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FULL & SHARED CONCERTS

2007- Once Removed: Peripeteia evening length work by Rachel Thorne Germond- Links Hall- Chicago, IL

2007-Tragic Flawless: choreography by Rachel Thorne Germond and Asimina Chremos- Silverspace- Chicago, IL

2006-Work in Progess: RTG Dance & Thread Meddle Outfit- Locus- Chicago, IL

2006- RTG Dance: In Progress- w. guest artist Barbara Mahler- Links Hall- Chicago, IL

2005- Splendor- an evening of dances by Rachel Thorne Germond- Links Hall- Chicago, IL

2005- Wonder: Collected Dances by Rachel Thorne Germond - Links Hall - Chicago, IL

2004 - Ponder: Iconorama and Other Dances by Rachel Thorne Germond - Links Hall - Chicago, IL

2004 - New and Old(er) Dances by Rachel Thorne Germond - Williamsburg Art NeXus (WAX) - Brooklyn, NY

2004 - Rachel Thorne Germond & Rebecca Rossen - Links Hall - Chicago, IL

2002 - Transfer - Rachel Thorne Germond & Barbara Mahler - Links Hall - Chicago, IL

2001 - Eye - Rachel Thorne Germond & Catherine Hourihan - Chashama - New York, NY

2000 - Assemblage - Rachel Thorne Germond & James Hansen-Merce Cunningham Studio - New York, NY

1999 - Coup - Rachel Thorne Germond, James Hansen & Matthew Brookoff - Merce Cunningham Studio - New York, NY

1998 - Diptych of Loneliness and Love - Dances by Rachel Thorne Germond - Merce Cunningham Studio - New York, NY

1998 - Uneasy Virtues - Rachel Thorne Germond & David Alan Harris - Joyce Soho - New York, NY

1997 - Rachel Thorne Germond & Deborah Kayton - Context Studios - New York, NY

1996 - Brookoff & Germond - RTG & Matthew Brookoff - Merce Cunningham Studio - New York, NY

1995 - Goblin Market - Rachel Thorne Germond - Merce Cunningham Studio - New York, NY

1994 - Solos and Duets by Rachel Thorne Germond - Merce Cunningham Studio - New York, NY


Photo: Out from Afar(m)- 2000- Performed at UIUC's Kranner Center- Champaign, IL

SHOWCASES AND FESTIVALS

2008

7/17 Hot Festival! - Dixon Place-New York, NY- Wallflower- choreographed by Barbara Mahler.

5/10 Tea Dances- New York, NY- RTG dances in Wallflower, choreographed by Barbara Mahler.

4/25 Queertopia! A Queer Burlesque Show - Northwestern University- Chicago, IL (Do It Again)

3/5-9 Soaking Wet Series - West End Theater - NYC- RTG dances in Barbara Mahler's work.



2007

9/1 Joie de Vivre- Chicago, IL- an evening of dance and art in relationship to Hurricane Katrina (excerpt of Tragic Dance)

5/16 & 18 Estrogen Festival- Prop Theater- Chicago, IL (Double Judy)

5/11 Looptopia!-Chase Tower Auditorium- Chicago, IL (Double Judy)

4/11 Thaw: a benefit for Links Hall- Sonoteque- Chicago, IL (invited guest artist)

3/15 & 23 Full Circle Festival of Danztheatre-Hamllin Park Fieldhouse- Chicago, IL- (Double Judy)

1/26, 2/23, 3/25 Girlie Q Variety Hour- Hothouse-Chicago, IL ( Joan's Revenge)

2006

Movement Research at Judson Church About Town Series- Dance Theater Workshop- New York, NY

Warriors and Queens-
Northwestern University Dept. of Performance Studies- Evanston, IL

Girlie Q Variety Hour
curated by JT Newman- Hothouse- Chicago, IL (Jan, Feb, March, June)

Full Circle Festival of Danztheatre- Hamlin Park Fieldhouse- Chicago, IL

Around the Coyote Fall Dance Festival
- Vittum Theater- Chicago, IL

2006 Stockyards Women's Performance Art Festival - Links Hall- Chicago, IL

Crossing Boundaries - curated by Marcia Monroe- Dixon Place- New York, NY


2005

Girlie Q Variety Show curated by JT Newman - Hothouse - Chicago, IL

Girlie Q Variety Show
curated by JT Newman at PAC/Edge Festival - the Athenaeum Theatre- Chicago, IL

Full Circle- A Fesival of Danztheatre -
Glade Memorial Hall - Chicago, IL

2004

Rebel Princesses - Stockyards Theater Annual Women's Performance Art Festival - Chicago, IL

International Drag King Extravaganza - Brunch at the Hothouse - Chicago, IL

Around the Coyote Dance Festival - Vittum Theater - Chicago, IL

Winter All Girl Revue - Bailiwick Theater - Chicago, IL

Girlie Q Variety Show - Hothouse - Chicago, IL

BAX First Weekends Performance Series - Brooklyn Arts Exchange - Brooklyn, NY

2003

Around the Coyote Winter Dance Festival - Chicago Actor's Studio - Chicago, IL

Dixon Place - Underexposed - Dixon Place - New York, NY

Ladyfest Philly - Community Education Center (CEC) and Transit nightclub - Philadelphia, PA

FUSE Festival - Body Blend - HERE Arts Center - New York, NY

SWEAT - Dance Series - Stevens Institute of Technology - Hoboken, NJ

Barbara Mahler, Leslie Satin & Rachel Thorne Germond - The Construction Company - New York, NY

2002

Dixon Place - Words n. Motion - curated by Paula Hunter - New York, NY

Motivity - A Choreographers Showcase - Links Hall - Chicago, IL

Motivity - Preview Performance - Harold Washington Library - Chicago, IL

Fieldtrips - Links Hall - Chicago, IL

Queer @ Here Festival - HERE Arts Center - New York, NY (Object Dances)

Feast of Fools Cabaret - Ha Mien Restaurant - Chicago, IL

Bedtime Stories Cabaret - Wicker Park loft - Chicago, IL (Viva Las Elvis)

Museum of Contemporary Art - The Chicago Kings - Chicago, IL

Bitch & Animal & Chicago Kings Show - The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL (Evil Elvis)

Chance Dance - Links Hall - Chicago, IL

Spare Room Annual Group Show - The Spare Room - Chicago, IL (Object Dances)

Around The Coyote Fall Arts Festival - Pulaski Park Theater - Chicago, IL (5 Marilyns)

SPIN Nightclub - Chicago Kings Show - Chicago, IL

Stockyards Theater Performance Art Festival - Links Hall - Chicago, IL

Chicago Kings - Day of the Dead Show - Ha Mien Restaurant - Chicago, IL

Dance Chicago! Dance Slam - Athenaeum Theater - Chicago, IL

Winter All Girl Revue - Lesbian Theater Initiative - Bailiwick Theater - Chicago, IL

Feast of Fools Cabaret - Ha Mien Restaurant - Chicago, IL

2001

fFIDA - Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists-Buddies in Bad Times Theater -Toronto, Canada

Dance Chicago Dance Slam! - Athenaeum Theater Chicago, IL

Dixon Place- Underexposed - New York, NY

Dance Collective - Carol Nolte- Merce Cunningham Studio - New York, NY

Performances with Tasha Taylor - Working in the Kitchen- the Kitchen, New York, NY

2000

Pretty: a Performance Art Piece (Dir. by Rachel Reynolds) - Armory Free Theater - Urbana, IL

Studiodance I - UIUC - Krannert Center for the Performing Arts - Studio Theater- Urbana, IL

Voices in Ruins - Collaboration with Insook Choi - Krannert Art Museum - Urbana, IL

A solo in the style of Anna Teresa DeKeersmaeker - UIUC - Krannert Center Showing - Urbana, IL


Photo: Rejoinder- 1999- Rachel Thorne Germond and Tasha Taylor
at Sweat Series, Stevens Institute of Tech. , NJ

1999

Drive-In - Site Specific Performance Art Work - Krannert Center Parking Garage - Urbana, IL

Studio Dance III - Krannert Center for Performing Arts - Studio Theater - Urbana, IL

Fieldwork - Links Hall - Chicago, IL

Deli Dances - a Chashama Production on W.42nd Street - New York, NY

An Informal Showcase curated by Claire Porter - Columbia University Teacher's College - New York, NY

Gradworks Dance Concert I - Krannert Dance Studio - Urbana, IL

Not Yet Known - shared concert w Cameron Jarret & Rachel Grater - The Armory Free Theater - Urbana, IL

An Improvisational Event in Honor of John Cage - Directed by Prof. Rebecca Nettl-Fiol - Krannert Art Museum - Urbana, IL

1998

fFIDA - fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists - Buddies in Bad Times Theater - Toronto, Canada

Table - Art in Context - Site-Specific Work - Krannert Center of Performing Arts - foyer of Playhouse Theater Urbana, IL

Dixon Place - UnderExposed - Curated by Shannon Hummel - New York, NY

Gradworks Dance Concert - UIUC Krannert Center For Performing Arts - Urbana, IL


Photo: Dishette- 1998 Joyce Soho- NYC- Veronica Dittman and Tasha Taylor


1997

Dixon Place

New York International Fringe Festival

fFIDA


1996

Womenspeak
Festival- Philadelphia, PA

fFIDA - Toronto, CA

1995

Movement Research at Judson Church - New York, NY

Movement Research Open Performance

1994

Group Motion Studio Series- Philadelphia, PA

92nd St. Y- Fridays at Noon Series- 92nd St. YMCA- New York, NY

1993

Fieldwork

Food for Thought curated by Tere O'Connor-Danspace at St. Marks Church- New York, NY

1992

the Knitting Factory Dance Series


the Gowanus Arts Exchange (now BAX)

the Performance Zone Festival


1991

Fieldday

Fieldwork- Dia Art Foundation (now the Joyce Soho) , New York, NY (3 Elvises)

1990

Fieldwork- Dia Art Foundation (now the Joyce Soho) , New York, NY - (5 Marilyns)

Other Companies/Artists Rachel Thorne Germond has performed with:

2008
Barbara Mahler Dances- duet Wallflower-New York, NY- Soaking Wet at West End Theater, Tea dances, the Hot Festival! at Dixon Place.

2007
Asimina Chremos- duet2-Silverspace- Chicago,IL

2004
Asimina Chremos- duet2- Links Hall, Chicago IL.

2002-2001
Carol Nolte/Dance Collective New York, NY. Merce Cunningham Studio company performances and teaching workshops.

Tasha Taylor- Working in the Kitchen- New York, NY. Duet performed May 23 & 24 at the Kitchen.

2000
David Hurwith-Northampton, MA participated in development and performance of group work involving structured improvisation in performance.

Festival 2000 UIUC Dept. of Dance- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (KCPA) PlayhouseTheater. Urbana, IL. Performed choreography by Susan Marshall (Arms) and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar(BitterTongue)

1999
Yoshika Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks-New York, NY. Dancespace at St. Mark's Church Silver Series. Performed in group work.

1996
Deborah Riley- Musical Theaterworks, New York, NY-Trio. Part My Hair

Dana Salisbury and Dancers, Soho Repertory Theater, New York, NY.- . Smith College, Northampton,MA. -The Meandering Line -( a solo from the evening length work, DAM.)

1994
Andrew Marcus at theDia Art Foundation, ContextStudios,The Knitting Factory, New York , NY-Transferent Abess (duet).

Fay Simpson Dance Theater with the Manhattan Class Company Off-Broadway Dance Theater Production, New York, NY.- D-Train -Directed by Robert Lupone.

1993
Roseanne Spradlin
Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY. Ð Aria 1991-96

Nuria Olive-Belles Choreography and Film Projects, New York, NY. - The Bulls at the Ball- PS 122, The Kitchen. Film Projects:Down the Drain (1992) & Touch (1996).

1988-92
Pedro Alejandro & Dancers New York, NY. Founding Company Member. S&M, Coming Through the Rye.

1987
American Dance Asylum Binghamton,NY. Lois Welk with Michael DiFonzo -The Train Station Dance

Additional Projects and Collaborations during 1990-2000: Insook Choi, Julie Farstad, Nancy Topf, Fiona Marcotty, Bob Dambrowsky, Patricia Coleman, Deborah Kayton.

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