ABOUT SOUTH PLEASANT COMPANY
Founded in 2001, South Pleasant Company makes work that blurs the boundaries of theater and dance. In the past four years, the company has made performances produced as part of the New York International Fringe Festival and other showcases, and presented at Thorne's Market in Northampton, Mass., at Amherst College, Mass., and at P.S. 122, HERE Arts Center, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, and the 14th Street Y Theater in New York City.
South Pleasant develops work that explores interpersonal relationships through the combination of text and movement, portrays the events of everyday life through non-pedestrian gestures, and creates movement vocabularies that are deeply rooted in the stories they tell. South Pleasant Company's pieces often explore the complex relationships within families and focus on the themes of independence, storytelling, childhood, memory, and nostalgia. The company's productions are written and directed by Cristina Septien but are heavily dependent on collaboration with performers and artists in rehearsal.
The mission of the South Pleasant Company is to create movement-theater performance works that tell stories replete with non-pedestrian gesture; to bring the body back to the theater; to experiment with text and movement and continue to develop a personal movement vocabulary while staying accessible; to appeal to a wide range of artists and performance makers, both in the theater and dance fields; to continue to create work that is intellectually stimulating to its performers but stays true to strong emotions without shunning sentimentality.
COMPANY MEMBERS
Cristina Septien, Artistic Director
Emily Alpren
Diana Buirski
Tom Kingsley
Marina Libel
Annie Lok
Matt Moses
Andrew Sloat
Aaron Wilton
PAST PERFORMANCES
| 2005 |
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| To One I Saw Small |
| B.T.T.F. As part of “Dance in Dialogue,” an evening of new commissioned works by alumni of the Five College Dance Department, Amherst, MA. |
| 2004 |
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You Travel Light |
| 2003 |
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Care of Me |
| 2002 |
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| Hold the Doors (Presented as part of the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival.) Seven people move in and out of each other's lives as they search for satisfaction at work and in love. |
| Bradford Makes It to the Top Bradford, a successful business man is convinced by Berkerry, a young job candidate, to leave it all behind to live out a childhood dream. |
| 2001 |
| To One Who I Saw as Small A spelling bee champ finds love and realizes that there's more to life than the national championships. |
| The World Pales Part One
A woman narrates her experience of first love as the relationship unfolds and unravels on stage. |
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
If You Look Long Enough
Choreographed by Cristina Septien in collaboration with Emily Alpren and Aaron Wilton
Performed by Emily Alpren and Aaron Wilton
Designed by Andrew Sloat
A short piece performed as part of Fielday, presented by The Field and Dance Theater Workshop
Tuesday, February 21st at 7pm
Dance Theater Workshop
219 West 19th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
Take the C/E to 14 St or 23 St
Tickets: $10
For more info, call (212) 691.6969
REVIEWS
“To Spell When a Family Is Flailing”
from The New York Times
July 26, 2005
“Cristina Septien’s To One I Saw Small”
from The Village Voice
July 25, 2005
“Setting
stories in space”
from offoffoff.com
July 28, 2004
CONTACT US
For reservations
reservations@southpleasant.org
For company information, and to be added to our mailing
list
info@southpleasant.org
MAKE A DONATION
South Pleasant Company exists almost solely due to the generous support of our audience. If you would like to make a donation in support of our work, please email us at info@southpleasant.org.
