“… they’re animations come to life,
like a live-action take on Fantasia.”
–Ian Buckwalter, film critic for NPR,
The Atlantic, and The Washingtonian
The choreographic musings of Artistic Director, Nicole A. Martinell…
Ranging from proscenium stage to site works, Martinell’s choreography investigates the mysterious interconnectivity and strange beauty of the world around us. Choreographic excerpts highlight collaborations with visual artists, musicians, poets, scientists, and religious scholars and highlight such topics as interfaith dialogue, organizing forces, quirky relationships, mental constructs, organic matter, and everyday phenomenon.
Baker Artist Portfolio Excerpts Playlist Video Collaborations Montage
In Faith

Rhythmic Interplay

The Space Between (us)

The Somethings in My Mind

Loop

Cadence, or lack thereof

Tender Root

Matter, Energy, Human

Evening at the Chesapeake

Causal Nexus

Laguna el Encanto

Bottle Caps & Suits

The Traveling Feet

Causal Nexus SITE

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heady collectables

Sacred Spaces

Out of My Head

Fractured Spectrum

Inner Palette

Flirt & Fizzle

Muffle

“The dancers floundered in their clump, shaking and writhing… Their interactions were unhesitant and neutral, neither joyful nor forced. Watching this happen immediately forged an association in my mind between the dancers and atoms moving within the human body”
–Rachel Appold, Writer for DanceMetro DC
“The dancers would execute leaps reminiscent of Isadora Duncan before pretending to laugh dramatically or leaning on one another. The movement styles, though different, did not take away from each other. Every bit of choreography seemed to belong, no matter how unusual”
–Rachel Appold, Writer for DanceMetro DC
“Deep Vision was able to tunnel into the past and create perhaps the most engaging audience friendly performance of the day….Individual dancers invited the crowd onto the dance floor—when I first walked in I could not tell where the audience ended and the performance space began—and in one-on-one settings passed on snippets of historical factoids about the building. The energy, infectious and freeing, lingered with me as I went off to the next location”
–Andrew Sargus Klein, Writer for BMore Art