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Einy Åm Sparks | dance & film artist

ABOUTEiny Åm Sparks is a native Norwegian, Brooklyn based contemporary dance artist, who is dedicated to creating innovative and ground breaking performances that challenge the way we see and experience dance. Her work experiments with stylized pedestrian movement and release based modern dance techniques, and challenges the borderline between dance and theater through exploring the limitations of a specific space and props to find hidden possibilities and further meaning in each movement. The work engages the audience through different prosceniums, through the unique movement vocabulary, and by integrating the voice and live music, for it all to come together to tell a story. Einy Åm seeks to question, inspire and motivate, through work that is delicate, clever and articulate, yet still accessible to the general public. Einy’s choreography has been presented at venues like Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, Dance New Amsterdam, The Winter Garden, Chez Bushwick, White Wave John Ryan Theater and 92nd St Y, among others. In addition to shorter pieces, Einy has choreographed three evening length pieces in collaboration with her father and composer, Magnar Åm. These concerts all incorporated a large chorus, live musicians and one or more dancers. Norwegian press described the choreography as ‘Stunning and thought provoking’ (Sunnmørsposten) and ‘Impressive precision with radiant…
CHOREOGRAPHEROpen Your Window Linger Cafe u0026amp; Lounge, Brooklyn, NY, Sept 18 2011 Begin, and Begin Again Dance New Amsterdam / The Field, New York, NY, June 30 2011 To Listen Dumbo Dance Festival, Brooklyn, NY , Sept 25 2011 FAB! Festival , New York, NY, Sept 24 2011 ADG Festival at MMAC , New York, NY, Feb 26 2011 Behind the Facade Milk Farm Festival, Katonah, NY, Dec 12 2010 Bare Bones at The Construction Company, New York, NY, Nov 6 2010 Encounter (the videos) Milk Farm Festival, Katonah, NY, Dec 12 2010 Encounter (dance+video) Commissioned by composer Magnar Aam, Voldsdalen Kyrkje, Voldsdalen, Norway, Nov 21 2010 Volda Kyrkje, Volda, Norway, Nov 20 2010 Meditations in Steel 60×60 Vox Novus at The Winter Garden, New York, NY, Nov 13 2009 Above Water CAKE at Chez Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, June 20 2009 God’s I’s Commissioned by composer Magnar Aam, Volda Kyrkje, Volda, Norway, Mar 1 2008 Almos… 60×60 Vox Novus at Jan Hus Church, New York, NY, Aug 26 2007 Here, in the Resurrection FOLK-05, dance film + live pool performance collaboration with Magnar Aam, Galleri Lista Fyr , Farlund, Norway, Sep 2005 Tree of Tenderness Commissioned by composer Magnar Aam, Prague,…
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