PERFORMANCESSelected Choreographic Premieres: Chronology
2009-2000
• Under the Radar. October 12, 2009. Dancers: Joan Arnold, Marie Baker-Lee, Amelia Uzategui Bonilla, Mark DeGarmo, Susan Thomasson, and Luis Gabriel Zaragoza. Musicians: Timothy Allen (frame drum), Andrew Bolotowsky (flutes), Liz Dieleman (tambourine and guitar), R.A. Fish (drums), Judith Sainte Croix (keyboard, Native American flute and voice), and Diana Young (drums). Sculpture: Evan Stoller: Hudson Museum on the Ecliptic. Composer: Judith Sainte Croix. Linda Weintraub, Curator of AHOY! Where Lies Henry Hudson? Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY.
• Ah. October 10, 2009. 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center presents Marathon 75: 75 Years of 92Y Dance. 92Y Buttenwieser Hall, New York. Composer: Alejandro Velasco Sotomayor (Kavindu). Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee and Mark DeGarmo.
• Bethany's Dance. November 20, 2008. Hotel On Rivington, New York. Composer: Judith Sainte Croix. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee and Mark DeGarmo. Musicians: Andrew Bolotowsky, flute and Judith Sainte Croix, vocals.
• Ode to John Cage. September 15, 2004. Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, New York. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo.
• Improvisation on Spirals, Peace. Dec. 2003. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo. Municipal Theater, Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Quiché Mayan Traditional Dance and Music Festival and International Dance Festival of Chichicastenango, Guatemala sponsored by Grupo Cultural Uk-Ux Pop Wuj.
• Dear Children: Awake and Rise. December 6, 2000. Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC Theater 2, New York, NY. Tribeca Dance presents Mark DeGarmo & Dancers in Mark DeGarmo Eyes the World (MDD season title) as Dance Company in Residence 2000-2003. Music: Wagogo. Costumes: Igor and Svi Russanoff. Lighting Design: Suzanne Lavender. Dancers: Yonati Joni Amar, Olga Barrios, Tina Chia Chi Chang, Jill Emerson, Jill Spiewak Eng, Jill Locke, Tresa Randall, and Dana Scarano.
• Mesa, Owl Woman, Rock (Viewing Kitchen Mesa). August 5, 2000. Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Abiquiu, NM. Music: Silence and Mark DeGarmo, vocals and percussion. Dancers: Michael Barron, Mark DeGarmo, Elsie DeGarmo-Smith, Jane Parker, and Jane Redmont.
• Relativa Tranquilidad (Relative Tranquility). World Premiere: July 20, 2000. Theater of The National Dance Company of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador. Music: Inlakesh. Costumes: no credit. Produced in collaboration with the US Embassy Quito, US Department of State's American Cultural Specialist Award 2000 to Mark DeGarmo, and La Compañía Nacional de Danza del Ecuador, María Luisa González, Director. Dancers: Nina Villanueva, Edith Chiriboga, Carlos Huera, Carlos Villareal, Lucía Cisneros, Silvia Maldonado, Alberto Lima, Isaac Yépez, Fernanda García, Viviana Sánchez, David Guasga, Bladimir Terán. New York City Premiere: December 6, 2000: Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC Theater 2, New York. Tribeca Dance presents Mark DeGarmo & Dancers in Mark DeGarmo Eyes the World (MDD season title) as Dance Company in Residence 2000-2003. Costumes: no credit. Lighting Design: Suzanne Lavender. Dancers: Yonati Joni Amar, Marie Baker-Lee, Olga Barrios, Tina Chia Chi Chang, Jill Emerson, Jill Spiewak Eng, Corinna Hiller, Jill Locke, Tresa Randall, and Dana Scarano.
1999-1995
• You Take My Breath Away August 1, 1999. Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Abiquiu, NM. Sunday Morning Worship Service. Music: no credit. Vocalist: Phyllis Wade. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo.
• Huellas en el Camino (Footprints along the Way). June 16, 1999. IPNA/Miraflores: Instituto Peruano Norteamericano/Peru US Binacional Center, Miraflores, Lima, Peru. Music/musicians: Agrupación Musical "Pachacamac": Hernán Caro Leopoldo, voice, strings, winds; Giovanna Ramos Aguilar, percussion; Paúl Sanchez Galdos, piano, winds; Daniel Errea Pintado, strings, winds. Costumes, Hair, Stage Design Elements, and Lighting Design: Dino Soto. Dancers: Jesús Alegría, Cecilia Borasino, Mark DeGarmo, Mónica de Osma, Cecilia Gonzales (Ballet Nacional), Andrea Jauslin, Ursula Lu, Gladys Moscoso, Giselle Muelle, Brenda Manrique, Milagros Olivero, Katterin Ortiz, Gisela Scheuch, Verónica Uranga, and Lili Zeni.
• Bitter Grounds: A Portrait of El Salvador (La Diosa/Goddess, El Mercado/Market, La Corta/Coffee Harvest, El Petate/Mat, and El Rio/River). February 5, 1999. Hunter College Dance Department Studio Theater, New York. Music: Xolotl (El Salvador) and Leo y su ensamble Malam (Mexico). Costumes: (adapted) Shirley Fennessey. Props: Traditional Salvadoran baskets, brooms, and petate (straw mat). Concept for use of masks and props: Mark DeGarmo. Performers: Marie Baker-Lee and Eunice Payés.
• Excavaciones (part 2: quartet). November 30, 1998. Principal Auditorium of Museo de la Nación, San Borja, Lima, Peru. Escuela Nacional Superior de Ballet del Instituto Nacional de Cultural. Music: Alejandro Velasco (Mexico). Costumes: no credit. Dancers: Mónica de Osma, Ursula Lu, Giselle Muelle, and Lili Zeni.
• Excavations (part 1: duet). June 26, 1998. Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Meeting House, Hudson, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Alejandro Velasco (Mexico). Costumes: Marie Baker-Lee. Backdrop: Sara Abalan (first used at July 17, 1998 premiere at Centro Cultural Los Talleres, Coyoacan, Mexico: Mark DeGarmo & Dancers: Una velada de danza: de lo (un tanto) natural a lo (post) naïve (Season Title for Mark DeGarmo & Dancers performances at University of Veracruz/Jalapa and Los Talleres, Mexico City). Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee and Mark DeGarmo.
• Sri, Marie, and Me. December 16, 1997. A Gallery, New York. Opening Reception for Women Artists of India: A Celebration of Independence organized by Mills College Art Gallery, with work by Srimati Lal. Costumes: Marie Baker-Lee. Make-up: Srimati Lal. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee and Mark DeGarmo.
• Tornadoes and Other Airborne Events. November 18, 1997. Cankarjev Dom Cultural and Congress Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Performed in silence. Costumes and prop: Conceived by Mark DeGarmo. Dancers: Mark DeGarmo, Tony Guglietti, and Noel MacDuffie.
• Be An Animal, Don't Be An Animal. October 16, 1997. John Toth presents In A Circle: The Art and Technology Circus. Audart Gallery, New York. Clown work developed and performed by Jean Taylor (Donna Chicajote) and Mark DeGarmo (Popo).
• America's Beautiful (Happy and Sad, Hunger, and The Show Must Go On). September 13, 1997. Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Composer: Raymond Scott. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Mark DeGarmo, and Brenda Neville.
• Continuum. September 13, 1997. Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Composer: Georges Frederik Handel. Dancer: Brenda Neville.
• Dancing in the Street. August 2, 1997. BronxFest on the Harlem River. Pete Seeger Co-Organizer. Roberto Clemente State Park, Bronx, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Martha Reeves and The Vandellas and Laura Nyro. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Jessica Lozinski, Edmund Melville, Brenda Neville, and Adrianna Thompson.
• Let us Break Bread Together on our Knees. July 27, 1997. Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Abiquiu, NM. Lower Pavilion. Sunday Worship Service. Music: Traditional. Vocalist: Jewell Shelton. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo.
• Meditation of Flight; July 26, 1997. Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Abiquiu, NM. Lower Pavilion. The Essential Howard Thurman seminar. Composer: Antonin Dvorák. Musician: Unknown conference participant and professional violinist. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo.
• Honor the Elders. July 25, 1997. Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Abiquiu, NM. Lower Pavilion. The Essential Howard Thurman seminar. Music: Traditional and original. Vocalist and Poet: Jewell Shelton. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo.
• Dancing Path (Sendero Danzante). February 7, 1997. Los Talleres Cultural Center, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico. Temporada Internacional 97: Soliloquio y Diálogo Bailado: La Ritualidad. Music: Traditional music of the Huichol People of Mexico. Costumes and props: concept by Mark DeGarmo. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo.
• Longing Found. August 10, 1996. BronxFest on the Harlem River. Pete Seeger, Co-Producer. Roberto Clemente State Park, Bronx, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. Dancers: Jacques Burgering, Marie Baker-Lee, Mark DeGarmo, Tony Morales, Brenda Neville, and Adrianna Thompson.
• Longing Lost. August 10, 1996. BronxFest on the Harlem River. Pete Seeger, Co-Producer. Roberto Clemente State Park, Bronx, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. Dancers: Tony Morales and Adrianna Thompson.
• Bird/Eye. August 14, 1995. Arts Center Old Forge, Old Forge, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Toby Twining. Costume and props: concep by Mark DeGarmo. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo.
• Dylan's Feel Good Dance. August 14, 1995. Arts Center Old Forge, Old Forge, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Mark DeGarmo, and Tara Susman.
• Opening Dance. August 14, 1995. Arts Center Old Forge, Old Forge, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee and Tara Susman.
• Pachamama (Snake Song). August 14, 1995. Arts Center Old Forge, Old Forge, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Costume and prop: concep by Mark DeGarmo. Music: Glen Velez. Dancer: Marie Baker-Lee.
• Scorecard. August 14, 1995. Arts Center Old Forge, Old Forge, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: arranged by Elgar Howarth. Costumes: concept by Mark DeGarmo. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Mark DeGarmo, and Tara Susman.
• Unspoken Words. August 14, 1995. Arts Center Old Forge, Old Forge, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Costume: Shirley Fennessey. Music: Alfonso X. Dancer: Tara Susman.
• Raindance. May 11, 1995. ICPNA/ Miraflores: Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano/Binational Peruvian US Cultural Center Miraflores, Lima, Peru. The 1995 Seventh International Festival of New Dance of Lima. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Catriona Macdonald and Ian Lowthain (The Shetland Islands and England). Costumes: Shirley Fennessey. Lighting Design: Sue Poulin. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee and Mark DeGarmo.
1994-1990
• Flying (Revised Fifth Movement of My Father is a Tree). November 14, 1994. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Theater 2, New York. Southern Exposures International Festival co-produced by PAMAR (Pan American Musical Art Research, Inc.). Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Traditional men's power song of the Lobi people from Ghana adapted by Valerie Naranjo. Musicians: MANDARA (Valerie Naranjo and Barry Olsen). Costumes: Joan Durand. Lighting Design: Susannah Hewson. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Calla Jo, Wayne Roddy, Tara Susman, and Adrianna Thompson.
• La Noche de las Noches. November 14, 1994. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Theater 2, New York. Southern Exposures International Festival co-produced by PAMAR (Pan American Musical Art Research, Inc.). Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Ezequiel Viñao (Argentina). Musical Group (this performance made possible with support from the Argentine Consulate in New York): The Brentano String Quartet. Musicians: Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola; and Michael Kannen, cello. Costumes: Shirley Fennessey. Lighting Design: Susannah Hewson. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Calla Jo, Tara Susman, and Adrianna Thompson.
• My Father Is A Tree (First Movement: Falling, Second Movement: Tree Trance, Third Movement: Grounding, Fourth Movement: Earth, and Fifth Movement: Flying). June 3, 1993. Events at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowerie, New York. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Composer and musical adaptations: Valerie Naranjo. Musical group: MANDARA. Musicians: Bryan Carrott, Vince Cherico, Valerie Naranjo, and Barry Olsen. Costumes: Igor Rusanov and Marina Kievsky. Lighting Design: Susannah Hewson. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Mark DeGarmo, Patrick Leader, Brian Levy, Rachel Pinczower, Tara Susman, and Adrianna Thompson.
• River Spirit. March 5, 1992. Events at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowerie, New York. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Rick Baitz. Musicians: Brian Lewis, violin; Kristina Cooper, cello; Deborah Strauss, flute, alto flute, piccolo; Tim Blake, percussion; and Henry Aronson, Yamaha DX7 synthesizer. Costumes: Joan Durand. Lighting Design: Susannah Hewson. Dancers: Miki Giffune, Patty Rayburg Martz, Rachel Pinczower, Salla Saarikangas, and Victoria Tobia.
• Travellers. March 5, 1992. Events at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowerie, New York. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music/musician: Jan Hagiwara. Costumes and Make-up: Igor Rusanov. Lighting Design: Susannah Hewson. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo.
• Attachments. World Premiere: June 14, 1991. The National Theater of El Salvador, San Salvador. Tour to El Salvador produced by Jan Michael Hanvik as part of his 1990-1991 Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship Project in El Salvador. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: George Frederik Handel. Costumes: no credit given. Dancers: Homer Avila, Marie Baker-Lee, Rachel Pinczower, and Nancy Sakamoto. New York Premiere: March 5, 1992: Events at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowerie, New York, NY; Mark DeGarmo & Dancers; Lighting Design: Susannah Hewson; Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Lewis Bossing, Rachel Pinczower, and Patty Rayburg Martz. (Originally created Fall 1990 for: Marie Baker-Lee, Rachel Pinczower, Taffy Schaeffer-Merkert (AKA Catherine Schaeffer), and Osamu Uehara. Dedicated to Jan Michael Hanvik).
• Dances of Spring and Freedom. March 24, 1991. The Jewish Museum. Family Programs at the New-York Historical Society, New York. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Igor Stravinsky, George Frederik Handel, The Klezmatics, and traditional. Costumes: no credit given. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Mark DeGarmo, and Taffy Schaeffer-Merkert (AKA Catherine Schaeffer).
• 100 Persons Dancing (also titled Many Persons Dancing). September 6, 1990. Eagle Monument, Battery Park, New York. Music: Jan Hagiwara. Musicians: Jan Hagiwara, Randy Crafton, and Scott Robinson. Costumes: no credit given. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers with intergenerational and non-dancer guests dancing. Dancers: Veronica Ajakie, Marie Baker-Lee, John Barhite, Kelly Borden, Bob Bragman, Jean Brassard, Juliet Bromer, Jane Carlin, Robbie Capp, Allison Castillo, Norman Colon, Lawrence Conley, Pierre Coudert, Pamella Dash, Annica Davis, Mark DeGarmo, Catherine Doty, Paul Engel, Madela Ezcurra, Heather Fenby, Tom Fletcher, Telma Gama, Susannah Hewson, Bill Horton, Elizabeth Kenney, Jean Kim, Stephanie Klapper, Carol Klein, Brett Lewis, Sharon McDermott, Constance Miller, Corinne Monnard, Stephen Nadel, Regina Nejman, Donna Niedzwiecki, Sam Parde, Claire Parisot, Margarlit Perry, Rachel Pinczower, Robin Richenaker, Naomi Schrag, Miri Shaaltiel, Taffy Schaeffer-Merkert, Kim Siansky, Nicole Sierra, Mark Stevenson, Kayt Sukel, William Tyler, Osamu Uehara, Hunter Walker, Martha Walker, Ellen Wallach, Philippa Wehle, and Meli Zinberg.
• Untitled intercultural industrial performance for French sales force of Glaxo Pharmaceuticals. August 28, 1990. Hilton Hotel Grand Ballroom, New York. Music: Adaptation after West Side Story and other musical themes/no credit given. Costumes: no credit given. Dancers: no credit.
• Urashima Taro. June 9, 1990. Metropolitan School for the Arts Main Theatre, Syracuse. Joint concert with Mark DeGarmo & Dancers and Merián Soto produced by PAMAR: Pan American Musical Arts Research, Inc. Music: Henri Dutilleux. Costumes: Osamu Uehara. Dancers: arie Baker-Lee, Sue Hogan, and Osamu Uehara.
• Viancicos Rebeldes. May 18, 1990. Saint Peter's Church at CitiCorp, New York. Manhattan Vocal Ensemble Concert. Music: Max Lifchitz (Mexico). Conductor: Nelly Vuksic (Argentina). Pianist: César Vuksic (Argentina). Singers: Elaine Goodman, Susan Hegelmeyer, Michelle Peterson, Carolyn Snell, Maurizio Corbino, Dean Meyers, Stanley Dorn, and Frank Kain. Costumes: Osamu Uehara. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Mark DeGarmo, Sue Hogan, and Osamu Uehara.
1989-1985
• Dances of Light. December 24, 1989. The Jewish Museum, New York. Family Programs. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: traditional and The Klezmatics. Costumes (originally designed for Glory): Osamu Uehara. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Mark DeGarmo, Alice Kaltman, and Clara Maxwell.
• Promotional Video. September 1989. Dance excerpts: Ballplay, Dance of Death, Danceplay of the Red Skirts, Drive With 8's, Get On With It, Red Globe Dance from Quadratic Ballet, and Some Brahms. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Video: Dennis Diamond. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Mark DeGarmo, Sue Hogan, Ted McKnight, Tamie Rientenbach, and Osamu Uehara.
• The Colors of Wisdom. September 9, 1989. A site-specific work designed for the site of Evan Stoller's half acre sculpture Maya Station, an outdoor exhibition of and sponsored by The Neuberger Museum at the State University of New York at Purchase, NY. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers with invited intergenerational guest dancers and nondancers. Music: Composed and performed by Tigger Benford with Bagpipe player Adam Gilbert performing in the dance's opening procession. Costumes: No credit given. Dancers: Mark DeGarmo & Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Mark DeGarmo, Sue Hogan, and Tamie Rietenbach with Shana Adelman, Tanja Anticevic, Misachi Aoki, Katie Avery, Keely Ayres, Susan Bartlett, Judith Bendewald, Emanuel Bosgang, Sarah Ellenore Carl, Mary Dalton, Lila Dlaboha, Paul Engel, Tom Fletcher, Karen Gstadler, Jan Michael Hanvik, Susannah Hewson, Carol Klein, Loanne Luongo, Rachel McNish, Jordan Peugh, Rachel Pinczower, Dale Riley, Elaine Ryan, Tana Seabrook, Ramona Toussaint, Lori Ann Triolo, Brian Waite, Ellen Wallach, Garfield White, and So-so Wong.
• On the March. August 1989. Usdan Center for the Performing Arts, Hempstead, NY. Summer camp dance students. Music: no credit. Dancers: no credit.
• Songstream. April 11, 1989. Saint Peter's Church at CitiCorp, New York. Joint concert with Manhattan Vocal Ensemble Concert and Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Alice Parker. Director: Nelly Vuksic (Argentina). Pianist: César Vuksic (Argentina). Singers: Elaine Goodman, Susan Hegelmeyer, Michelle Peterson, Carolyn Snell, Maurizio Corbino, Dean Meyers, Stanley Dorn, and Frank Kain. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo.
• Estribillo. April 11, 1989. Saint Peter's Church at CitiCorp, New York. Joint concert with Manhattan Vocal Ensemble Concert and Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Grau. Director, Pianist, Singers: ibid. Costume: No credit given. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo.
• Romp and Roll. March 1989. Sussex County Vocational Technical High School Auditorium, Sparta, NJ. Dance Club. Music: Performed in silence. Dancers: no credit.
• Sad Dog. February 1989. Eastchester High School Auditorium, Eastchester, NY. Dance Club. Music: no credit. Dancers: no credit.
• Danceplay of the Red Skirts. June 17, 1988. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Gymnasium, New York. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers as Dance Company in Residence. Music: Frances Poulenc. Costumes: Osamu Uehara. Masks: no credit. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Matthew Brookoff, Mark DeGarmo, Rita Jenkins, Patti
Kooyman, and Tamie Rietenbach.
• Quadratic Ballet II. June 17, 1988. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Gymnasium, New York. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers as Dance Company in Residence. Music/musician: Craig Gordon. Costumes: Osamu Uehara. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Matthew Brookoff, Mark DeGarmo, and Tamie Rietenbach.
• Ballplays. April 30, 1988. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Gymnasium, New York. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers as Dance Company in Residence. Music: Virgil Moorefield. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Mark DeGarmo, and Tamie Rietenbach.
• Ragtime Nightmare. April 30, 1988. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Gymnasium, New York. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers as Dance Company in Residence. Music: no credit. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Mark DeGarmo, and Tamie Rietenbach.
• Concerto (showed as a work-in-progress). October 1987. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Gymnasium, New York. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers as Dance Company in Residence. Music: Antonin Vivaldi. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Matthew Brookoff, Mark DeGarmo, and Tamie Rietenbach.
• Dance of Death. June 4, 1987. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Gymnasium, New York. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers as Dance Company in Residence. Music: Music of the Huave people of Mexico. Costumes: Osamu Uehara. Dancers: Jim Bonner, Osamu Uehara, and Josh Walden. (Created in fall 1985 after two month teaching residency in Mexico. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Karen Graham, and Tamie Rietenbach).
• Quadratic Ballet Rectangular Space, In the Spell of the Stars, Red Globe Dance, and Big Top). Based on conversations with and an homage to Andor Weininger, a member of Germany's Bauhaus, Bauhaus Clown, designer, visual artist, composer, musican, and dancer with Oskar Schlemmer and other research of the Bauhaus. June 4, 1987. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Gymnasium, New York. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers as Dance Company-In-Residence. Music/musician: Craig Gordon. Costumes: Osamu Uehara. Dancers: Marie Alonzo, Maria Augustine, Marie Baker-Lee, Ellen Drexel, Margaret Elsner, Linda Loftis, Judy Marriott, Tamie Rietenbach, Lynn Shapiro, Sonia Wichmann, and Lauree Wise. Soloist in Red Globe Dance: Marie Baker-Lee. Soloists in Big Top: Ballerina: Margaret Elsner, Creature: Lynn Shapiro, Clown: Marie Alonzo, and Body-Builder: Judy Marriott.
• Glory. December 21, 1986. Poughkeepsie High School Auditorium, Poughkeepsie, NY. Benefit for Camp Epworth, Summer Camp for Developmentally Disabled Adults. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Georges Frederik Handel. Costumes: Osamu Uehara. Dancers: Marie Alonzo, Marie Baker-Lee, Tamie Rietenbach, Lizabeth Skalski, and Osamu Uehara.
• The Light. December 21, 1986. Poughkeepsie High School Auditorium, Poughkeepsie, NY. Benefit for Camp Epworth, Summer Camp for Developmentally Disabled Adults. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Traditional. Costume: Osamu Uehara. Dancer: Lizabeth Skalski.
• Santa. December 21, 1986. Poughkeepsie High School Auditorium, Poughkeepsie, NY. Benefit for Camp Epworth, Summer Camp for Developmentally Disabled Adults. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Traditional by Burl Ives. Dancers: Marie Alonzo, Marie Baker-Lee, Lizabeth Skalski, and Osamu Uehara.
• The Street Dance. September 20, 1986.Performed on Second Avenue (between 6th and 7th Streets) in front of Middle Collegiate Church as pre-performance before Mark DeGarmo & Dancers' duet program, New York Music: performed to street sounds. Dancers: Umberto Del Olmo, Terri Diaz, & Tamie Rietenbach.
• Drive With 8's. April 12, 1986. El Camino Community College Campus Theater, Torrance, CA. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: performed in silence. Costume: Cathy Hazeltine. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo. New York Premiere: June 4, 1987. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Gymnasium.
• Pulse. April 12, 1986. El Camino Community College Campus Theater, Torrance, CA. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Virgil Moorefield. Dancer: Marie Baker-Lee.
• Some Brahms (8 sections). April 12, 1986. El Camino Community College Campus Theater, Torrance, CA. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music: Johannes Brahms. Costumes: no credit. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee and Mark DeGarmo. (Trio, 16 section version premiered as The Brahms Waltzes: Rhythms and Forms December 3, 1983).
• Untitled Commission for opening of a Private Health Center fashion show/demonstration of work-out equipment. July 30, 1985. Yutsil Center, Toluca, Mexico. Music and Dancers: no credit given.
• Little Red Riding Hood. April 13, 1985: Inroads Multimedia Art Center, New York. Music: David Bowie. Costumes: Penny Howell. Set design: Bob Russ. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Christa Coogan, Mark DeGarmo, and Errol Grimes. (First performed as video January 1985. Video: David Shore. Dancers: Marie Baker-Lee, Christa Coogan, Mark DeGarmo, and Ed Henry.)
1984-1980
• Blue Skies. December 3, 1983. Stissing Mountain Jr.-Sr. High School Auditorium, Pine Plains, NY. Benefit for The Fine Arts Departments. Mark DeGarmo & Dancers. Music and pianist: Allan Greene. Costumes: Penny Howell. Dancers: Susan Bartlett, Mark DeGarmo, Jan Hanvik, and Dina McDermott. New York Premiere: January 13, 1984: Vital Arts Center; Dancers: ibid.
• The Brahms Waltzes: Rhythms and Forms (16 sections). December 3, 1983. Stissing Mountain Jr.-Sr. High School Auditorium, Pine Plains, NY. Benefit for The Fine Arts Departments. Music: Johannes Brahms. Pianist: Allan Greene. Costumes: Penny Howell. Dancers: Mark DeGarmo, Jan Hanvik, and Dina McDermott. New York Premiere: January 13, 1984. Vital Arts Center; Dancers: ibid. Revised as Some Brahms in 1986.
• The Spider and the Fly. December 3, 1983. Stissing Mountain Jr.-Sr. High School Auditorium, Pine Plains, NY. Benefit for The Fine Arts Departments. Music: Craig Gordon. Costumes: Penny Howell. Dancers: Susan Bartlett and Jan Hanvik. New York Premiere: January 13, 1984: Vital Arts Center Dancers: ibid.
• Circle Dance/Perpetual Motion (Circle Dance 1, Jig, Circle Dance 2, and Perpetual Motion). February 25, 1983. Restaged to include the first three sections and as a trio. White Dog Studio, New York. Mark DeGarmo and Dina McDermott present DANCES. Music: Dorothy Carter, and Virgil Moorefield. Costumes: Penny Howell. Dancers: Jan Hanvik, Juliet Neidish, and Debra Weiss. First performed as solo (Perpetual Motion only) on July 24, 1982. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo. Woodbridge Center, Woodbridge, NJ.
• Get on with It. February 25, 1983. Revised to include two solos. Music: Leo Kottke. White Dog Studio, New York. Mark DeGarmo and Dina McDermott present DANCES. Dancers: Mark DeGarmo and Debra Weiss. (Finale first performed July 24, 1982. Woodbridge Center, Woodbridge, NJ. Dancers: Gina Bonati and Mark DeGarmo.
• On the Edge. February 25, 1983. White Dog Studio, New York. Music: John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Mark DeGarmo and Dina McDermott present DANCES. Dancers: Susan Bartlett, Linda Lehovic, and Tina Mantel. (Adapted from the work Goonery, first performed in 1977. Carol Conway Dance Studio Theater, New York. Dancers: Caren Acker, Mark DeGarmo, and Deborah Miller.)
• Steady Streams. February 25, 1983. White Dog Studio, New York. Mark DeGarmo and Dina McDermott present DANCES. Music and musician/percussionist: Jan Hagiwara. Costume: Kathleen Malloy (AKA Kathleen Laziza). Dancer: Mark DeGarmo. (First performance 1982. The Juilliard School's Drama Studio Theater, New York.)
• Perpetual Motion. July 24, 1982. Woodbridge Center, Woodbridge, NJ. Music: Virgil Moorefield. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo.
• Rambling. July 24, 1982. Woodbridge Center, Woodbridge, NJ. Music: Keith Jarrett. Dancer: Mark DeGarmo.
• Exiles From Earth. June 5, 1982. Performance Space 122, New York. Dancers For Disarmament. Music: Miguel Coelho (Brazil). Dancers: Gina Bonati and Mark DeGarmo. (First performance May 1982. The Juilliard School Theater, New York.)
Photographs on this page by Beatriz Schiller
