Two Impromptus
Solo with music by Franz Schubert (Four Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899, No. 1 in C Minor and No. 3 in G-Flat Major), performed by Lauren Aloia
13 minutes
Premiere: June 19, 2025, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Lovers Loop
Solo improvisation, poem, and mixed choreography (Musical Moment No. 3 by Isadora Duncan and Mad Scene from Giselle, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa)
10 minutes
Premiere: June 19, 2025, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Four Chopin Waltzes
Choreography by Isadora Duncan (Minute Waltz and Narcissus)
Duncan choreography (1904) staged by Catherine Gallant
Music by Frédéric Chopin (Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Waltz Number 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major), performed by Lauren Aloia
14 minutes
Premiere: June 19, 2025, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Six Chelsea Love Poems
Solo with six poems
15 minutes
Premiere: June 8, 2024, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Lyric Pieces
Solo and group work with music by Edvard Grieg (Lyric Pieces: Arietta, Notturno, “Gone,” “Remembrances”), performed by Lauren Aloia
10 minutes
Premiere: May 3, 2024, LaMama Experimental Theatre Club, New York City
Rosing
Solo with six poems
10 minutes
Premiere: June 21, 2023, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
The Many Faces of Love
Choreography by Isadora Duncan
Duncan choreography (1910-1912) staged by Lori Belilove
Additional choreography by Ian Spencer Bell
Music by Johannes Brahms, 16 Waltzes, Op. 39, performed by Lauren Aloia
23 minutes
Premiere: June 21, 2023, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Solo from Roaratorio
Choreography by Merce Cunningham
Staged by Patricia Lent
Music by John Cage, Roaratorio, an Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake
Costume after the design by Mark Lancaster
3 minutes
Premiere: March 24, 2023
Roaratorio (1983) by Merce Cunningham © Merce Cunningham Trust.
Banderole
Trio with poem
Original cast: Ian Spencer Bell, Vanessa Knouse, Joshua Tuason
35 minutes
Premiere: August 15, 2021, The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts
Duet
Trio with poem
Original Cast: Ian Spencer Bell, Gary Champi, Joshua Tuason
Lighting by Nick Houfek
25 minutes
Premiere: October 14, 2019, CounterPulse, San Francisco, California
The Dance Enthusiast essay
Marrow
Solo with 10 poems
Lighting by Nick Houfek
20 minutes
Premiere: March 17, 2016, The Center, New York City
Interview and poem in Gulf Coast
Poems and process on Dante’s Old South Radio Show
Oberon’s Grove essay
Kahn & Selesnick photos
Holler
Solo with poem
Five minutes
Premiere: March 11, 2015, Poetry Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
Culture Rover essay
Wallkill
Quartet with poem
Original Cast: Ian Spencer Bell, Mairéad Filgate, Jenna Liberati, Justin Rivera, Joshua Tuason
Lighting by Nicholas Houfek
25 minutes
Premiere: November 9, 2013, Temp Art Space, New York City
Geography Solos
Solo with five poems
Lighting by Nick Houfek
20 minutes
Premiere: September 1, 2013, Ille Arts, Amagansett, New York
The New York Times review
Oberon’s Grove essay
Paste-up
Group dance with borrowed text from Leonard Bernstein’s 1960 recording of Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Original cast: Ian Spencer Bell, Joshua Tuason, Lindsey Jones, Courtney Lopes, Stevie Oakes, Mara Driscoll, Justin Rivera, Debra Bona, Oceane Hooks-Camilleri, Sally Kreimendahl, Vani Ramaraj
Lighting by Nicholas Houfek
20 minutes
Premiere: May 21, 2013, New York City Center Studios
Socket
Original Cast: Ian Spencer Bell, Nathaniel Darst, Mara Driscoll, Jenna Liberati, Joshua Tuason
Lighting by Nicholas Houfek
47 minutes
Premiere: May 30, 2012, New York City Center Studios
The New York Times review
Oberon’s Grove essay
Two-Minute Songs
Quintet with music of The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Camille Saint-Saëns, Joni Mitchell, Felix Mendelssohn, Roy Orbison, J. S. Bach
Original Cast: Ian Spencer Bell, Fiona Brown, Nathaniel Darst, Jenna Liberati, Joshua Tuason
Lighting by Nicholas Houfek
16 minutes
Premiere: June 10, 2011, Merce Cunningham Studio, New York City
Split
Quartet to the sound of keys dropping; for Elizabeth Bishop’s One Art
Original Cast: Ian Spencer Bell, Fiona Brown, Jenna Liberati, Joshua Tuason
Lighting by Nicholas Houfek
12 minutes
Premiere: May 13, 2010, West End Theater, New York City