Alexa West
Occasion, Occasion, Occasion (2023)
Featuring five dancers responding to the space of the table — above, below, upon — Alexa West’s Occasion, occasion, occasion considers the social architecture of gathering. West’s placement of multiple tables provides both stage and platform, a space for presentation and for performance. The dancers embody different “character-ways,” — among them the go-go and ballet dancer, and the server, individuals whose actions occasionally coalesce to suggest a broader narrative.
Performed by Justin Faircloth, Amelia Heintzelman, Jade Manns, Michael Miles, and Sophia Parker
Photos by: Maria Baranova, Carolyne Loree Teston, Video by Kayhl Cooper
Sound and music by Lucy Lie
Bard College, Tivoli, NY
July 2023
Performa Biennial curated by Mark Beasley
The HubNew York. NY
November 2023
99 Canal x Untitled
Untitled Art Fair, Miami, FL
December 2023
Procession (2023)
Performed by Isa Spector, Savannah Lyons Anthony, Amelia Heintzelman, Anna Thérèse Witenberg, Lena Engelstein, and Noa Weiss.
With songs by Ryan Woodhall
Video by Kayhl Cooper