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The home of Alyssa Martin's surreal + unbridled feminist dance theatre works explored with a cosmic team of close collaborators.
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dinoland
(or, a moment to break)
Full circle baby. We're back at school creating a big, new mega-work for X University's School of Performance. All members of Rock Bottom are putting their brain noodles into the pot to create this new work with the third- and fourth-year dancers!
DinoLand is a collective wonder-world made from ferocious play, a dramatic claw to the heart and a tickle in the brain. Together, we embrace the inevitability of the end and the mischievous possibilities of the unknown.
Choreography, Concept & Direction: Alyssa Martin
Creative Collaborators, Co-Choreographers & Rehearsal Directors: Natasha Poon Woo, Sam Grist, Drew Berry, Brayden Jamil Cairns
Created and choreographed in collaboration with the 53 dancers.
Composer: Telehorn
Text Collaborators: David Bernstein and Pony Nicole Herauf
Dramaturg: David Bernstein
Lighting Designer: Noah Feaver
Cinematic Director: Drew Berry
Cinematic Liaison: Pony Nicole Herauf
release date coming soon
some recent film work!
BIN CHICKEN
A feature length film adaptation of a work commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre
Official selection for the 2021 Portland Film Festival's cross-platform/experimental category.
WATCH ON DEMAND NOW through November 8 - click here!
Choreographed + Directed by Alyssa Martin and filmed by Cinematographer Dakota Wotton
Starring (+ created in collaboration with) Alana Elmer, Yuichiro Inoue, Peter Kelly, Megumi Kokuba, Pulga Muchochoma, Erin Poole, Devon Snell, Roberto Soria + pianist Morgan-Paige Melbourne
View full production credits here!
This work premiered in November 2020 and is currently available for viewing via the Portland Film Festival through November 8, 2021.
love from farm to summerworks
A short video work commissioned by SummerWorks Performance Festival for the end of summer mix.
Directed + Edited by Alyssa Martin
Filmed by Drew Berry + Sydney Nicole Herauf
Created by Drew Berry, Brayden Cairns, Sam Grist, Pony Nicole Herauf, Alyssa Martin and Natasha Poon Woo with music by Giselle Rosepigue
sixty seven moo(n)s
A short video work commissioned by Canadian Stage for the National Arts Centre's Transformation Project
Directed + Edited by Alyssa Martin
Created by Brayden Cairns and Alyssa Martin
Music by Giselle Rosepigue
HEADER VIDEO by Francesca Chudnoff
Drew Berry, Brayden Cairns, Sam Grist, Pony Nicole Herauf and Natasha Poon Woo in hollow mountain (2019)
Choreography + Direction by Alyssa Martin
Original Music by Pony Nicole Herauf
Lighting Design by Noah Feaver
Set Design by Katie Mooney