Collaborations
Like the End and the WayIn collaboration with composer M Denney and saxophonist Eugene Ryoo.
Choreographed and performed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Lauren Linder Performed for the Society of Composers Iowa 24 + 24 Hour Concert on September 11, 2022 at Voxman Concert Hall (Iowa City, IA)
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InsubmissionIn collaboration with writer Luíza Fazio of The University of Iowa's International Writing Program and her upcoming screenplay.
Choreographed and performed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Lauren Linder Performed for The University of Iowa's International Writing Program and Department of Dance Collaboration Concert on April 21, 2022 at Space Place Theater (Iowa City, IA)
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... nature takes its courseA bunch of scores that kind-of-sort of go into each other. View the full work here.
Performed by: Maddison Bulman, Soraya Cohen, Cearra Crosser, Ellie Daley, Emily Gumal, Kyleigh Harm, Danielle Luettel, Emma Tews, Lexi Timmerman, Emily Trapnall, Brady Van Patten, Maya Villanueva Excerpt performed on December 10, 2021 at the End of Semester Event at Halsey Hall (Iowa City, IA)
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Photos by Alex Bush
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I wouldn't do a battementA brief duet exploring what it is to be unmasked in a studio with (or without) a baby bump.
Choreographed and performed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Meredith Stapleton (and her in-utero baby) Uploaded on August 4, 2021 on Instagram (online)
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About Time... About resistance, about the ways time impacts us, and how we impact time...
Choreographed and performed by Katherine Kiefer Stark and Sean Thomas Boyt (The Naked Stark) Shown on July 24, 2021 at the Poor People's Army Garden Party (Philadelphia, PA).
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My PaceA dance that's possible.
Performed by Darrius LeGrand Gray II, Allie Recht, Emily Trapnell, Grace Wilson Zoom facilitated by Sean Thomas Boyt. Presented on May 10, 2021 for Choreography IV Final on Zoom (online only)
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The Kitchen is a Dangerous PlaceDances in unison in separation in kitchens.
Choreographed and performed by Kyle Ayers and Sean Thomas Boyt Presented on November 4, 2020 for Choreography III on Zoom (online only)
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Placard of my HeartA study in danced translations.
Choreographed by Sean Thomas Boyt Performed by Katie Phelan. Performed on October 21, 2020 at Hancher Auditorium's Strand Hall (Iowa City, IA)
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The grass is my boyfriend
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Golden Era
The Sean Thomas Boyt Dance Project Experience Company. A romp superficially investigating ideas of performance and intimacy through repetition, conversation, and nearly synchronized dancing.
Choreographed by Sean Thomas Boyt in collaboration with the dancers: Marisa Illingworth and Margot Electra Steinberg.
Performed on February 5, 2018 for Scratch Night at FringeArts, May 11, 2018 at KYL/D's InHale/Exhale, and December 17, 2017 for A Series of Informal Events (Philadelphia, PA)
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Pre-Cut ShapesA duet with paper accompaniment. Experimenting in the world of low-tech puppet theater, the inherently gendered duet provides commentary on the performers’ personal relationships to spectacle and points to a communal desire to seek authenticity externally.
Choreographed and performed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Meredith Stapleton Performed on May 13, 2017 at InHale/ExHale at ChiMAC and May 1, 2017 at Fringe Arts Scratch Night (Philadelphia, PA)
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When was it that you started wearing a cardigan?A nostalgic, winter-on-the-beach kind of world.
Choreographed by Sean Thomas Boyt Dancers: Belle Alvarez, Antonia Z Brown, Hillary Pearson, Meredith Stapleton, Kat J. Sullivan Performed December 5, 2015 at 'Tis The Season at The Painted Bride (Philadelphia, PA)
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Ribs Flung Wide with SKI BALLA sequel playing with the classics and remixing them as necessary.
Choreography and performance by SKI BALL (Sean Thomas Boyt, Kat J. Sullivan, Isaac Lindy) Performed May 30, 2015 for Jennifer Muller's Hatch Presenting Series at the Jennifer Muller/The Works Studios (New York City, NY)
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subliminalanimal with Antonia Z BrownA duet made about something, for something, and with somebody.
Choreographed and performed by Antonia Z Brown Performed May 2 and 3, 2015 at the ETC. Performance Series at the Community Education Center (Philadelphia, PA)
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New Break Up Phrase with SKI BALLA playful exploration of connection and disconnection.
Choreographed and performed by SKI BALL (Sean Thomas Boyt, Kat J. Sullivan, and Isaac Lindy) Performed January 3 and 4, 2015 at the ETC. Performance Series at the Community Education Center in Philadelphia
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"Empowering Corporate Anthem"A non-sequitur dance short taking place in a coffee shop.
Choreographed by Sean Thomas Boyt Dancer: Taylor Gillhouse Performed September 26, 2014 for iHearIC at Java House
Also performed April 10, 2016 at Dixon Place for The Field's 30 Artists / 30 Years Performance. |
and a song. with Paula Lamamie de ClairacSean Thomas Boyt's B.F.A. solo from his time at the University of Iowa.
Choreographed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Paula Lamamie de Clairac Performed by Sean Thomas Boyt Performed May 2, 2014 at Grad Event 2014
Performed April 26, 2014 at Sean Thomas Boyt's Triple Bill Performed May 10, 2014 at BFA Event 2014. |
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Authentic IntelligenceAn improvisational dance/text piece prompted by humans, responded to by robots, scored by humans, and finally performed by robots.
Choreographed by Sean Thomas Boyt. Performed on May 13, 2014 at UofiRobot at Space Place (Iowa City)
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and now... with Lauren LinderA short look at dance, performance, and relationships and how they change.
Choreographed and performed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Lauren Linder Performed December 2013
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Saturday MorningConverging playful gestures and narrative with live action role-playing.
Choreographed by Sean Thomas Boyt Dancers: Marlee Davis, Irina Gass, Celina LaBat, Libby Westra, Chase Willman Performed on April 25, 2013 before Around The Block at psz
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ROOTAn abstract balletic quartet made for Ivan Trevino's Bloom.
Choreographed by Sean Thomas Boyt Dancers: Tyler Clark, Stav Comay, Mandy Kurtenbach, Eva Skillings Musicians: Tyler Swick, Andy Thierauf, Andrew Veit, Aaron Ziegler Performed November 9, 2012 at Percussion + at Riverside Hall
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STBDancing
Sean Thomas Boyt's collection of choreographic, artistic, and collaborative work.
Photos by Kat J Sullivan, Bill Hebert, Alex Bush, Avi Comay, Andy Thieruaf, and Meredith Stapleton
