Joy Prendergast
PERFORMANCE
PROJECT THRUST: Director Malinda LaVelle, See PROJECT THRUST website
CHARADE: 2014-2015, SFCD San Francisco, Dancer/Actress
URGE: 2011-2012, World Premier at ODC, Dancer/Actress
BUST: 2009-2011 World Premier at Z Space, Dancer/Actress
THE FOUNDRY: Director Alex Ketley
Please Love Me: 2009-2010, World Premier, Dancer/Soloist
Glimpse: 2008, Dancer/Soloist
ALYCE FINWALL DANCE THEATER: Director Alyce Finwall
Evan Fall: 2011 New York Tour, Joyce Theater: Dancer/Soloist
Enter Demeter: 2010 New York Tour, Joyce Theater: Dancer/Soloist
WOODMINSTER THEATER: Director Joel Schlader
Oliver the Musical: 2011, Actress and Chores dancer
SANDBOX SERIES: Katie Faulkner (Director of Little Seismic Dance Company) 2012
Amelia Rudolph (Director of Project Bandaloop) 2012
SKETCH: Robert Moses, ODC Theater Grand Opening 2010
SHARP AND FINE: Shot of the Day, Short Dance Film Series 2011
CHOREOGRAPHY
COLLISIONS: created in 2013, performed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance 2013 and 2015 as an ongoing research. Featured in San Francisco Tiny Dance Film Festival in 2015. Dancers include Emily Jones, Maggie Stack, Kaitlin Parks, Rachel Prendergast, Katie Florez, Brianna Torres, Rachel Laws, and Jane Selna
GENEVA BOREDOM: created in 2013 as part of the RAW Residency, performed at the Garage and SFCD. Dancers: Deanna Gooding, Joy Prendergast, Rachel Prendergast
THE END OF DESIRE: Created in 2012 as part of the Raw Residency, performed at the Garage and SFCD student showcase, Dancers: Kelvin Vu and Shannon Leypoldt
BELLS AND WHISTLES: Solo commissioned by SFCD in 2012 and Premiered at Z Space as part of the 2012 San Francisco Summer Dance Series, performed by Joy Prendergast
MAINTAIN CLASS: Created in 2011 as part of the Raw Residency, performed at the Garage in San Francisco. Dancers: Emily Jones, Lydia Sakolsky-Basquill, Sarah Lyman
EDUCATION
San Francisco Conservatory of Dance (SFCD): 2007-2009, scholarship recipient
University of Utah: Ballet/Character Dance, 2005-2007 scholarship recipient
Other
Writer [published by NextBook Press, New York] and Stance on Dance (online publication), Acting [stage and film], Singing, Modeling, Teaching Dance and movement research to all ages and abilities, extensive study of Gaga and Forsythe’s improvisation techniques
References
Available upon request at CONTACT ME
"...I want to challenge my own ideals and notions of what dance can be...I want to be the explorer and the innovator..."
Joy Prendergast, 2015
"....possess a unique quality that refuses to be pinned down....the way Prendergast moves through a flurry of guttural movement and sound before striking a classical arabesque..."
San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 2010
"...Dancers Joy Prendergast and Kara Davis bring dynamic energy to Ketley's choreography as they slice through space with commanding presence....with an acute awareness and sensitivity..."
The Daily Californian, April 2010