2008 

June 7 - 8, 2008: ThreeWay...a tri-coastal dance project: guest Vox Dance Theatre premieres Jeff Slayton's Inventory, commissioned by Sarah Swenson. Also on the program: work by Colleen Dunagan, Sue Hogan, and Erin Mitchell, with guests Heather Sakima and Rebecca Schroeder. Lighting Design & Technical Direction by Andrew N. Milhan. Saturday, 6/07 at 8:00 PM, and Sunday 6/08 at 2:00 PM. Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theater, Atherton Street between Bellflower Blvd. & Palo Verde Avenue, Long Beach, CA, 90804. Tickets $15 general, $10 student/senior/faculty/staff. Reservations & information: cdunagan@csulb.edu or 562.985.7040.

March 21 - 22, 2008: Women & War: Sarah Swenson, Danny Arreola, Ken Montalvo, and Robert Valdovinos reprise Pavane for an Iraqi Girl, at Highways Performance Space. Curated by Samantha Giron. Also on the program: Sri Susilowati, Mary Armentrout Dance Theater, Rachel Lincoln and Leslie Seiters, Pappas & Dancers, and the Samantha Giron Dance Project. Highways is located in the 18th Street Arts Center, 1651 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90804. Tickets $20/$15 online or 310.315.1459.

2007

December 14 - 15, 2007: Quattroformaggio: Sarah Swenson, Stefan Fabry, and Anne & Jeff Grimaldo of the Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble, perform an evening of new work. Swenson premieres Pavane for an Iraqi Girl, with guests Danny Arreola, Ken Montalvo, and Robert Valdovinos of Saint Joseph Ballet . Presented by Highways Performance Space, at the 18th Street Arts Center, 1651 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90804. Tickets $20/$15 online or 310.315.1459. More information: 310.403.6134

October 18 - 21 & 25 - 28, 2007: Turtles All The Way Down, at the Unknown Theater, Hollywood, CA.  Improvisation artist Simone Forti, theatre artist Terence Luke Johnson, dancer/choreographer Sarah Swenson, and musician/composer Douglas Wadle engage each other in an evening of sound, movement, words, reflection and the unexpected revelations that only improvisation can bring. Their work is acid and sweet, funny and dead serious. Thursday - Saturday @ 8pm, Sunday @ 6pm. With lighting design by Carol McDowell. Tickets: www.unknowntheater.com

September 15 - 16, 2007: Vox Dance Theatre & The Lloyd Rodgers Group ~ Live in Concert. VDT's 2007 Season. Saturday, 9/15 at 8:00 PM, and Sunday 9/16 at 2:00 PM. Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theater, Atherton Street between Bellflower Blvd. & Palo Verde Avenue, Long Beach, CA, 90804. Information and reservations: 562.438.1796.

March 23 - 24, 2007: New Dance at Saint Joseph Ballet. Vox Dance Theatre previews a new work in progress, Mitakuye Oyasin (All My Relatives). 1810 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA, 92706. 8:00 PM. Information: 714.541.8314. www.saintjosephballet.org

June 1, 2007: Piccolo Spoleto Festival. Footlight Players Theatre, 20 Queen Street, Charleston, SC, 29401. 12:15 PM. Information: 843.556.1343. www.piccolospoleto.com

2006

November 11, 2006: SOLA (Southern Los Angeles) Contemporary Dance Festival 2006. James Armstrong Theater, 3330 Civic Center Dr North, Torrance, CA, 90503. 8:00 PM. www.rkdc.org

November 5, 2006: Los Angeles Central Library, 630 W. 5th Street Los Angeles, CA 90071. 213.228.7000. 12 PM.

September 7, 2006: WAA - Western Arts Alliance Conference, Long Beach, CA. Dance Showcase at the Rainbow Tent, 7:30 PM. WAA Exhibit Booth No. 610.

August 9-14, 2006:   Vox Dance Theatre returns to the Toronto International Dance Festival. At the Historic Distillery District of downtown Toronto. www.ffida.org

June 22-25, 2006:  101, at Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA.  Improvisation artist Simone Forti, theatre artist Terence Luke Johnson, dancer/choreographer Sarah Swenson, and musician/composer Douglas Wadle engage each other in a weave of movement, sound and spoken word, in a sequel to Unbuttoned Sleeves, performed last summer at the Redcat Theater’s NOW Festival. www.highwaysperformance.org

June 5, 2006: Simone Forti, Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson & Douglas Wadle at the Max10 Performance Laboratory. The four perform a reading of the libretto from the dance/theater work Unbuttoned Sleeves, presented at Redcat NOW in July 2005. At the Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave, Venice, CA 90291. 7:30 PM. www.electriclodge.org

June 3, 2006:  Los Angeles Dance Invitational, El Portal Theatre, North Hollywood, 5269 North Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601. 8:00 PM. Tickets: 866-811-4111 www.elportaltheatre.com 

April 30, 2006:  2005 Lester Horton Awards at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood, CA. Sarah Swenson nominated for Outstanding Performance/Female. www.drc-la.org

April 22, 2006: Annual Spring Fundraiser for Vox Dance Theatre, at Church in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, CA.  Excerpts from Hombres, a work in progress, will be presented, along with the revived Lament in the Cosmos, and a preview of the new Llorando. With Guest Artist Simone Forti, and emcee Susan McLain.  Silent auction at 7:00, curtain 8:00 PM. Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill Street (at 2nd), 90405.  Tickets: $100, $50, $25 Reservations:  sarahvox@earthlink.net

2005

September 17-18:  Pennington Dance Group & Vox Dance Theatre in Concert, Long Beach, CA. John Pennington and Sarah Swenson, Artistic Directors, with lighting design by Andrew N. Milhan. An evening of new and repertory work, with choreography by Sarah Swenson, John Pennington, and Guest Choreographer Jeff Slayton. Supported in part by the California State University/Long Beach Department of Dance.

August 13-14:  15th Annual fFIDA International Dance Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vox Dance Theatre launches the world premiere of  Fimmine, choreography by Sarah Swenson.  Music by Philip Glass, Concerto for Violin & Orchestra. 

July 28-30:  Redcat NOW (New Original Works) Festival, Los Angeles. Performing Unbuttoned Sleeves, a dance-theatre work in collaboration with improvisation artist Simone Forti, theatre artist Terence Luke Johnson, and musician/composer Douglas Wadle. http://www.calarts.edu/redcat/season/20042005/lab/nowjuly05b.html

July 21-23:  Redcat NOW (New Original Works) Festival, Los Angeles. Performing DoublePlay revisited, directed and choreographed by Rudy Perez.  Member, Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble. Co-choreographed by Stefan Fabry; soundscore by Jeff Boynton; Strawn Bovee, dramaturge. http://www.calarts.edu/redcat/season/20042005/lab/nowjuly05a.html

June 13:   A preview performance of Fimmine, the complete work, Santa Monica, CA. Choreography by Sarah Swenson, performed by Sarah Swenson & Vox Dance Theatre.

June 5:  Los Angeles Dance Invitational, Los Angeles, CA. EVENT CANCELLED. Sarah Swenson & Vox Dance Theatre invited to perform Fimmine, choreography by Sarah Swenson.

April 2:  A Fundraiser for Vox Dance Theatre, Santa Monica, CA. Vox Dance Theatre performs Fimmine,a work in progress, choreography by Sarah Swenson.  With a special solo performance by Guest Artist Simone Forti.

January 14-15:  The First Annual Los Angeles Dance Improvisation Festival. Performing 3 x 2 x1, an improvisation with dancers Mary Herzog and Kirk Andrews, and musician Norman Beede.

2004

November 12-14:  Fourth Annual Southern California Contemporary Dance Festival (SOLA), Torrance, CA.  Sarah  Swenson & Vox Dance Theatre perform Ancestors: Graham, Humphrey, Horton, Taylor, Limon, Ailey & Balanchine, choreography by Sarah Swenson (2000).   Music by Philip Glass, Symphony No. 3, Movement III.

November 6:  Seventh Annual Festival Under the Stars, Palm Desert, CA. Professional Division finalist, Sarah Swenson & Vox Dance Theatre perform Ancestors, choreography by Sarah Swenson (2000). Music by Philip Glass, Symphony No. 3, Movement III.

October 17:  Simone Forti:  a rain or shine backyard performance at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice, CA.  Performing Huddle, choreography by Simone Forti (1961).

October 9:  The Tender Land: A Festival of Art, History, Music, and Science, Pasadena, CA.   Performing DoublePlay a tribute to Gertrude Stein (premiere), with the Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble and guests.  Choreographed & Directed by Rudy Perez, with additional choreography by Stefan Fabry; Soundscore by Jeff Boynton; Strawn Bovee, dramaturge.

April 20:  Missouri Valley College Performing Arts Concert, Marshall MO.  Choreography by Sarah Swenson (premieres): Rapture, music by Pat Metheny, Electric Counterpoint, fast; Move, music by The Notwist, Instrumental; Amazing Grace, music by Hubert Laws, traditional; Girl Thunder, music by Meredith Monk, Panda Chant II.  Performed by the Missouri Valley College Repertory Ensemble, Sarah Swenson, Artistic Director.

April 6:  Missouri Valley College Performing Arts Faculty Concert, Marshall MO.  Premiering Gotham Lullaby, choreographed and performed by Sarah Swenson (2004).  Music by Meredith Monk, Gotham Lullaby. 

March 11:  Music & Culture of Southern Italy with Musicantica:  Enzo Fina & Roberto Catalano of Los Angeles, at Missouri Valley College, Marshall, MO.  Performing Donna Ci Stai Alle Cammare  (traditional Salentinian song), choreography by Sarah Swenson.

January 16:  Mystical Music of the Middle East, in concert with the Yuval Ron Ensemble of Los Angeles, at Missouri Valley College, Marshall, MO.  Performing Volor Molor (traditional Armenian song), choreography by Sarah Swenson.

2003

November 9:  The Fifteenth Annual Rooms Dance Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel.  Amos Hetz, Founder. Performing In E with Common Action Improvisation, Dana Hirsch, Artistic Director.  Music by Terry Riley, In C.

September 6:  Trinity Episcopal Church Rose Window Concert, Los Angeles.  Curated by Terence Luke Johnson.  Benefitting community outreach. Performing You & I,choreographed and performed by Sarah Swenson & Dana Hirsch.

April 15:   Missouri Valley College Performing Arts Concert, Marshall MO.  Choreography by Sarah Swenson (premieres):  Peace Movement, music by John Adams, Alleged Dances; War Movement, music by Darren Beasley, original composition (Composers/Choreographers Workshop). Performed by Missouri Valley College students.

2003–2001  Member of Common Action, Los Angeles, CA.  Performing monthly dance improvisations in public spaces. Dana Hirsch, Artistic Director.

2002

June 3:  Max10 Performance Lab at The Electric Lodge, Venice, CA. Performing Civilization, choreographed and performed by Sarah Swenson (2002). Text by Halford Frye Meras.

June 2:  Dance Resource Center's Fieldwork Choreography Concert at Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA. Premiering Civilization, choreographed and performed by Sarah Swenson (2002). Text by Halford Frye Meras.

May 11:  Orange County High School of the Arts Spring Concert, Long Beach, CA.  Premiering Lament in the Cosmos, choreography by Sarah Swenson (2002), music by Arvo Part, Fratres for Cello & Piano.  Commissioned and performed by the Classical/Contemporary division of OCHSA.  

April 9-13:  Loyola Marymount University Dance Department, Los Angeles.  Guest choreographer.  Students of LMU perform Ancestors: Graham, Humphrey, Horton, Taylor, Limon, Ailey & Balanchine.  Music by Philip Glass, Symphony No. 3, Movement III. 

2002 - 1999:   Member of Concrete Steps, Los Angeles, CA.  An improvisation collective weekly performing site-responsive dance in Los Angeles neighborhoods. An essay about the work of Concrete Steps by Jeremiah Day appears in the anthology Surface Tension: Problematics of Site.  Ken Ehrlich and Brandon LaBelle, eds. Los Angeles, CA: Errant Bodies Press, 2003, pp. 293-298.

2002:  Member of Nieces & Nephews, a dance collective performing site-specific improvisational dance and spoken word scores.  Los Angeles.

2001

November 15-17:  Performing The Conversation, choreography by Sarah Swenson, Burnight Center Theatre, Norwalk, CA.  Accompanied live by Peter Jacobson, cello.  Music composed by Robin Cox, Reflections on Olivet.

May 21:  Performing dance improvisations with The GerharTabor Percussion Duo, Daniel Recital Hall, Long Beach, CA.  Sarah Swenson & Dana Hirsch, Guest Artists.

February 23 - March 17:  California Repertory Company, Long Beach, CA.  Performing as the Princess in Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat.  Directed by Andre Steger, choreography by Holly Harbinger.

2000

November 30, December 1-2:  Orange County High School of the Arts Winter Concert, Long Beach, CA.  Premiering Ancestors: Graham, Humphrey, Horton, Taylor, Limon, Ailey & Balanchine, choreography by Sarah Swenson (2000).  Music by Philip Glass, Symphony No. 3, Movement III.   Commissioned and performed by the Classical/Contemporary division of Orange County High School of the Arts. 

October 25-28:   PASTForward: The Influence of the Post-Moderns, The White Oak Dance Project, with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles.  Community dancer, performing Huddle, choreography by Simone Forti;  Exit, choreography by Deborah Hay;  and Satisfyin’ Lover, choreography by Steve Paxton.

October 6-8:  Long Beach Opera at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA.  Euridice, the opera’s 400th anniversary production.  Sarah Swenson, choreographer and movement coach.  Directed by Isabel Milenski.

June 16-18:  Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles.  Performing in Party Scene, choreography by Melinda Ring.

April 8, 15, 22, 29:  Solo Festival 2000, 2100 Square Feet Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.  Performing Solos fromVox Balaenae, choreography by Sarah Swenson (2000), and Nightingale(excerpt from Love Letters), choreography by Della Davidson (1999). 

February 24-27:  Live! Dance & Music, MFA Thesis Concert, Long Beach, CA. Premiering Vox Balaenae. choreography by Sarah Swenson (2000). Music by George Crumb, Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale).  Performed by students of the California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.  Costume design by Liz Pelster, set design and construction by John Nokes.

January 18:  The Robin Cox Ensemblein Concert at Sushi Visual and Performing Arts Center, San Diego, CA. PerformingPotter's Wheel, choreography by Stephanie Nugent (2000).  Original music composed and performed live by Robin Cox.

1999 and prior

November 11-5, 1999:   California State University/Long Beach Dance Department Faculty Concert, Long Beach, CA.   Performing Love Letters, choreography by Della Davidson. 

September 30, October 1-3, 1999:  Progress in Works, MFA Thesis Concert, Long Beach, CA.  Premiering Blessing, music by Leonard Eto, Lion;  and On My Mind, music by Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke, Nils Petter Molvaer, various.  Choreography by Sarah Swenson (1999).  Costumes by Liz Pelster.  Performed by students of the California State University/Long Beach Dance Department.

June 1999:   Beijing Dance Academy, Beijing, People's Republic of China. Sarah Swenson, Guest Instructor: Repertory workshops, Horton technique.

November 13 –17, 1998:   CSULB Fall Faculty Concert, Long Beach CA. Sarah Swenson performs the principal role in From My Mother's Side,.  Choreography by Jeff Slayton. Original music composed and performed live by Robin Cox.

March 13-15, 1998:  CSULB Spring Contemporary Dance Concert, Long Beach, CA. Premiering Under the Drum, choreography by Sarah Swenson (1998); poetry and artwork by Turtle Heart (Ojibway), with traditional and contemporary indigenous music. Performed by students of the California State University/Long Beach Dance Department. 

1997-1991:    Seraphim Dance Theatre, New York City, NY.  Sarah Swenson, Associate Artistic Director and founding member.  Raymond C. Harris, Artistic Director.  Performing throughout New York City, Connecticut, New Jersey.

July 1996:   Dance Institute of Washington, Washington, D.C., residency. Repertory Coach and Rehearsal Director, choreography workshops, Horton technique.

April 12, 1995:  First Annual International Student Concert at the Alvin Ailey School, New York City. Premiering Song for a Country, choreography by Sarah Swenson (1995).  Music by Lloyd McNeill, Mandela Suite. Performed by students of the Alvin Ailey School (formerly the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center).

1993 & 1992:   Chancellor's Model School Project of New York City, Guest teacher & choreographer of We Are The World, an international study project involving cultural dances, music, and UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child.  7th and 8th Grades at P.S. 19, The Asher Levy School, Sponsored by Columbia University and Exxon Corporation.

1991:  Artists of Jubilation! Ensemble, company member, NYC, New York.  Kevin Jeff, Artistic Director.

1990: Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Dance Theatre of Harlem School, and Lincoln Center Plaza, New York City.  Premiering The Road, choreographed by Sarah Swenson (1990).  Music by Lloyd McNeill, Night Voices. Performed by Sarah Swenson and Suleiman Rifai.