CHOREOGRAPHY
Fervor (2025)
Commissioned by Dogwood Dance Project
Choreographer: Olivia Gotsch
Dancers: Joanna Chocklett, Ashton Clevenger, Hailey Clevenger, Paul Dandridge, Caitlin Espinueva, Paige Honbarrier, Mary Manzari, Lindsey McKim, Ilana Puglia, Jason Sandahl
Music: "Artists Only," "Swamp," and "Love -- Building on Fire" by the Talking Heads
Photo by Tori Duhaime
Mary Jane (2025)
Selected for performance at Gridlock Dance’s January 2025 Motion Mixer
Choreographer: Olivia Gotsch
Dancer: Olivia Gotsch
Music: “The Orphan” by the Martin Hayes Quartet
Photo by Bill Gorman, courtesy of Gridlock Dance’s Motion Mixer.
Triptych (2023)
Self-produced for an evening of student choreography entitled “and many beautiful things”
Choreographer: Olivia Gotsch
Dancers: Maia Beaudry, Julia Dawson, Samson Dorfman, Lily Gee, Natalie Junio-Thompson, Danielle Lomi, Jalene Medina, Zoe Mueller, Yoshi Sanders, David Shively-Ertas, Alex Spitzer, Emily Tieu
Music: “Toccata and Fugue in D minor” by Johann Sebastian Bach; “Different Trains: America, Before the War” by Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet; “Coil,” “Curl,” and “Wane,” from “For All Its Fury” by Devonté Hynes, Third Coast Percussion; “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)” by Doris Day, Frank DeVol & His Orchestra; “Concerto for 2 Keyboards In C Minor, BWV 1062: 1. - Allegro” by Johann Sebastian Bach, Cologne Chamber Orchestra; “4 Quartets, Op. 92: I. O schöne Nacht” by Johannes Brahms, The Monteverdi Choir; “Crux Fidelis” by George Frideric Handel, Choir of New College; “Lincolnshire Posy: II. Horkstow Grange” by Percy Grainger, Dallas Wind Symphony
Photo by Yesmina Townsley
Birds on Broadway (2022)
Selected for performance at MODfest 2023 at Vassar College
Choreographer: Olivia Gotsch
Dancers: Jacob Geiger, Grace Hall, Dora Law, Danielle Lomi, Emma Mazloom, Jalene Medina, Abby Rice, Maya Schiller, Ki’tsai Zangpo
Music: “Birdland” by Maynard Ferguson
Photo by Yesmina Townsley
H.O.M.E.S. (2021/2025)
Selected for performance at MODfest 2022 at Vassar College (original cast) and Richmond Dance Festival 2025 (restaged cast)
Choreographer: Olivia Gotsch
Original cast: Helen Ambrose, Cailley Gerald-Yamasaki, Hannah Littman, Danielle Lomi, Emma Mazloom, Emily Tieu
Restaged cast: Kristina Ancil Edwards, Emily Moreira, Miguel Perez, Lydia Ross, Amelia Virtue
Music: “The Locks” from “Paddle to the Sea” by Third Coast Percussion
Photo by Dave Parrish