Trap Ist

"...Felice Lesser’s Trap Ist is an important new work that really needs to be seen widely, and by multi-generational audiences... Her work deserves our attention."

-- Lisa Jo Sagolla, THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST, December 19, 2022

TRAP IST is Felice Lesser's multi-media, science fiction fantasy about enslaved humans who revolt against their A.I. captor on a distant planet.

Conceived, Written, Choreographed• and Directed by FELICE LESSER

Artistic Design, Sets & Animation by JONATHAN BURKHARDT

Music: BORUT KRZISNIK, STEFANIA DE KENESSEY, RICHARD EINHORN

Interactive Technology: LORNE SVARC (Technodramatists)

Lighting Design: EMILY CLARKSON

Production Stage Manager/Sound: MACKENZIE TROWBRIDGE

Cast: ZOE BADOVINAC and MIKALLA ASHMORE, ROCKA JAMEZ, AMINA KONATE, SHANNON MC CON, KHADIJAH MUNAJJ, NATALIE STYS, JOSEPHINE WOKURKA

•Choreography includes collaborations with the dancers/Krump solo material choreographed and performed by Rocka Jamez

World Premiere: December 1, 2022, New York Live Arts, New York, NY

Photos above: © 2022 Gerry Goodstein

Lightning

Choreography & Projected Video: FELICE LESSER

Music: BORUT KRZISNIK

Lighting Design: MATT MILLER

Cast: KATHERINE FILES, CHANMEE JEONG, CHIHWAN KIM, ACEE FRANCIS LAIRD, DANIELLE SHUPE, DONA WILEY

LIGHTNING reflects on some of today's most important issues: borders, global warming, equity, inclusion, racism, terrorism, technology, artificial intelligence, and the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.

Premiere: February 8, 2017, The Duke on 42nd Street, New York, NY

Photo of Breakthrough (Global Warming) © 2017 Gerry Goodstein. l-r Acée Francis Laird (on floor), Kat Files, Chihwan Kim, Danielle Shupe, Dona Wiley, Chanmee Jeong