“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.
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 George Olesky (Jason) split the audience in two and recount their side of the story. Performed by dancers Michaela Esteban, Mateo Vidals, and Mamie Green, 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, NYC
“As a director and choreographer, Green deftly navigates the space between theater and dance.” – Culturebot
“SALT is a rich and energizing work. In a moment when minimalist, abstract post-modern dance is making a comeback among young choreographers in New York City, Green’s athletic lexicon of movement and embrace of narrative is refreshing. Updating a story like Medea to comment on the state of the culture industry is also clever, and places Volta in the tradition of avant-gardists who have reimagined classical myths to address their present.”– Culturebot
“I started to see the work not as a dyadic view of Medea and Jason’s experiences, but as a kaleidoscopic portrait of Medea’s psyche: a mishmash of repressed thoughts, disscociations, cathexis, projections and interjections. The dancers were not embodied reenactments of the plot, but representations of the fratured state of a woman confused and in despair.”– Culturebot
Photos by Patrick Driscoll
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
I Want To Be In Love Hosek Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Choreography by Mamie Green and Megan Paradowski, in collaboration with the dancers Live music by Ana Luisa Pereira Recorded sound by Melissa Achten Shot by Ed James Harding Performed by Shay Saver, Sydney Rabin, Hannah Ackerman, 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
Backwash at OCDF Rose Center Theatre, Westminster, CA
Choreography by Mamie Green and Megan Paradowski, in collaboration with the dancers Performed by 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
Frenzy Los Angeles, CA
Choreography by Mamie Green and Megan Paradowski Shot by Ariel Klevecz Performed by Mamie Green and Megan Paradowski Debuted in Sizzle! Dance & Film Online Festival
