Deep Water

Image: Still from screendance, Long Drag, a section of Deep Water. Three dancers perform on a metal platform overlooking Lake Superior. Dancers: From left to right, Johnathan Surber, Sara Karimi, Kelli Miles.

Deep Water consists of several short form works (Short Haul (live performance), Shantyman (live performance), & Long Drag (screendance)) set to sea shanties & original compositions by Duluth Artist George Ellsworth. The work explores sea shanties as a device to structure & inform choreography while also examining pace, work & community.

Sections of Deep Water have been presented as part of Rhythmically Speaking’s The Cohort 20/21 (Mpls, Mn, 2021), Good Night at the Southern Theater (Mpls, Mn, 2020), & the Minnesota Fringe Festival (Mpls, Mn, 2019).

Images: Stills from screendance, Long Drag, a section of Deep Water.

Images: Short Haul. a section of Deep Water, at the Southern Theatre (Mpls, Mn). Dancers: Haley Jensen, Crystal Secor, Stephani Hubert, Maddy Schwartz, & Kayla Schiltgen.

Images: Shantyman. a section of Deep Water, at the Southern Theatre (Mpls, Mn). Dancer: Kayla Schiltgen.