collaborations

Global Midwest Project “The LivingLakes” (2015)
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A performance collaboration conceived by  Anita Gonzalez with Joel Valentín-Martinez. Collaborating scholars Cindy Garcia and Phillip Deloria. Funded by Mellon Foundation and Humanities Without Walls consortium. University of Michigan.

More on Anita Gonzalez: http://anitagonzalez.com/
More on Joel Valentín-Martinez:  http://valentinprojects.org/
Orbit Design  
Composed in 2012, Orbit Design is a musical algorithm for three or more performers, in which improvised material is structured using pre-determined rules. Its concept is based around the dynamic, yet unpredictable, movement and interactions of three (or more) celestial bodies under Newton's law of gravity. The performance is presented as more than a musical composition: rather, a journey through time and space, and an exploration of human gravitational interaction. 

Director: Christina Manceor
Choreographer: Amy Cadwallader
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Percussionists: Christina Manceor, Nicole Patrick, Eric Peterson, Evan Saddler
Dancers: Paula Modafferi, Molly Pabersz, Jessica Post, Patty Solorzano

University of Michigan's Detroit Observatory, Ann Arbor
April 2015

Video editing by Patterson McKinney

To view entire performance visit: http://www.christinamanceor.com/orbit-design.html
More on Derek Bermel:  http://www.derekbermel.com/orbitdesign
How to Dance (2014)
Dance for the Camera
Concept, Script, Direction, Camera & Editing:  David Olonoff
Choreography:  Patty L. Solórzano
​Performance:  David Olonoff & Patty L. Solórzano

Links:  David Olonoff's Vimeo
Cinetopia International Film Festival 2014
Detroit Opening Party, Detroit, MI

Detroit Institute of Arts’ Prentis CourtInteractive Video Dance Performance Piece directed by Sultan Sharieff
Couch Dreams (2015)
Concept and Direction:  Anthony Alterio
Choreography & Performance:  Anthony Alterio and Patricia Lorena Solórzano
Music:  Via Libre & Michael Wall