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Ongoing collaborations of "Dance/Perc Duo"
Sean Thomas Boyt and Dr. Andy Thierauf

Seanshuuraku

My Master of Fine Arts thesis production.  Queer bodies, improvisation, idoltry, and live music.  See sooo much more on its project page.
Originally performed as part of the Phelan + Gray + Boyt Thesis Concert on April 13-15, 2022 at Space Place Theater (Iowa City, IA)

in moderation ii

A video response to our final in-person performance before the great shift of 2020.
Performed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Dr. Andy Thierauf

​Uploaded on September 10, 2021

*Supported in part by The University of Iowa Summer Arts Grant

​Sean Lake

Sean as Odette.  Odette as Sean.  See more on its own project page!
Uploaded to STBDancing.com on April 18, 2021 (online)

​Keeping on

Meditating with sequins and ghosts of the imagined alternate presents.

See it on Zoom for some extra pizazz!

Danced by Sean Thomas Boyt​
Music by Dr. Andy Thierauf
Shown March 17, 2021 for Choreography IV on Zoom (online...) and on May 6, 2021 for The Craft (also online)

Looks Like Sounds Like

​An evening-length improvisation by dance/percussion duo stb x at.  "Looks Like Sounds Like" features drums, flower pots, pans, and cymbals alongside jumps, twists, turns, and inversions.  A fully online experience with gongs and grooves, kicks and rattles, jingles and angles.
Performed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Dr. Andy Thierauf.
Aired September 10, 2020 - October 4, 2020 as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival.

Hand at the Museum

A commission under quarantine. 

​Winner of Week One of the Solo, But Not Alone Festival
Performed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Dr. Andy Thierauf (stb x at).  Presented on April 3, 2020 at The Barnes Foundation First Friday with Orchestra 2001 (Philadelphia, PA), Solo, But Not Alone Festival, The Social Distancing Festival (April 6, 2020), and Quarantine 2 on Dixon Place TV (April 17, 2020) and Creative Performances on Instagram (June 27, 2020).

​in moderation

A four-movement companion piece to Big Desert.  Corrupted video... Help fund documentation!
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Performed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Dr. Andy Thierauf (stb x at) on March 9, 2020 at Leah Stein's Studio Works Series at Our Lady Mount Caramel Church (Philadelphia, PA)
"The final work was of the duo stb x at, made up of Sean Thomas Boyt and Andy Thierauf. Andy assumed his position at the drums and began playing an ominous rumble, while Sean moved with a wave-like dexterity diagonally across the space. As Andy’s drums intensified, Sean fell into a kind of movement vernacular, returning to motifs of a hand reaching out on the ground, a side glance, and torso sloshing. Sean and Andy’s performances sometimes matched in pace and texture, and other times departed from one another to fall into their own rolling groove. The work rumbled to an end after a few minutes, but I felt as though I could have sat and watched the stormy landscape the pair created for hours."
​Review by Nicole Bradbury, Philadelphia Dance Journal

Slurps'n'Chomps

An evening of wining and snacking.
Performed December 14, 2019 at Our Lady Mount Carmel Church (Philadelphia, PA)

Crossdivide

An international music-video-dance.
Performed Februrary 24, 2019 at Andrea Clearfield's Salon (Philadelphia, PA)

we're all dancing on a cliff together

A contact-based composition looking at the unstable state of LGBT rights in today's world. ​
Performed December 5, 2017 at Moving Men at Dixon Place (New York City, NY).  Also performed July 22, 2017 at Who's Watching Whom? at Dance Exchange (Washington, D.C.), July 29, 2017 at Philadelphia Dance Day at The Ethical Society of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA), September 15, 2017 at Third Life Studios (Boston, MA), and August 19, 2018 at Grandview College (Des Moines, IA).

Big Desert

A five-part work utilizing percussion and dance with live research of endurance and breaking in an oasis.
Performed June 4, 2017 at artist in residence showcase SHARE at The Iron Factory (Philadelphia, PA)
Also performed June 3, 2017 at SHARE and April 29, 2017 at Sequins and Dance

Jetsam and Flotsam

A two-part work with small props and small moves.
Performed February 18, 2017 at MJ Freed Theater (Chester, PA) and  March 31, 2017 at the Calvary Center (Philadelphia, PA)

Seven Minutes

A dual camera improvisation.  (SL camera here.)
Performed January 7, 2017 at the Never Before, Never Again Festival at Triskelion Arts (Brooklyn, NY).

180"

A short song-and-dance performance
Performed December 30, 2016 at 30-30-30 at Dixon Place in New York City, NY

trio.

A process-oriented video dance, or a product-oriented performance using live dance and music, electronics, projection, and improvisation.
Performed October 25, 2016 at Eden's Expressway for Open Performance at Movement Research in New York City, NY.  Also performed November 4-November 5, 2016 at SHARE at The Iron Factory in Philadelphia, PA; December 2, 2016 at SUPERobject 003: OSCILLATIONS at The Beard Cave in Philadelphia, PA; April 13, 2017 at The Creators Collective's Ready Freddy's at Freddy's Bar in Brooklyn, NYC; at Knees + Notes on October 31, 2017 at Kutztown University and January 27, 2018 at Queens University; November 2, 2018 at the Stark Opera Studio at the University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA); May 17, 2019 at The Rotunda (Philadelphia, PA), December 5, 2020 for BarCamp Philly (online).

_grind

Music/Dance duet built upon an original music commission for Lauren Linder for the Converge Dance Festival in Seattle, WA.
Performed September 25, 2016 at WAXworks at Triskelion Arts in New York City, NY.

Halftime Dance.

Subtle contrasts in sound and movement via footwear, live electronics, rice, and foil.

Performed with Isaac Lindy and Ixchel Mendez

​Supported by a six-month residency at Soundspace1525.
Performed June 3 and 4, 2016 at Cross Rhythms at Rittenhouse Soundworks Stage in Philadelphia.

Hello

A prelude for the inevitable.
Performed November 22, 2015 as part of stb x at's movers\\shakers at The Iron Factory in Philadelphia.

Growing Fast in Sawdust

A re-branding of a starting point.

Composition by Andy Thierauf
Choreography by Sean Thomas Boyt
Performed on October 23, 2015 at the InHale Performance Series at Kun-Yang Lin Dancers / CHI MAC in Philadelphia.

Blanc & Bonk

A suite of memorable dances and tunes on vibes and in tutus.

Now, feature-length!

Choreography: Marius Petipa, Heinz Spoerli, Jean Coralli, Ryan Heffington, Jules Perrot
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Minkus, Sia, Adolfe Adam
Performed September 14 and 15, 2015 at Cut on The Bias in the Philadelphia FringeArts Festival at Performance Garage in Philadelphia

Plastique Romantique

Opinions on fragility, permanence, air, water, and plastic.  Supported by residencies at the University of Iowa and Capital City Dance Center.
Performed January 3, 2015 at the ETC Series at CEC in Philadelphia.
Performed June 7, 2015 at Border Conjure Dazzle at Vox Populi.
Performed July 11, 2015 at the Omaha Under the Radar Festival at Sokol Auditorium in Omaha.
Performed October 15, 2015 at Triskelion Arts CollabFest at the Muriel Schulman Theater in New York City.

Quartet

An experiment in motion capture and sound manipulation mixing instruments with audio edited and amplified by the dancers' movements.

Scored by Sean Thomas Boyt and Andy Thierauf with:
Dancers: Courtney Paulsen and Taylor Gillhouse
Flute: Emily Duncan; Saxophone: Justin Comer
Performed April 10, 2015 for LOUi: Laptop Orchestra of the University of Iowa at the UCC Recital Hall (Iowa City, IA)

if/then

A non-narrative percussion play/conversation dealing with personal responsibility and immediate actions.

Composed by Will Huff and Andy Thierauf
Written by Kathrine Sherman
Choreographed by Sean Thomas Boyt
Performed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Andy Thierauf
Performed September 2014 as part of the Dance/Percussion Tour

Duet for Soloist

An experiment based in assumptions of contemporary dance and music performance.

Composed by Andy Thierauf
Choreographed by Sean Thomas Boyt
Performed September 2014 as part of the Dance/Percussion Tour

Elbows, Alloy: Fixed

A traditional vibraphone/dance duet.

Choreographed by Sean Thomas Boyt
Composed by Andy Thierauf
Performed September 2014 as part of the Dance/Percussion Tour

NOT MUCH OF A TALKER, or Words and Things

Various dance forms, text, and live and electronic music merge in a brief examination of different modes of performance.

Choreographed and composed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Andy Thierauf
Performed on April 26, 2014 at Sean Thomas Boyt's Triple Bill.

Excuse Me.

A mix of dance and percussion all on a four-foot-by-four-foot platform presented in the round.

Performed April 19, 2014 at Ten Tiny Performances at the Englert
Performed May 6, 2014 at IHearIC at Trumpet Blossom Cafe
Performed March 14, 2015 at the OCGOPF in Philadelphia
Performed July 15, 2017 at Tiny Dances at The Brick in NYC
Excuse me. video version premiered September 20, 2015

Corpus Notes

Corpus Notes was created as a presentation of alternate notation methods for music - in this case, dance is used to dictate instrument, volume, and rhythm.

Choreographed and composed by Sean Thomas Boyt and Andy Thierauf
Performed December 13, 2013 at Halsey Hall in Iowa City
Performed on April 6, 2014 at Society of Composer's, Inc. New Music Symposium Concert at Riverside Hall in Iowa City

"I think it was okay." with Andy Thierauf

"I think it was okay." is a post-modern trio built upon memory and loss of memory set to Andy Thierauf's original composition Growing Fast in Sawdust. 

Choreographed by Sean Thomas Boyt
Performers: Sean Thomas Boyt, Natalie Nease, Lauren Vanchina
Performed November 9, 2012 at Percussion + at Riverside Hall in Iowa City.

STBDancing

Sean Thomas Boyt's collection of choreographic, artistic, and collaborative work.
Dance like no one likes you.
Photos by Kaitlin Chow, Kat J. Sullivan, Bill Hebert, Gregory Bowser, Anthony Dean, Andrew Ribner, and Derek Blackman.