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 including 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 examining pace, work & community.

Presentations: Rhythmically Speaking The Cohort 20/21 (Mpls, Mn, 2021), Good Night at the Southern Theater (Mpls, Mn, 2020), 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.

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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Kayla is a recipient of the Individual Artist Equity Grant, made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and culture heritage fund.
additional Photography by cc Boyle Photography, Adrian Steinbach, bill cameron, ASHLEY DEREN