ALEX MEETH
STAGE WORK
From the depths of space, to the inner workings of self and community, I am constantly searching for innovative and contemporary ways to share in motion
Ramblin'
Premiered on October 18, 2024
at the Boston University Dance Theater
Inspired by the sense of community surrounding American folk music and American social dances, Ramblin' is an ode to friendship, old and new.
Choreographed & Performed by: Alex Meeth & Leah Misano Abbott
Music: "Wild Rose Of The Mountain / The Devil Chased Me Around The Stump / Glory At The Meeting House" by Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum
Leaves
Premiered on September 23, 2023
at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts
Solo work accepted into Simantikos Dance Chicago's Choreo Kick Off '23 Festival
Performed by: Alex Meeth
Music: "Pulses (1974)" by John McGuire
Constellation
(excerpts)
Premiered on May 8, 2022
at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee Theater
A Leo, Scorpio, Pisces, and two Capricorns dance through their horoscopes.
Performed by: Chloe Chua, Mira Göksel, (Jess Massimino), Alex Meeth, Simon Montalvo
Music: Jóhann Jóhannsson, Soushi Sakiyama, Gary Usher, Anthony Weeden & the Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra, Dustin O’Halloran
Revelry
Premiered on January 21, 2022
at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee Theater
A community returns to gathering after a period of loss and isolation.
Performed by: Penn Burrall, Teresa Castaneda, Trea Dipkin, Ava Grebe, Raxel Kempenaar, Lila Kushner, Marissa Miller, Adam Ross, Isabella Soo-Hoo, Rhapsody Stiggers
Costume Design: Alex Meeth
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Digital Artwork: Nolan Wollmer
Music: Georg Friederich Händel (Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HMV 348: “Ouverture,” “Adagio e staccato,” “Menuet,” and “Allegro,” performed by the English Concert and Trevor Pinnock)
Un-Earth
Premiered on March 5, 2020
at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee Theater
A momentary glimpse into a spaceship millions of miles away from Earth. In this hypothesis, four astronauts confront isolation, confinement, hallucination, loss, and fear in ways currently unfathomable to our terrestrial selves.
Performed by: Alexia Bobrowski, Erin Hollamon, Adia Hollist, Tshedzom Tingkhye
Costume Design: Alex Meeth
Lighting Design: Paul Marr
Original Music: Isabel Beaudry
Music performed by: Lia Davies (violin), Fern Perera (violin), Niki Yeracaris (viola), Megan Pham (cello), Cameron Smith (piano), Arjan Singh (conductor), Gustavo Lima (engineer), David Chihlas (coordinator)
Tents of the Wind
Premiered on April 10, 2018
at Berklee College's "Neither/Nor Ensemble Concert"
Made in collaboration with original Mongolian music, this duet portrays a mother and daughter who travel and find home within each other.
Performed by: Mira Göksel & Hanna Swartz
Original Music: Javier Morales
Music performed by: Javier Morales (Morin Khuur/throat singing), Mark Konigsmark (flute), Shaun Chen (violin), Jacquelyn Hazle (clarinet), Devina Boughton (trumpet)
FILM WORK
With an appreciation for the rich, historical connection between film media and movement, I am keen to further push the possibilities of dance on film
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The Artist (Interrupted)
A short and silly silent film homage, made whilst quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Performed by: Alex Meeth, Taylor Meeth,
Lynell Meeth
Music: Raymond Scott & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("In An 18th Century Drawing Room")
Walking
on a Dream
An experiment to make a cohesive dance film under 60 seconds, involving some cobblestone and earbuds.
Performed by: Alex Meeth
Cinematography/Directing by: Annaliese Taylor
Music: Empire of the Sun ("Walking on a Dream")
upcoming
studio project...
A meditation on the studio rehearsal process, which asks: can we really separate the final product from how we get there?
Performed by: Alex Meeth
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Lang Lang ("Well-Tempered Clavier: Book 1, BMV 846: 1. Prelude in C Major")