Empty Fields yield familiar faces/Who Know me, who I know too
Saturday June 6 | doors at 7:30pm | performance at 8:00pm
$15 ADVANCE tickets | $20 DAY OF SHOW | $10 STUDENT tickets with ID | always pay what you can
an interdisciplinary performance installation of dance, text, and sound that physically tethers performers to a surreal, amorphous, western landscape and its creatures
Empty Fields Yield Familiar Faces// Who know me, who I know too, is an interdisciplinary performance installation unfolding at the will of a shapeshifting, Western landscape. Movement artists explore facets of the self by interacting with physical tethers to their environment and its fantastical inhabitants. I use tethers, as an extension of the self, to further my recent fascination with pulling and stretching bodily appendages to extreme, impossible, and unrecognizable lengths in an attempt to view the body as simultaneously possessed and observed. A collection of stories guides performers and audience through the malleable relationship between girl and horse.
F E A T U R I N G
Performers: Eliza Loran, Linsey Dunbar, Scount Nankin, & Jayde Spiegel
Music: Kelby Clark
Set and Costume Design: Sonnet Garza
Jayde Spiegel
Jayde Spiegel is a Los Angeles–based dancer, choreographer, and performance artist. She earned her BFA in Dance from CSULB in May 2024, studying under mentors including Rebecca Lemme, Dolly Sfeir, Keith Johnson, Danzel Thompson-Stout, and Rebecca Bryant. Jayde has performed across the Southwest U.S., as well as internationally in San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, and Kiel, Germany. Her choreography has been presented in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Lucca, Italy, in local and international festivals and specialized studies. Her work in choreography, sound design, and costuming earned Gala selections at ACDA’s 2023 and 2024 Baja Conferences. In Las Vegas, she has contributed to several multimedia gallery spaces and recently debuted a solo exhibition featuring live performance and video installation.
Kelby Clark
Kelby Clark is a composer, improviser, and banjo player from South Georgia. His approach is inspired by the old-time music of his home state as well as free improvisation, drone, and many other forms of both experimental and traditional music from around the globe. Clark has performed throughout North America and Europe, and has released records and tapes on labels such as The Crystal Cabinet, Sound Holes, and Tentative Power. He is currently living and working in Los Angeles.
Linsey Dunbar
Raised in a Chicago suburb, collaboration has always shaped Linsey Dunbar’s path as an artist.As a member of the DanceMakers Inc. Collective, she learned from leading dance industry educators. Under the mentorship of Erica Sobol, she deepened her love for concert dance and discovered her choreographic voice. In 2023, she trained at The CLI Conservatory, performing works by Ethan Colangelo and further refining her artistic perspective. Now based in Los Angeles Linsey embraces life as a continual student by insisting on collaborative efforts in her artistic processes.
Scout Nankin
Scout Nankin is a Los Angeles born performer, movement artist, and choreographer working in immersive, multimedia performance. Their work traces the contradictory landscape of self within the current socio-political moment. They hold a B.A. (Hons) from the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and was trained at the Marat Daukayev School of Ballet ad Los Angeles County High School for The Arts (LACHSA). Their work has been presented across the UK and the United States, including at Sadler’s Wells, Somerset House, Ugly Duck, and the Saatchi Gallery. In 2024, Nankin co-founded GĒR, a queer movement collective, alongside Eliza Loran. In October 2024, GĒR premiered its first evening-length performance and installation, Gasket, at Highways Performance Space, and has since presented work at the Garage Theatre in Long Beach and CRAWLSPACE LA. They have choreographed work and performed with artists and institutions including Sadler’s Wells, Somerset House, Anna-Leana Krause, Autre Magazine, Compulsory Production Company, Take Care Magazine, Heavy Boots, Ugly Duck, Magnus Westwell, and Christopher Bruce, among others.