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Housewarming 1 (a site-specific performance)

Will and Mitch face each other at a table, while Courtney leans against the wall in the hallway
Courtney and Will sit at a table, with Imani and Mitch seated in their laps
Mitch, seated at the table, holds Courtney’s outstretched arm as she lies on the ground
Blurry activity of bodies in the room, with Imani standing in the hallway in the background
Mitch, Imani, Will, and Courtney huddled on top of some chairs
4 dancers exit the room in a line, holding each other and wearing winter coats

Housewarming I (a site-specific performance)

Part funeral, part cleaning day, part candlelit dinner for one, Housewarming tests the bounds of what and whom we consider home.

"Housewarming has given me a unique opportunity as a performer to explore questions both deeply personal and communal in real time with an intimate group of witnesses. This space to collectively ponder and wonder feels charged with potential and mystery." (Will Noling, performer).

"Housewarming is a multi-layered and brilliant work, capturing the daily beauty hidden inside the shells of walls, the wars within the home and inside ourselves. It is a work I would see something new in each time viewed, and never get tired of it." (Heather Robles, Community of Motion, Full Review Here)

 

Commission through ARTS by the People (July 2018)

Dancers: Courtney Barth, Taylor Boyland, Mitch Christie, Will Noling

Choreography: Hannah Garner & Ryan Yamauchi

Text: Hannah Garner & Ryan Yamauchi

Length: 75 minutes

Location: Morristown, NJ

Special thanks to Paul Rabinowitz, the Rabinowitz family, and ARTS by the People.

 

Premiere (September 2017)

Dancers: Courtney Barth, Mitch Christie, Will Noling, Imani Nia Simmons

Choreography: Hannah Garner & Ryan Yamauchi

Text: Hannah Garner & Ryan Yamauchi

Length: 70 minutes

Music: Aria Duet Ah guarda sorella- Cosi fan tutt composed by Mozart and performed by Renee Fleming and Joyce DiDonato, Flim Flam Flum and Last Song by The Ivor Cutler Trio, Scherzo for piano No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31 composed by Frédéric Chopin and performed by Simon Trpceski, For Favorite Tree by Yuichiro Fujimoto, Danny Boy performed by The Oriole Four, NBC Nightly News, Lux aeterna: Agnus Dei composed by Morten Lauridsen and performed by the Chamber Choir of Europe

Location: Hannah & Ryan’s apartment

Premiere: Apartment 6B, September 2017

Special thanks to Juno Arreglado, Rosemarie & Patrick Garner, Seneca Lawrence.

Photo Credits: Hannah Garner (title card photo by Ingrid Holmquist)