Commissioned by the Laguna Art Museum, Ocean Ions a site-specific performance by Volta in collaboration with artist Christian Sampson. Choreographed by Mamie Green, the performance activates Sampson’s new sculptures, with a live score composed and performed by Marta Tiesenga with vocalist Kat Shuman, and hand painted costumes by Ariel Dill and sparkalee.

With an intergenerational cast of 11 dancers, Ocean Ions uses bodies, light, sound, sand, and sea, and took place on the beach at sunset.

This work was commissioned by Laguna Art Museum’s Art + Nature Series and the exhibition Christian Sampson: Ocean Ions.

Choreography: Mamie Green in collaboration with the dancers
Sculptures: Christian Sampson
Dancers: Cacia LaCount, Joey Vice, Anne Kim, Jolyn Lambey, Mamie Green, Keilan Stafford, Ryley Polak, Chelen Middlebrook, Emma Nguyen, Lana
Nguyen, Agatha Sampson

Score by: Marta Tiesenga with Kat Shuman
Costumes: Ariel Dill and sparaklee