doubles:
Chisato Fujii + Tara Hemmer
Thursday, march 26th 2026
Friday, March 27th 2026
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A life is full of desire and tragedy, and this woman is no exception. Through her journey of fear, pleasure, loneliness, longing, and regret, the work looks at what her life meant. This is a reflection on the strength, fragility, and beauty of human life.
Chisato Fujii (she/they) is a Japanese dancer and emerging choreographer based in New York. She graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in Dance from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College in Spring 2025. Chisato has performed works by Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown, Norbert De La Cruz, Kevin Wynn, Tsai Hsi Hung, Symara Sarai, and more. She is currently working as a freelance dancer and performing with five dance companies and developing new works through the D.I.G. Residency at Green Space.
laura palmer dream girl
performers: Juli brandano, tony gonzales, amelia reiser, kala seidenberg, Vita Taurke
An exercise of endurance: laura palmer dream girl exists within a human purgatory. Clinging to the desire of not being alone, while simultaneously not wanting to be here; there is an effort to get something out. Bodies emerge from the depths unfolding, screaming, humming, and swirling. Invoking thumpings from the Bible Belt South, the psychic space of haunting, and elements of the natural world, this emotional dreamlike landscape interrogates systems of belief.
Costumes: Emily Wolfe
Tara Hemmer (she/her) is a Brooklyn based artist situated at the intersection of movement, writing, and textiles.She has been presented by Women in Motion, WaxWorks, Dance Chance Atlanta, AUX Festival Athens, Skwhirlhaus, Core Dance/The Field, andas an exhibited artist and grant recipient by Art on the Atlanta Beltline. Tara was a 2023 space grant recipient at MOtiVE Brooklyn, and most recently a 2025 Hambidge Residency Fellow. A graduate of the University of Georgia, she holds a BA in Dance and a minor in English. She helped co-found Skwhirlhaus, a sustainable performance co-operative in Atlanta, GA. Outside of performing and creating her own body of work, she has had the pleasure of collaborating with movement artists such as Erik Thurmond, Nattie Trogdon, Hollis Bartlett, Kristin O'neal, Greg Catellier, Corian Ellisor and Maryn Whitmore.
Tony Gonzales is a movement coach and performer originally from the Sonoran Desert, now living in Brooklyn. He is interested in revolution, abolition, and communion through shared creative work. His main profession is that of a movement coach, where he empowers others to discover their inherent right to strength and ease in their body. Tony values the process of artistic creation as reflexive research that contributes to our broader humanity. He is thankful to be here.
Amelia Reiser is a movement artist, performer, and facilitator from the Osage Plains of central Oklahoma and based in New York, NY. She has collaborated as a company dancer with George Staib/staibdance (2013–2024) and T Lang Dance (2013–2015), and as a performer with numerous independent makers. Amelia’s work has been commissioned by The University of Georgia, and presented at Abbey Road Artists Studios (IRE), Elephant Gallery (TN), Lightwell Gallery (OK), Skwhirlhaus, The Creatives Project, Fly on a Wall, Humblabad, and HomeTraining (GA). They are a Hambidge Fellow (2021), and current Artist in Residence at MOtiVE in Brooklyn (2026). In addition to creating and performing dance works, Amelia is a trauma informed yoga instructor (E-RYT 500) working with incarcerated youth, and a Dance Church teacher.
Kala Seidenberg is a Brooklyn-based dancer and early childhood dance educator. She received her early dance training at Academy of Dance Arts and Columbia City Jazz Company in Columbia, South Carolina. Kala earned degrees from Emory University in dance and movement studies, as well as educational studies, in 2012. After graduation, she began her professional career dancing for Staibdance, Catellier Dance Projects, Tara Hemmer, and Emily Christianson, in Atlanta, Georgia, while also teaching dance at the arts non-profit, Moving in the Spirit. She relocated to New York City in 2014, and has since enjoyed teaching and creating with the smallest of dancers at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, JCC Harlem, Mark Morris Dance Center, and in various public schools with New York City Ballet’s in-school dance and literacy program, Ballet Tales. Her choreographic work has been presented by Dance Truck (in a truck!), Spelman College (on a stage!), Emory University, Waxworks, and others. Kala has been dancing with Falcon Dance since 2017, and is thrilled to be back in the studio with Tara!
Vita Taurke is a dancer, choreographer, actor, and writer who was born, raised, and continues to live in NYC. @vitataurke
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Maggie Beutner Cheung | Dance Curator & Programming
maggie beutner cheung (she/her) is a Lenapehoking/Brooklyn based performance artist, choreographer, and teacher. She has performed and collaborated widely in New York since 2015, including with Brandon Welch, The Moving Architects (2015-2020), kaycruddenco, David Appel, Britta Joy Peterson, Caitlin Adams Studio, visual artist gwen charles, and as a company artist with HEIDCO (2018–2022). Currently, she makes work with Steven Carmona.
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