Falling in and out of love. Duet for one is constructed as four vignets depicting a progression of emotional states. The work is created for an intimate venue where the physical closeness between audience and performer is an integrated part … Continue reading →

Plastic Memory was created on the road, in the intersections where cultures intertwine, where memories create the backdrop for new expectations and experiences. Our bodies carry history. Memories evaporate through movement. Images rewind and reappear. Hearing a forgotten song. When … Continue reading →

Remembering friends lost and past conversations. Choreography and performer: Kari Hoaas Original Music: Laurent Cosani Additional Music: The Mamas and The Papas Lighting Design: Kari Hoaas in collaboration with Boya Bochman Length: 12 minutes Performances: February 3rd, 2006, New Norwegian … Continue reading →

A solo exploring memory and emotions as vehicles for expression of identity. Choreography: Kari Hoaas Original Music: Laurent Cosani Additional Music: Federico Aubele Photocredit: Marius E. Hauge Performer: Mei-Yin Ng Length: 6 minutes Performance: September 9th, 2006, DanceNow/NYC 12th Annual … Continue reading →

I want more!!! Because I desereve it! A dance-theater work for an actor and four dancers more takes us on a surrealistic journey through an imagenary shopping mall. Choreography and direction: Kari Hoaas Original Music: Laurent Cosani Lighting Design: Frank DenDanto Video: Deborah … Continue reading →

A frenetic meditation on the greener grass at the other side of some fence… Paradise? explores the constant longing for human connection in an age of emotional isolation. By recontextualizing the generic physical vocabulary of the mass media it explores … Continue reading →

” an incisively subversive flirtation.” – Susan Yung, Village Voice. Choreography and performer: Kari Hoaas Original Music: Laurent Cosani Lighting Design: Frank DenDanto Photocredit: Marius E. Hauge, Amiee Koch Length: 22 minutes Performances and venues: Movement Research at Judson Church, New … Continue reading →

A fifteen minute meditation on the lonelyness of fame. Choreography and performer: Kari Hoaas Original Music: Laurent Cosani Photocredit: Miki Nitadori Length: 15 minutes Performances: P.S. 122, Avant-Garde-Arama, New York City; USA Dixon Place, New York City, USA Sundays at … Continue reading →

A solo in six parts exploring ideas of freedom. Choreography and performer: Kari Hoaas Original Music: Laurent Cosani Video: Kari Hoaas and Anne Checler Film: Deborah Barkow Photocredit: Carolina Kroon Length: 20 minutes Performances: New Choreographers Initiative at Context Studio, … Continue reading →