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		Gauge Premiered: June 15, 2001 University Settlement Choreography: Christina Briggs & Edward Winslow Music: Michael Minard Costumes: Patti Gilstrap Dancers: William Arnold, Christina Briggs, Daniela Hoff, Rebecca Radway & Edward Winslow 8 million people now live in New York City according to the 2000 census. The population of the borough of Manhattan is 1,537,195 living in 23.7 square miles of space. Every day, the population swells as an estimated 3.3 million hit the streets during regular office hours. Gauge addresses urban crowding, using the deflection of bodies in space as a metaphor for everyday street life in New York City. As the dance progresses, there is a shift from an exterior to an interior setting. The dancers isolate themselves in tightly enclosed spaces, finding more subtle body connections and exploring soft contact in the limbs and the redirection of small movement.
		Blueprints Premiered May 22, 2004 92nd Street Y Harkness Center for Dance Choreographers: Christina Briggs & Edward Winslow Music: Michael Wall Costumes: Patti Gilstrap Dancers: Christina Briggs & Edward Winslow Blueprints is an exploration of interior habitats and the struggle to co-exist within the confines of a limited amount of available space. To an original score by Michael Wall, the two dancers weave in and around each other, playing out a scenario of conflict over personal space as they move from room to room.
		Flipped Premiered May 16, 2003 DeBaun Auditorium, Hoboken, NJ Choreographers: Patti Gilstrap with Christina Briggs & Edward Winslow Conception & Costume Design: Patti Gilstrap Set Design: Edward Winslow Music: Seryn Potter Dancer: Patti Gilstrap Flipped is a solo in which Patti Gilstrap is harnessed in a free-standing frame. This topsy-turvy world pokes fun at split personalities, shallow appearances, and dirty little secrets, complimented by Seryn Potter's silent film style score. There are two contrasting characters: one when she is standing up and the other when she is upside down. Eventually they become aware of each other's presence and a chase ensues, like a dog trying to catch his own tail.
		Imprints Premiered May 16, 2003 DeBaun Auditorium, Hoboken, NJ Choreographers: Christina Briggs & Edward Winslow Music: Michael Wall Costumes: Patti Gilstrap Dancers: Daniela Hoff & Rebecca Radway Imprints reveals a glimpse of a relationship between roommates vying for space. The piece uses shadowing and mirror imagery to tell the tale, and the fiery friendship arcs to a dramatic climax as loving companionship turns into emotional manipulation.
		Pendulum Premiered May 16, 2003 DeBaun Auditorium, Hoboken, NJ Choreography: Christina Briggs & Edward Winslow Music: Michael Minard, Chunwoo Kae (clarinet) & Minard (piano) Costumes: Patti Gilstrap Set Design: Chris Kurtz Performers: Carrie Ahern, Christina Briggs, Ellen Cremer, Patti Gilstrap, Daniela Hoff, Sarah Lewis, & Edward Winslow Pendulum is a piece about the inexorable passage of time. A chorus of dancers move across the stage and back like a metronome as Winslow and Briggs are hemmed in by invisible forces. They perform a duet of intimate attachments on a rope ladder. The ladder is transformed into a pyramid and in a final solo Winslow is suspended high off the ground in a cocoon of rope, struggling with isolation and transcendence.
		Resonance Premiered March 18, 2005, SUNY Orange Choreography: Christina Briggs & Edward Winslow Music: Michael Minard Costumes: Patti Gilstrap Dancers: William Arnold, Christina Briggs, Daniela Hoff, Rebecca Radway & Edward Winslow Accompanied by the sound of rain and Michael Minard's drifting score, Resonance finds the space where dancers weave in and out of one another in perfect symmetry, ease, and fluidity. In it the impulses and vibrations of one person are felt and increased by the group.

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