Choreography & Artistic Direction

Artistic Direction

We Are … Halestone, A Halestone Spring Concert, Boxerwood, Lexington, VA, May 2021; Directed by Mauri Connors; Choreography by Elizabeth Becker, Mauri Connors, Stephanie Hodde, Riley Kuehner, Caroline Lauck, Abigail Lynch, Ashley Shugart

Present Expressions, A Halestone Fall Concert, Lexington, VA, October 2020; Directed by Mauri Connors; Choreography by Elizabeth Becker, Mauri Connors, McKelvey Courtney Collins, Stephanie Hodde, Analise LaRiviere

A Celebration of Sound and Movement, a Halestone Spring Concert, Boxerwood, Lexington, VA, August 2020; Directed by Mauri Connors; Choreography by Elizabeth Becker, Mauri Connors, Sara Cunningham, Molly Smith

Fall Rhythms, Moves & Shorts: A Concert of Dance and Video, a Halestone Fall Concert, Lexington, VA, November 2019; Directed by Mauri Connors; Choreography, Video and Performance by Guest Artists: Bailey Anderson, Heather Rhea O’Connor, Elliot Reza Emandian, Nate Gardner, Lydia Hance, Silvia Sheffield, Mindy Toro

Collision, Confluence & Continuity, a Halestone Spring Concert, Lenfest Center for the Arts, Lexington, VA, April 2019; Directed by Mauri Connors; Choreography by Mauri Connors, McKelvey Courtney Collins, Sara Cunningham, Christina Hale, Abby Hamilton, Molly Smith, Caitlin Smith

Park Piece: A site-specific concert, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, May 2017; Produced by Mauri Connors and Mindy Toro; Choreography by Katie Clark, Mauri Connors, Emily LaRochelle, Alex Michaud, Mindy Toro and Eva Vargas

Choreography

Onward (2021) for Halestone Dance Studio’s Modern Company dancers

Together/Apart (2020) with Elizabeth Becker at Halestone Dance Studio’s Fall Concert

Scenes from the Party (2020) with Molly Smith for Halestone Dance Studio advanced students

Encounter for Routine Examination with a Finding of a Lack of Ambulation (2019) for Washington & Lee’s Repertory Dance Company

Something Depleted Forever Gone – Trust – Energy (2019) at Halestone Dance Studio’s Fall Rhythms, Moves & Shorts: A Concert of Dance and Video

Toro Y Terra: Caretaking (2019) in collaboration with Mindy Toro at Halestone Dance Studio’s Fall Rhythms, Moves & Shorts: A Concert of Dance and Video

Void: An Overflowing Emptiness (2019) in collaboration with Heather Rhea O’Connor at Halestone Dance Studio’s Fall Rhythms, Moves & Shorts: A Concert of Dance and Video

Collision (2019) for Halestone Dance Studio’s Junior and Senior Company student dancers

Call fall wall: a waterfall dance (2018) for Washington & Lee’s Repertory Dance Company

Rewilding: Terra Virginiana (2018) for About Place Journal’s Rewilding Issue

Toro Y Terra: Care Stealing (2018) at the Shenandoah Fringe Festival, Staunton, VA

Brick Solo (2018)

Double Rainbow (2017) choreographed with Mindy Toro for the High School Ensemble at Halestone Dance Studio

Toro y Terra (2017) work in progress collaboration with Mindy Toro at Gowanus Expo and the 5th Avenue Street Fair, Brooklyn, NY

KMO: Kind of a Magical Offering (2016-2017)

KMO: Kind of a Magical Offering at Mindy Toro and Mauri Connors’s Park Piece performance in Prospect Park, May 2017

KMO: Mark Morris at Mark Morris’ inaugural Shared Space session, March 2017

KMO: Kind of a Magical Offering at Movement Research’s Open Performance, Sept. 2016

Lobster and Raccoon on Winter Break (2017) collaboration with Mindy Toro for Triskelion’s Never Before Never Again Festival of Improvisation

DIRT TEA by Mint and Marmalade (2016) collaboration with Mindy Toro

When We Aren’t Birds (2015)

Emperor (2015)

Paris (2014)

Claws (2013)

White Box (2012) collaboration with Chris Cogell and Laura Krause

Dig (2012)

Fragment Partners (2011)