Dinner en blanc, Jersey City
a worldwide event where thousands of people, dressed all in white meet for a mass “chic picnic” in a public location. Beyond the spectacle and elegance of the dinner itself, guests are brought together from diverse backgrounds by good taste and a love of beauty. The event is elegant, ephemeral, and magical
Choreographed by morgaine ann de leonardis
Performed by Kimiko Tanabe, Beaudau Banks, Tara Ocon, Rosette Epstein, Sonya Rio-Glick, Elisa Hernandez, Ash Johnson, Mamiko Nakatsugawa, and Diana Uribe.
Commissioned by Art House Productions.
Location: Lincoln Park, Jersey City, NJ
The Fight
a site-specific 360 dance work that was made for the ornate lobby of the Historic Loews Jersey Theatre for Art House Production’s 2019 Your Move Festival.
Directed and Choreographed by morgaine ann de leonardis
Performed by: Kimiko Tanabe, Anna Gichan, Lena Engelstein, Elisa Hernandez, Joy Douglas, and Kritsen DeLillo.
Produced: Art House Productions
The work is built to showcase the spectrum of feminine strength and endurance while in the midst of the fight against oppressive forces. It highlights the spectrum of emotion and action from incredibly tender to violently brutal and uninhibited.
