PERFORMER
Milka Djordjevich: CORPS
2021, NYLA
CORPS explores how labor and gender are addressed under the lens of regimented movement. The work is a continuation of choreographer, performer, and educator Milka Djordjevich’s ongoing questioning of dance practices, preoccupied with producing neutrality and anonymity.
The dance is developed with an esteemed professional group of six dancers, Martita Abril, Dorothy Dubrule, Ayano Elson, Allie Hankins, Tiara Jackson and DaEun Jung, composer Celia Hollander and lighting designer Madeline Best. CORPS premiered November 2021 at REDCAT and is commissioned by New York Live Arts. The development of CORPS is made possible, in part, by the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) at Florida State University, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, CalArts Dance, Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York Live Arts‘s Live Feed residency program and the Pillow Lab at Jacob’s Pillow.
Photo Maria Baranova
