8 pm
Join kloetzel&co. and clarinetist John Masserini for the evening-length production of Icarus Refried, a follow-up to the popular Icarus Fried.
In this revision, enjoy the compositions of Joan Tower, Olivier
Messiaen, and Robert Cogan with the humorous tension of Kloetzel and
Masserini's on stage interactions.
View the documentary at:
Icarus Refried: A Pro-Creative Process |
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The Alice Odyssey
Dancers' Studio West, Calgary
January 20-22, 2011 8 pm
kloetzel&co. presented the evening-length production The Alice Odyssey,
a project supported by the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Alberta
Foundation for the Arts, at Dancers' Studio West to sold out houses for the entire run. Scampering
through playful partnering, heavily exaggerated facial expressions, and
daring exploits on mattresses and tables, The Alice Odyssey examines
the bizarre and often violent maelstrom that lurks in children's
fantasy worlds. Think you know what's down the rabbit hole? Think again.
View the work at: The Alice Odyssey
From Terezin to M31 (2009)
Dancers' Studio West
Presented by the Artist in Residence series, kloetzel&co. performed the chilling work From Terezin to M31 that uses as a springboard the relationship between Alice Liddell (upon whom Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is based) and Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll).
Icarus Fried (the evening)
(2009)
University of Calgary
Presented by the Dance@Night series, Icarus Fried joined
Kloetzel and clarinetist John Masserini in an evening of wit, irony,
and surprising beauty. Kloetzel's choreography of desperate extensions,
flippant gestures and impatient waiting pairs with Jeff Curtis'
tongue-in-cheek film collage and Masserini's athletic clarinetistry for
a fresh look at gender roles, representation, and social expectations.
Smile Capital USA
(2008)
Feats Festival, TransAlta Barn, Edmonton
Smile Capital USA
(2007)
Fluid Festival, Auburn Bar, Calgary
Presented at the Auburn Bar as
part of the Physical Therapy Series, this new work toys with the paradoxes of small-town life in the USA.
Combining pop music, recorded text, lots of physical and facial tension, and tongue-in-cheek film, Kloetzel
digs into the (more and less) amusing hypocritical stances in the land of the "free." It takes as its basis
the 1948 ordinance by the Mayor of the City of Pocatello, ID, George Phillips, making it illegal not to smile
in Pocatello.
Out from Under (2007)
Pocatello, ID
Poet Bethany Schultz and Kloetzel joined for a duet of
poignant interaction, awkward lap play, and dozens of brassieres.
Presented as part of First Friday ArtWalk, a celebration of Old Town Pocatello.
Icarus Fried (2006)
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
kloetzel&co. restage Icarus Fried for the Collision Symposium at the University of Victoria.
Icarus Fried and Caper (2006)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA
kloetzel&co. present Icarus Fried and Caper
at the Northwest New Works Festival at On the Boards in Seattle.
Offering a postmodern take on the modern obsession with climax, Icarus
Fried joins live clarinet, film, and dance as it toys with the
influence of the aural over the visual aesthetic. John Masserini and
Melanie Kloetzel join in a fickle feast of music and movement while
suggesting a fresh take on the possibilities for gender roles and
rules. For Caper, Chalie Livingston and Jeff Curtis join kloetzel&co. in a joyous romp with gumballs, splintering tables, and Eric Mandat's resolutely non-climactic score. Caper
flirts with competition and perspective on a grand scale as music,
dance, and film all combine in a bizarrely sexy circus world.
It's OK, no one's looking (2006)
Pocatello, ID
kloetzel&co. in collaboration with
clarinetist John Masserini, pianist Mark Neiwirth, tenor Geoffrey Friedley, poet
Greg Nicholl, and filmmaker Jeff Curtis present an evening of new works. Pairing
kloetzel&co. with live avant garde twentieth century music, textual collage,
and film work, It's OK, no one's looking tests the boundaries of collaboration and
convention: dancers careen off 50s-style tables, singers fly through the air while
vocalizing in varied tongues, and a clarinetist discovers pelvic flare as he works
through frantic trilling. The music includes John Cage's chance creation "Aria",
Eric Mandat's dramatic "Tricolor Capers," Emma Lou Diemer's "Tocata," and Joan
Tower's "Wings," among others.
Out of the Cool (2001)
Missoula, MT
Nicole Wolcott and kloetzel&co.,
created an evening of ferocious movement and quirky characters in six
unique pieces. Performed in a funky run-down theatre above a popular
Missoula bar, Out of the Cool featured the premiere of Redress, Kloetzel's bizarre musing about Beethoven and shoes, as well as the restaging two of her most popular New York works, prepick and Shed.
Serious Rock (2000)
New York, NY
Serious Rock was an
evening of live music and dance presented at the Clark Studio Theater
in Lincoln Center. Celebrating the ridiculous and sublime moments of
the performer's life, Serious Rock was performed by kloetzel&co. with music by the kloetzel&co. band. The evening premiered Sweet Betty, a signature piece for the company, as well as postpick. Jennifer Dunning of The New York Times called the evening "...a rare occurrence in dance." Serious Rock was also presented at Swarthmore College through the "Window on the Work" series.
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