Presented by the EAST Miami Hotel, Volta created a performance work that unfolded across four suites on the 36th floor. The Miami and LA-based cast of actors, musicians and dancers told a story of displacement and reinvention.
Choreography by Mamie Green, in collaboration with the dancers Script by Sammy Loren Original score by Alex Merbouti Video Installation byRichard Vergez Performed by Clinton Harris, Betty Garcia Diaz, Armando Gomez, Nicole Pedraza, Enrique Villacreses, Shoshana Sklar, Maria Burt, Sky Bison, Camila Rodriguez
Creative Director + EP: Zandie Brockett Production: Raygun Agency
Directed by Mamie Green, writers Sammy Loren and Ellington Wells reimagine Euripides’ Medea, setting the iconic tragedy in LA’s shimmering art world. Harpist Melissa Achten and composer Eli Klausner score the piece live as actors Ellington Wells (Medea), and August Gray Gall (Jason) split the audience in two and recount their side of the story, all while leading them through edible installations by multidisciplinary artist and chef Heidi Ross. Performed by dancers Marirosa Crawford, Ryley Polak, Mamie Green, and Megan Paradowski, SALT makes audiences question their assumpitons of right and wrong, truth and power, all while leaving everyone with conflicting conclusions about what was just witnessed.
PRAISE FOR SALT
“SALT is a true full-body experience. Jason and Medea split the audience into two, each telling their side of the story until a culminating monologue from each brings your loyalty into question. Can you blame me? they ask. Text by Wells and Sammy Loren ropes you into the conflict; it is impossible to remain impartial. Above all, the movement morphs the atmosphere into an enthralling reality, grounded in the human experience but contorted by suspicion and paranoia. Disorientation has never been more luscious.” -LA Dance Chronicle
“Still, this was immersive theater at its best: In between bites of Chef Heidi’s divine dishes, the choreography and its execution seemed a perfect fit for the bare-boned space, which did happen to house several book-laden shelves.” -Fjord Review
SALT AT BUFFER FRINGE FESTIVAL
Photos by Ozan Tezvaran
SALT AT METRE SQUARED
Photos by Mich Rose
SALT AT 2220 ARTS + ARCHIVES
Photos by Anya GTA
VOLTA FOR TASTEMADE
PROMO TRAILER
The Procession Music Video
Music composed and performed by Patrick Shiroishi Directed by by Mamie Green & Luísa Dalé Choreography by Mamie Green Cinematography and editing by Luísa Dalé Color Grading by Marcelo Brandt Choreography by Mamie Green, in collaboration with the dancers Body Art Painting by TAIOM 1st Assistant Camera: Victor Ponce Produced by Otherly Love Records
Cast: Allen Shiroishi, Eno Lai, Patrick Shiroishi Dancers: Anne Kim, Cacia LaCount, Chadwick Gaspard, Jolyn Lambey
PRAISE FOR GLASS HOUSE The Album
Glass House documents an exceptional, cross-media collaboration of American-Japanese, Los Angeles-based sax player-multi-instrumentalist-composer-improviser Patrick Shiroishi for the dance-theater collective Volta of choreographer Mamie Green. – salt peanuts*
Shiroishi used Green’s ideas for the music and adapted the music for the movement of the dancers. The outcome is suggestive and intimate, seductive and mischievous. – salt peanuts*
“Ochko” is an immersive work by Mamie Green and Emmett Mathison for sound, movement, and architecture. The work unfolds across the bedrooms, kitchens, hallways, balconies, stairways and rooftops of Richard Neutra’s Silver Lake home. Recordings and recitations from dreams, piano notes, bodies and breathing enfold onto themselves and each other. Performed by Shu Kinouchi, Cacia LaCount, Anne Kim, Marirosa Crawford, and Mamie Green, dream and sound and organism are displaced and layered across the time and space of Neutra House.
PHOTOS
TRAILERS
In the Garden David Horvitz’s 7th Ave Garden, Los Angeles, CA | February 3, 2024 Choreography by Mamie Green Live music performed by Nicolas Snyder and Emmett Mathison Sculptures and paintings by Christian Sampson and Ariel Dill Performed by Paul Liu, Jolyn Lambey, Avery Gerhardt, Mamie Green, Anne Kim Performed by Keilan Stafford, Marirosa Crawford, Claire You, Madi Tanguay, Mamie Green, and Megan Paradowski
PHOTOS
At the table, in collaboration with artist Joe Koppal Lauren Powell Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Choreography by Mamie Green Chairs by Joe Koppal Live score by Alex Merbouti Performed by Nadia Maryam, Annalise Gehling, Tippy Dringman, Jolyn Lambey
Milk Institute for Art and Olfaction, Los Angeles, CA
Choreography by Mamie Green and Megan Paradowski, in collaboration with the dancers Live music composed and performed by harpist Melissa Achten and sound architect Nicolas Snyder Scents by Saskia-Wilson Brown for the Institute for Art and Olfaction Original text written and performed by Alexis Okeowo Performed by Keilan Stafford, Marirosa Crawford, Claire You, Madi Tanguay, Mamie Green, and Megan Paradowski
BACKWASH Navel LA
Choreography by Mamie Green and Megan Paradowski, in collaboration with the dancers Live sound by noise artist Peter Kalisch Shot by Anna Tse Performed by Keilan Stafford, Paige Amicon, Nat Wilson, Mamie Green, and Megan Paradowski
In Liquid Light Museum of Neon Art, Glendale, CA
Choreography by Mamie Green and Megan Paradowski, in collaboration with the dancers Live sound by sound architect Nicolas Snyder Shot by Aaron Cota Costumes by Carol Young of Carol Young | Undesigned Performed by Nat Wilson, Win McCain, Melody Morrow, Allie Miks, Ashley Kayombo, Mamie Green, and Megan Paradowski
CloZee Courage (feat. ROZET) (Official Music Video)
Director: Matthew Trainor Starring: Jalen Rashad Director of Photography: Jeremy Belack First AC: Bennett Lees Gaffer: Tristan Moffatt Grip: Travis Moffatt Steadicam: Donald Turner Movement: VOLTA VFX: Jade Ananda Color: Gabriel Sanchez Production Support: Isaiah Goltara
