REPERTORY
REPERTORY
“ Esse Aficionado is led by three Purchase College graduates who are certainly — as the name suggests — passionate devotees of dance.”
– Gia Kourlas, New York Times
December 2007
performance/repertory chronology
Esse Aficionado NYC Fall 2007 Season
Joyce SoHo, NYC - November/December 2007
Repertory presented...
choreographed by Graham:
Fifteen Minutes of Fame, or Cult, or One Movement Per Minute (2007)
Algorithm With Someone (2007)
Geoffrey Grauer (2005)
My Artist in Montana (2007)
choreographed by Morinoue:
The Architect (2006)
New york city season
Creating new work is vital for Esse Aficionado. The emphasis on original choreography is complemented by the high standard of professionalism of each program. The company strives to think differently and be innovative by exploring a new movement vocabulary and avenues in process. Esse Aficionado’s essential service to the community is to provoke reaction, influence expression, and stimulate life - all through movement. At least once a year, typically in fall, Esse Aficionado self produces a 4-evening program of new choreography by the founders of the company. This program serves the dancers with an opportunity to perform and the collaborators (visual artists, musicians, inventors, actors, and designers) with a chance for their own work to be implemented into the realm of dance.
esse outdoors
Since 2000, Esse Aficionado has been performing an ongoing site specific series, Intersection, at various locations in New York City. Intersection was created to add fun and humor to pedestrian’s every day routine in New York City. The work involves a team of dancers performing minimal movement during each red light at strategically chosen intersections throughout town. Intersection is performed with different themes and costumes but the concept of hitting each red light in an intersection remains the same. Locations and times are chosen based on the volume of pedestrians and car traffic. Themes chosen are based on the character of the neighborhood, the season, any events occurring (i.e. Gay Pride Parade), and the time of day. The latest intersection to experience this series was Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street in front of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The theme was Jackie O and the makeshift costumes reflected the Upper East Side chic of the illustrious former first lady. The public reaction and interaction of this work breaks the monotony of the day, a great service to the life of any New Yorker. The curious attention and questions Esse Aficionado receives from pedestrians who witness this work fulfills its mission of presenting thought provoking art.
In 2008, Maki Morinoue directed a new site specific concept Late Saturday Afternoon: Portrait on a sidewalk in Pioneer Square in Seattle, WA. From the stage to the sidewalk, this outdoor extension reversed the concept behind Early Sunday Morning, a work previously performed at the Northwest New Works Festival. Pedestrians heard an original sound score by Morinoue of indoor sounds from speakers attached to the dancers’ costumes. The dancers were strategically placed in the center of the sidewalk so that pedestrians must walk through them if they want to move forward on that sidewalk. The company is excited to develop this concept further.
Bumbershoot 12 Min Max “I Just Want to Dance” series and Fall Kick Off Extravaganza
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA - September 2007
Repertory presented...
3 Sides (2007) co-choreographed by Morinoue & Selfick Ng-Simancas
Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture (HFAC) - aka Donkey Mill Arts Center
Holualoa, Hawaii - August 2007
Repertory presented...
Isolating Forms and Soliloquy
by Morinoue
Judson Memorial Church Performance
Choreography of Gina Graham presented by
Movement Research at Judson Church, NYC - May 2007
Repertory presented...
Fifteen Minutes of Fame, or Cult, or One Movement Per
Minute (2007) by Graham
ArtsLaunch
Tashiro Kaplan Artist Loft, Seattle, WA - March 2007
Repertory presented...
Dialogue (2007) by Morinoue
The Bridge Project presented by
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA - January 2007
Repertory presented...
Nolenz Volenz (2007) by Morinoue
Aorta Performer
Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC - December 2006
Repertory presented...
choreographed by Graham:
The Moment of Event (2004)
Swan Song for Everyone (2007)
Four Bases (1999)
History (est. 2000)
choreographed by Morinoue:
Self-Depiction (2006)
choreographed by De La Rosa:
Inter...Ruption (2001)
Next Choreographic Series presented by
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA - May 2006
Repertory presented...
Jerrie Gullick (2005) by Graham
Choreography of Gina Graham presented by
45th Street Theater, NYC - May 2006
Repertory presented...
I’m Going To Die Someday (2006) by Graham
Readymade
Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC - November 2005
Repertory presented...
choreographed by Graham:
History (est. 2000)
Jerrie Gullick (2005)
co-choreographed by Morinoue & De La Rosa:
Just in Case You Were Wondering, I’m Mexican American (2005)
21st Century Dancing
The Ailey Studios, NYC - May 2005
Repertory presented...
choreographed by Graham:
Commissure #44; Isn’t #24; Flamingo #17; Axe #20;
Fluorescent #45; Engineer #23 (2005)
The Name Series - Jerrie Gullick, Tom Graham, Geoffrey Grauer (est. 2005)
Event Horizon
Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC - October 2004
Repertory presented...
choreographed by Graham:
The Moment of Event (2004)
choreographed by Morinoue:
Still Point (2004)
Made on a Mac–Lec/Dem on how we use macs in dance
Apple Store SoHo, NYC - July 2004
Repertory presented...
demonstrated excepts of Inside The Mind of Line (2003) by Graham featuring the invention Speaker Trees by Michael Schneider & Kirsten Gilg.
Joyce SoHo Presents
Joyce SoHo, NYC - May 2004
Repertory presented...
Successions (2003) by Morinoue
Diorama
Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC - December 2003
Repertory presented...
choreographed by Graham:
Diorama (2003)
History (est. 2000)
choreographed by Morinoue:
Successions (2003)
choreographed by De La Rosa:
Time Past, Time Future (2003)
Esse Aficionado @ Joyce SoHo
Joyce SoHo, NYC - March 2003
Repertory presented...
choreographed by Graham:
Where I Meets Thou (1996)
Inside the Mind of a Line (2003)
History (est. 2000)
choreographed by Morinoue:
Episode I & II (2003)
choreographed by De La Rosa:
Power of Point (2003)
Esse Aficionado presents...Strangelet
Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC - October 2002
Repertory presented...
Strangelet (2002) evening length work
co-choreographed by Graham, Morinoue, & De La Rosa
Esse unplugged - Oasis Dance Festival presented by Chashama
Times Square, NYC - May 2002
Repertory presented...
excerpts of Strangelet (2002)
co-choreographed by Graham, Morinoue, & De La Rosa
EA Lecture Demonstration
Jewish Community Center, Sherman, CT - April 2002
Repertory presented...
History (est. 2000) by Graham
EA @ APAP Convention “New Voices Series”
City Center Studios, NYC - January 2002
Repertory presented...
History (est. 2000) by Graham
Portrait by Morinoue
Esse Aficionado presents Esse Aficionado
Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC - October 2001
Repertory presented...
choreographed by Graham:
History (est. 2000)
choreographed by Morinoue:
Portrait (2001)
choreographed by De La Rosa:
Inter...Ruption (2001)
This is What I am Doing
University Settlement, NYC - May 2001
Repertory presented...
choreographed by Graham:
Currency #3 , Movie #24, Why #17, Receipt #20,
Pepper #45, Tuesday #23 (2001)
History (est. 2000)
choreographed by Morinoue:
Study for a Voice (2001)
The Making of Americans
Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC - July 2000
Repertory presented...
choreographed by Graham:
Nude Torsos (1998)
In An Apartment on E. 7th Street (2000)
History (est. 2000)
choreographed by De La Rosa:
Take Five (2000)
Esse Outdoors INTERSECTION
Directed by De La Rosa; various locations in Manhattan, all year round - est. 2000
self produced show. postcard by Gina Graham
self produced show. postcard by Gina Graham & Rob Racine
self produced show. postcard by Gina Graham
self produced show. postcard by Gina Graham
self produced show. postcard by Gina Graham
self produced show. postcard by Gina Graham
self produced show. postcard by Gina Graham
self produced show. postcard by Gina Graham
self produced show. postcard by Gina Graham
self produced show. postcard by Gina Graham
self produced show. postcard by Gina Graham
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Northwest New Works Festival presented by
On The Boards, Seattle, WA - May 2008
Repertory presented...
Early Sunday Morning (2008) co-choreographed by Morinoue, De La Rosa and Graham
Strictly Seattle 2008 presented by
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA - July 2008
Repertory presented...
Reductive Space (2008) choreographed by Morinoue
Late Saturday Afternoon: Portrait
Sidewalk in Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA
June 28, July 19 & August 2, 2008
choreographed by Morinoue, De La Rosa and Graham
directed by Morinoue
Intersection - Jackie O
Intersection of 5th Ave and 82nd Street
September 20, 2009
directed by De La Rosa
Pounding Room
City Center Studios
December 9, 2009
choreographed by Morinoue, De La Rosa and Graham
Dances by Bachman & Graham presented by
The Tank at Collective:Unconscious, NYC - June 2007
Repertory presented...
Geoffrey Grauer (2005) & One Movement Per Minute (2007) by Graham
Demonstration & Roundtable presented by
On The Boards at Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
April 2008
Repertory presented...
Early Sunday Morning (2008) co-choreographed by Morinoue, De La Rosa and Graham
In My Language presented by MiKiJio Arts
Seattle, WA - July 2006
Repertory presented...
In My Language (2006)
Co-choreographed by Gina Graham, Veronica De La Rosa and Maki Morinoue
Soliloquy (2006)
Co-choreographed by Maki Morinoue and Gina Graham
Self Depiction (2006)
Choreographed by Maki Morinoue
The Architect (2006)
Choreographed by Maki Morinoue