In 2007, Poet Bethany Schultz and Kloetzel joined for a duet of poignant interaction, awkward lap play, and dozens of brassieres in the foyer of the Old Town Pocatello Building. Presented as part of First Friday ArtWalk, a celebration of Pocatello’s historic district.
For In Place, kloetzel&co. took audiences on an informative and destabilizing tour through downtown Riverside, CA and the California Museum of Photography. The evening’s five parts explored Riverside’s political, social, and architectural past and present through a tour of the Riverside promenade and the California Museum of Photography. As the audience rambled through the score of live music and dance, they experienced performers scampering up trees and spinning under the audience’s feet, the dark side of homelessness in the land of suburbia, a witty critique on art and architectural history, and an uproarious auction of questionable art. Live music was provided by Jay Ammon and the Dumpster Orchestra.
Rock was a free site-specific performance of live music and dance on the historic Carroll Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY. With kloetzel&co.’s robust, athletic movement as well as live music provided by the company’s interactive, five-piece band, Rock acted as a community performance and celebration for the residents of the surrounding neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Pre- and post-performance activities highlighted the community’s efforts to clean up the canal and the performance concluded with the audience dancing to live music on the historic bridge. Rock was chosen as a “Today’s Pick” in the New York Daily News. With support from a Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Grant.