List of Works

Surface Tension, choreographed by Hilary Bryan
• Surface Tension journeys into the regions of the heart that we usually keep hidden, even from ourselves.
May 2001 – Premiere at the Thumbnail Festival at Venue 9

Interrupted, concept by Dawn Frank, created in collaboration with Hilary Bryan
• Interrupted, a structured improvisation with original music by Bob Frank, places life with a baby center stage.
May 2001 – Premiere at the Thumbnail Festival at Venue 9

Unearthed by Dawn Frank
• Unearthed, an evening length work for nine dancers with an original score by Kristi Martel, uses plant imagery drawn from the Pacific Northwest rainforests to examine the current urban human condition, in seven sections, Redwood, Madrone, Lupine, Fern, Lichen, Bolete, and Acrasiomycota.
January 2000 – Venue 9 in the Women’s Work Jubilee
July 1999 – Premiere in NYC at Context Studios, produced by Frank and Bryan Worldwide Mover

Lichen, concept by Dawn Frank, created in collaboration with Hilary Bryan
• Lichen is an improvisational duet which brings a symbiotic relationship to life
July 1999 – Premiere at the West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival in Berkeley

Lupine by Dawn Frank
• A duet that compares the tenacity and endurance of wildflowers to that of humans in committed relationships.
January 2000 – Venue 9 benefit performance for the Women’s Work Jubilee
May 1999 - Premiere at Brady Street Dance Center in Landini Dance

Redwood by Dawn Frank
• A solo for movement and voice exploring the nature of solitude.
January 2000 – Venue 9 benefit performance for the Women’s Work Jubilee
May 1999 – Premiere at Brady Street Dance Center in Landini Dance

Madrone by Dawn Frank
• This group piece explores the hunger for touch experienced by people in crowded metropolitan areas.
September 1998 – Premiere at Dancers’ Group Studio Theater in their Local Choreographers Series

Muscle Memory, Hilary Bryan in collaboration with singer-songwriter Mychelle Colleary
• At once a movement solo and a vocal duet, this piece fuses movement and voice into one form: the entire body becomes a medium to express an inner landscape of intangible and abstract memory.
July 1999 – Context Studios, New York
May 1999 – Premiere at Brady Street Dance Center in Landini Dance

Flight by Dawn Frank
• This trio for women, uses soaring and restrained bird imagery, hypnotic repetition, and suspended partnering to examine the fierce and mutable nature of close female friendships.
September 1998 – EXIT Stage Left Theater in FAB WM: In Concert co-produced by the San Francisco Fringe Festival
April 1998 – Theater of Yugen, A Tuesday Evening Concert, FAB WM concert co-produced by Theatre of Yugen
October 1997 – Premiere at Luna Sea Women’s Performance Project in FAB WM Title Release Concert

Doubt by Hilary Bryan and Dawn Frank
• This high-flying duet of close unisons and acrobatic partnering explores the debilitating nature of self-doubt as it infects both ourselves and those around us.
September 1998 – EXIT Stage Left Theater in FAB WM: In Concert co-produced by the San Francisco Fringe Festival
August 1998 – Context Theater, New York in Direct from San Francisco co-produced with Dandelion Dancetheater
June 1998 – Temescal Art Center Benefit, Temescal Art Center, Oakland
May 1998 – Brady Street Dance Center in Landini Dance presented by Landini Dance Company
May 1998 – San Francisco Russian Center Gala presented by Alexandra Dorin
April 1998 – Theater of Yugen, A Tuesday Evening Concert, FAB WM concert co-produced by Theatre of Yugen
October 1997 – Premiere at Luna Sea Women’s Performance Project in FAB WM Title Release Concert

Floating by Dawn Frank
• A dance theater piece in which two sisters (one dancer and one actor) grapple with miscarriage and discover how personal crisis can cause loss of faith in one’s confidante.
April 1998 – Theater of Yugen, A Tuesday Evening Concert, FAB WM concert co-produced by Theatre of Yugen
October 1997 – Luna Sea Women’s Performance Project in FAB WM Title Release Concert
July 1997 – Luna Sea Women’s Performance Project in San Francisco
April 1997 – Dancers’ Group Studio Theater in San Francisco
February 1997 – premieres at Venue 9 in San Francisco

Falling by Hilary Bryan
• This quintet explores isolation and fear associated with falling in love (or falling in with a crowd); movement material based on water as both invitingly soothing and deadly, as succumbing to our attractions can be.
October 1997 – Luna Sea Women’s Performance Project in FAB WM Title Release Concert
May 1997 – Noh Space produced by Theater of Yugen, San Francisco
September 1997 – Premiere at Dancers’ Group Studio Theater Local 8

White Wall by Hilary Bryan and Dawn Frank
• This duet uses outrageous paper and plastic sets, paper towel dresses, and a contact improvisation score to explore the hedging and flirting which precede an intimate relationship.
September 1998 – EXIT Stage Left Theater in FAB WM: In Concert co-produced by the San Francisco Fringe Festival
August 1998 – Context Theater, New York in Direct from San Francisco co-produced with Dandelion Dancetheater
August 1996 – Dancers’ Group Bread and Butter Series (Inner Limits / Outer Bounds)
September 1995 – Theater Artaud, produced by Pacific Dance Collective
September 1995 – Premiere in Festival on the Fault Line, produced by Footloose at Shotwell Studios

Alone I Walk by Hilary Bryan
• Solo improvisational reverie in movement and voice embodies a Russian folk song and poem by Lermontov (1831): grounded movement with ethereal vocals create diverse and compelling landscapes.
May 1998 – San Francisco Russian Center Gala presented by Alexandra Dorin
May 1998 – Brady Street Dance Center, Women's Work Series produced by BSDT
April 1998 – Theater of Yugen, A Tuesday Evening Concert, FAB WM concert co-produced by Theatre of Yugen
October 1997 – Luna Sea Women’s Performance Project in FAB WM Title Release Concert
March 1997 – New Zealand Fringe Festival, self-produced solo concert, Wellington, New Zealand
August 1996 – Dancers’ Group/Footwork Bread and Butter Series (Inner Limits / Outer Bounds)
June 1996 – Berkeley Art Center, produced by Smith College Alumnae Club
September 1995 – Dancers’ Group/Footwork Local Series
June 1995 – Shotwell Studio, Speak Up & Dance Series produced by Footloose
June 1994 – Premiere at Studio 210, San Francisco in Ready or Not Series,

When she was..., by Hilary Bryan
• Athletic, humorous duet exploring the parallel lives of two women, similar in character, talent, and aspiration, yet born 23 years apart, a mother and daughter; movement derived from modern dance and contact improvisation.
April 1998 – Theater of Yugen, A Tuesday Evening Concert, FAB WM concert co-produced by Theatre of Yugen
October 1997 – Luna Sea Women’s Performance Project in FAB WM Title Release Concert
March 1997 – New Zealand Fringe Festival, self-produced solo concert, Wellington, New Zealand
August 1996 – Dancers’ Group/Footwork Bread and Butter Series (Inner Limits / Outer Bounds)
June 1996 – Berkeley Art Center, produced by Smith College Alumnae Club
June 1995 – US premiere at Luna Sea in Lysistrata Benefit Concert, produced by Samantha Blanchard
April 1993 – Preview at Elan Performance Space, Taipei, Taiwan, produced by Elan

Wall, concept by Hilary Bryan, created in collaboration with Dawn Frank
• Performance art duet on two sides of black plastic garbage bag wall which splits the audience in half and the dancers from one another: work explores intimacy shared in spite of our inability ever to see or fully understand one another.
September 1998 – EXIT Stage Left Theater in FAB WM: In Concert co-produced by the San Francisco Fringe Festival
March 1997 – New Zealand Fringe Festival, self-produced solo concert, Wellington, New Zealand
August 1996 – Dancers’ Group/Footwork Bread and Butter Series (Inner Limits / Outer Bounds)
June 1996 – Berkeley Art Center, produced by Smith College Alumnae Club
May 1996 – Emeryville Outdoor Dance Festival, Emeryville
June 1995 – US premiere at Luna Sea in Lysistrata Benefit Concert, produced by Samantha Blanchard
February 1995 – Premiere at Zaccho Studio, San Francisco

Pink Slip by Hilary Bryan
• Dance-theater solo with 3 supporting actors. Office worker finally lands dream job only to have it stripped away: ensuing frustration and self-doubt lead to epiphanal discovery of true desires.
August 1998 – Context Theater, New York in Direct from San Francisco co-produced with Dandelion Dancetheater
March 1997 – New Zealand Fringe Festival, self-produced solo concert, Wellington, New Zealand
December 1995 – New Performance Gallery in Four on the Floor co-produced with Joe Landini
September 1992 – Taipei American School, Taipei
Spring 1992 – Premiere and Tour of Taiwan (6 cities), commissioned by Dance Forum Taipei

bound by Dawn Frank
• A trio for women that delves into the complexities of their relationships with their breasts, their bodies, each other and their audience of voyeurs.
August 1996 – Dancers’ Group/Footwork Bread and Butter Series (Inner Limits / Outer Bounds)
March 1995 – Dancers’ Group/Footwork

Border Talk by Dawn Frank
• Six dancers move through a myriad of relationships as they move toward intimacy in varied forms and with different degrees of intensity.
August 1996 – Dancers’ Group/Footwork Bread and Butter Series (Inner Limits / Outer Bounds)

Replacement Procedure by Dawn Frank
• A trio for women that charts the emotional paths of mother, child, and the unborn whose lives intersect on an emergency room operating table.
August 1996 – Dancers’ Group/Footwork Bread and Butter Series (Inner Limits / Outer Bounds)
June 1996 – New Performance Gallery Pilot series, San Francisco

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