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SUE SCHROEDER

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breath

breath explores variations in the "breath" of the earth in diverse locations, particularly in nature, while contrasting with the embodied breath realized in our modern world. This exploration seeks an understanding and alignment with the rhythm of nature/the earth, both individually and collectively.

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Braiding Time, Memory and Water

is a site-specific, environmental (earth) artistic creation by Sue Schroeder alongside and in collaboration with Conceptual Artist, Jonathon Keats and Composer, Felipe Pérez Santiago. The performance, including an ensemble of Dance Artists and Percussion, responds to the geography, history and environmental concerns of two...

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home

home offers an enduring gift of reminding us how art becomes a lens on the world, on space and on time — a pinhole through which we are able to magnify the significance of our world, what we build and eventually leave behind.

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Global Water Dances

Global Water Dances (GWD) uses the art of dance to illuminate water issues on a global scale. Their work incites collaboration to address water issues through the universal language of dance, and encourages participants to take direct action aiding in the fight. Core Dance last participated in Global Water Dances in 2021 on the Big Island of Hawaii.

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National Water Dance

National Water Dance is an artist-driven collective of dancers and educators confronting critical water issues facing the United States. Stretching from New York to Hawaii and from Alaska to Puerto Rico, simultaneous, site-specific dance performances are created and performed with movers of all ages and experience.

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Planetary Dance

Core Dance in recognition of Anna & Daria Halprin and the Tamalpa Institute offer Planetary Dance to our communities. Planetary Dance is an annual dance of healing and community renewal. It brings people of all ages and abilities together in a beautiful setting to dance for a purpose. 

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walk

walk contemplates the changing nature of the individual within our briskly changing world. Under the artistic direction of Sue Schroeder, this performance work, created, in tandem with the community in and around an existing labyrinth or one built by/for the community. The labyrinth offers the sacred space for this community experience. ​​

Museum Environments

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Galleries Without Borders

Under the Artistic Direction of Sue Schroeder (Core Dance/USA), Czech and American Dance Makers will complete a two-part creative residency in October 2021. Inspired by the artistic intention of artists and works exhibited in the permanent exhibition,1796–1918: ART OF THE LONG CENTURY, the Dance Makers will offer... 

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Nevertheless She Persists

Nevertheless, She Persists was a new performance from Core Dance advocating for the dignity, intelligence, and potential of women everywhere. Six artworks from the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art’s collection prompted the approach, asking viewers to look again at the depictions of women from the nineteenth through...

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residue…what remains

Drawing on the Zurbrugg Collection, the Fluxus legacy at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, residue…what remains, is an exhibition exploring the constellational scope of influence and artistic innovation of the interdisciplinary and experimental approach to art of Fluxus on contemporary art, dance, theater, music and performance.

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Theatrical Works

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a brief moment of alignment

a brief moment of alignment is a new multidisciplinary work commissioned by the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Central Arkansas. Created by artist and choreographer Sue Schroeder, the work features a multi-generational cast and a film installation with original sound score by Berlin-based artist Christian Meyer.

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Heart of the Matter

Heart of the Matter is a narrated dance performance for elementary school children, grades 2-5, developed to bring awareness to Anti-bullying and to encourage self-awareness and positive body image. Inspired by the children’s book, Full Mouse/Empty Mouse...

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if... a memoir

Engaging questions of human freedom alongside human limitations and its direct link to the current crisis on our planet, if… a memoir is a love song written for humanity. if… a memoir is an evening-length, physical theater/choreo-poem, revealing a performance literature that is bold, straightforward, expressive and timeless.

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Life Interrupted

Life Interrupted, which was previously titled Gaman, is a richly-layered, full-length work of contemporary dance, art, and music that draws from the experiences of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent who were interned on American soil during World War II. While rooted in this specific story, the work ultimately creates a universal experience from historical events. 

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