JUNKSPACE
SITE-ADAPTIVE DANCE PERFORMANCE WITH LIVE MUSIC // 45-60 MINUTES // PERFORMANCE CAN BE ADAPTED FOR DIFFERENT SITES
HG FETTEROLF FACTORY ADAPTATION // 60 MINUTES // May 12, 2019 (Philadelphia)
BRUNAKRA FARM ADAPTATION // 45 MINUTES // June 2019 (Sweden)
CHRIST CHURCH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE THEATER ADAPTATION // 45 MINUTES // January 2020 (Philadelphia)
Featured in DANCE MAGAZINE's October 2019 issue
Review from THINKING DANCE:
"Tori Lawrence + Co. creates holistic aesthetic experiences, amalgamating many subtle moments into a complete whole that carefully considers all aspects of performance. Their latest work, JUNKSPACE, choreographed by Lawrence, was previewed in an abandoned warehouse in Philadelphia’s Germantown [...] JUNKSPACE’s sensitive design is an exercise in being, resonating with what is already in the space, and indeed what came before any of us ever set foot in it [...] Another work may have attempted to conquer the warehouse, to resist being swallowed by its magnitude; worse, another work may have ignored it entirely, creating a piece that needed four walls and a floor and nothing more. Yet here, Lawrence’s work communes directly with the space; its strength arises from its acknowledgement of both the physical and energetic states present. JUNKSPACE moves deftly about the building with deference to and camaraderie with the warehouse; all that it once contained and all it has yet to."
RESIDENCIES
BRUNAKRA, Sweden, June 2019
Yaddo Residency Program, New York, December 2018
Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation Residency at Chez Bushwick, Brooklyn, July-October 2018
Playa Residency Program, Oregon, June 2018
The Iron Factory, Philadelphia, January 2019
PERFORMANCES
Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn, NY, April 2025
Bodies in Motion Festival, 33 Hawley, Northampton, MA, Jan. 2020
Philadelphia Dance Projects, Christ Church Neighborhood House, Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 2020
Brunakra, Simrishamn, Sweden, June 2019
HG Fetterolf Factory, Philadelphia, PA, May 2019
The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton, MA, March 2019
Philadelphia Dance Projects Budapest/Philadelphia Residency Exchange, Performance Garage, Philadelphia, October 2018
Artist-in-Residence Showing, Chez Bushwick, Brooklyn, September 2018
Playa, Oregon, June 2018
Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York City, March 2018
Links Hall, Chicago, October 2017
Franklin & Marshall College, December 2017
CREDITS
Choreographer/Director: Tori Lawrence
Dancers/Collaborators: Ellie Goudie-Averill, Taryn Griggs, Jungwoong Kim, Jenna Riegel
Live Music: Cole Highnam, Seth Wenger
Costume: Kaori Chiappetta
Set Design: Tori Lawrence
Sound Design and Carpentry: Seth Wenger
Rehearsal Director: Ellie Goudie-Averill
Photographer: Johanna Austin
