[ ] Other
Gary Champi
Photo by Ezra Goh
[ ] Other
ChoreographY
Gary Champi
Performers
Gary champi, marco farroni leonardo
MUSIC
Tori Kelly - cut, Nujabes - Letter from Yokosuka
Costuming
Gary Champi
Gary Champi is a dance artist originally from San Diego, CA. He performs between New York and Seattle, drawing on experience with a variety of choreographers, touring nationally and abroad since 2008. He is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Pomona College and is authorized by the Merce Cunningham Trust (MCT) to teach Cunningham Technique®. His creative work has been presented in NYC, New Jersey, Seattle, San Diego, and San Jose. He is invested in dance research and scholarship, which includes experience restaging dance choreography, ongoing work studying the commercialization of Hip Hop dance, and exploration of the relationship between neuroscience and embodied practice. Gary also has experience as a rehearsal assistant, an administrator, and a curator. He worked in many capacities for MCT from 2011-2020, holds a degree in Cognitive Science from Stanford University, and an MFA in Dance from the University of Washington.
PROGRAMME NOTES
A brief exploration into the choice to identify as "other" in various categories.
About the collaborator
Photo by Victoria Kovios
marco farroni leonardo (b. 1995) (he/they) is a Dominican artist based in Seattle, Washington, whom works in dance, performance, oral history, and other mixed media. They hold a BFA in Dance from The University of the Arts (2017). Their work engages with themes and ideas around home, the body as an archive, the diaspora, and memory. They have presented work in various venues in Seattle including Velocity Dance Center, Wa Na Wari, Base Arts Space, 10 Degrees Arts, Spectrum Dance Theater, The Aids Memorial Pathway, River, and 12th Ave Arts. marco is a member of Black Collectivity, and the second cohort of Wa Na Wari’s Seattle Black Spacial History Institute.
