CHOREOGRAPHY: I am a choreographer, dancer and designer. I place the mundane in conversation with the strange and use technology–from live sound design to video projection to stacks of cardboard boxes–to augment, expand and contrast the human form. How does technology shape our bodies? How can we arrange our fleshy selves in relation to the ever-growing landscape of infinite data that seeks to define us?  I feel, in either a highly self-aware or narcissistic way (your choice), a desire and repulsion towards being watched and judged, and use performance to comment on and work through this very 21st-century conflict. With all this stuff and these ideas, I create works that bring about a sense of productive dis-ease. Is it funny or simply tragic? I’m often not sure and am trying to figure it out.

 

I studied rhythm tap so rhythm and sound produced by the body are integral to my practice. Within rhythmic structures I often resort to loops and repetition of movement and text because ... everything repeats itself? My creative practice also loops between academic research and physical composition in the studio. I hold an MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence (2020) and a BA (magna cum laude) in American History and Literature from Harvard (2012).

PRODUCTION: Amanda Hameline is a co-founder of the non-profit production company, Amanda + James. Amanda + James works to provide a space for a growing community of young artists to foster their creative drive, to refine ideas into finished productions, and to collaborate with their peers. The environment is interdisciplinary by nature, and the company strives to make conversation between rising artists from as many walks of life as possible. Amanda + James has presented dance, opera, theater, music and combinations of all these genres at Pioneer Works, National Sawdust, the Hotel Chelsea, Ars Nova, Bas Fisher Invitational, and many other venues from New York to Miami. Through Amanda + James, Amanda has also developed a curated interdisciplinary programs for emerging artists such as Pollinate and Dance +. 

BIO: Amanda has presented evening-length work and split-bills in venues across New York City including CPR-Center for Performance Research, National Sawdust, Coffey Street Studio, Dixon Place, Triskelion Arts, and Martha Graham Studio Theater; and in Berlin at Lake Studios. She has also developed site-specific pieces for a variety of non-traditional performance spaces such as Christie’s New York, Pace Gallery, the Chelsea Hotel and in Miami at RAW Pop Up and The Moore Building. Her film work has been featured in the Triskelion Dance Film Festival, ScreenDance Miami, and Exquisite Frame (Dance Place in DC).