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 | pro re nata
A boldly glamorous wartime multimedia performance work featuring organ transplants and flag folding.
|  | Collaborators include: Ricki Mason (choreography, video), Rebecca Brown (text), Helga Hizer (costumes), Monica Gilliam, Jody Kuehner, Meg Mertaugh (dance artists), Hallie Kuperman (lighting), and Rhonda Soikowski (voiceovers). Music by Zoe Keating.
premiered in twenty-minute festival format as part of On the Board's 2008 Northwest New Works Festival. pro re nata will be developed into an evening length piece with support from 4Culture by Spring 2009.
photos by Tim Summers
_____________________________________ |  | (i've never been good at) ARRANGING FLOWERS
|  | This one woman show is a layered portrait of a young woman named Kate, who is obsessed with the story of a Parisian couple torn apart by WWII.
Choreography/Performance: Ricki Mason
Lighting/Photography: Hallie Kuperman |  | premiered in March/April 2007 at HaLo with live musical performance by KT Niehoff (vocals), Marchette Dubois (accordion/piano), Costi Parvulescu (violin), and snacks by Chef Lisa Iannini.
green dress photo by Hallie Kuperman, fish photos by Ola Czechowska
_____________________________________ |  | Marigold's Big Decision
Inspired by movies about bisexual love triangles, this contemporary dance short is directed and choreographed by Ricki Mason, and features Jenna Bean Veatch, Jody Kuehner, and Michael Seguin. The music is by Tyler Potts who also makes an awesome cameo as a skateboarding, keyboard playing angel hitchhiking to Heaven.
premiered at OtB's 12MM, December 2007.
photo by Ricki Mason
_____________________________________ |  | Ten
A duet from one character's point of view, Ten is performed by Ricki Mason and Megan Mertaugh. Ten is ten minutes long and features tiny cars, a portable cassette player, floor hockey, a stop animation projection, and a small song by Erin and her Cello.
premiered at Winterfest, Seattle Center, December 2007
photo by Ricki Mason
_____________________________________ |  | phase 3:
THIS IS NOT REMARKABLE
A spontaneous composition directed and performed by Ricki Mason with Jody Kuehner, Shannon Stuart, Heather Budd, and Lasara Jarvis. Live sound score by Tyler Potts, lighting by Hallie Kuperman.
premiered as part of Velocity Dance Center's 2006 SCUBA program.
photo by Josh Lieberman
_____________________________________ |  | Pink Noise
A choose your own adventure performance work for six dancers and six pink bean bag chairs. Directed and performed by Ricki Mason with Jody Kuehner, Shannon Stewart, Heather Budd, Lasara Jarvis, and Katie McCaughan.
premiered as part of Velocity Dance Center's NEXT in June, 2005
photo by Monica Mata Gilliam
_____________________________________ |  | peel/repeel
Originally conceived during Velocity Dance Center's 2004 Bridge Project, peel/repeel marks LAUNCH's Seattle debut in a split bill shared with Bianca Cabrera, self presented in Fall of 2004. Directed and performed by Ricki Mason with Jody Kuehner, Shannon Stewart, Heather Budd, Lasara Jarvis, and Katie McCaughan. Live beatboxing by AudioPoet.
photo by Josh Lieberman
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