Fallacies blurs the lines between original source and personal interpretation, constructing dance from a dancer’s perspective. Distorting referential choreography to reveal new patterns and physical possibilities, Fallacies makes invisible embodied histories - visible.

Commissioned & Presented by: LMCC’s River to River Festival
Produced by: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in partnership with Battery Park City Authority
Performers: Hollis Bartlett and Nattie Trogdon
Additional Performers: Katerina Belmatch, Sienna Blaw, Dwayne Brown, Brendan Drake, and Noa Rui-Piin Weiss
Sound by: Francisco Meirino and Bruno Duplant
Additional Sound Composition by: Glenn Potter-Takata
Lighting Design: Sawyer Smith
Photography: Elyse Mertz & Cherylynn Tsushimaer
Videography: Alex Romania

PERFORMANCE HISTORY
River to River Festival (PREMIERE) / LMCC & Battery Park City Authority / Rockefeller Park NY, NY June 8-9, 2024
14th Street Y / Dance Residency Works in Process / NY, NY February 16-18, 2024
LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island /Open Studios Session 2 / Governors Island, NY / December 2 2023
Coffey Street Studios / Sightlines Curated & Produced by Amanda + James/ Brooklyn, NY / May 20, 21, & 24, 2023


This work was developed in part through residences at Marble House Project, Coffey Street Studios, 14th Street Y and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Arts Center Residency program as well as production support from Amanda + James, and Philip Trevino. Additionally this project was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant and individual donors. Fallacies was presented as part of the 2024 River to River Festival, with the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. Profoundly attached to the world of dance since its origins, the High Jewelry Maison strengthens its commitment with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.

Fallacies (video)

Made in collaboration with filmmaker Alex Romania
Performers: Symara Sarai, Wendell Gray II, and Katerina Belmatch
Filmed at LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island / NY, NY / December 2023