Marissa
Lynne
Aucoin//
FORMAT.DANCE
// RECENT COLLABORATIONS
Heroes (2024)
Created in collaboration with dancers at Yvonne's School of Dance, Heroes moves through a series of picturesque vignettes as dancers uplift and support one another. Premiered at the State Theatre New Jersey in June of 2024.
Baianá (2023)
Created in collaboration with dancers at Raritan Valley Community College, Baianá features an army of dancers that quickly weave in and out of relationships with one another. With an emphasis on explosive, full-bodied movement vocabulary dancers play with their sense of individuality within the collective. Premiered at Raritan Valley Community College in December of 2023.
Offsides
(2023)
In an exploration of dance and sport, Offsides goes head to head with notions of gender expression and athleticism. From the sidelines, dancers charge into a heated pas de deux of competition and camaraderie, but who will stand victorious?
Premiered as part of ReFrame Dance Theatre' To Be Danced in October of 2023.
And Still, We Go On (2022)
Created in collaboration with dancers from Raritan Valley Community College, Aucoin's newest ensemble work explores themes of hope, connection, resiliency, and strength. Premiered at Raritan Valley Community College in December of 2022.
To there and back
(2021)
Created in collaboration with dancers from Raritan Valley Community College, this site specific ensemble work explores themes of depth, distance, foreground and background as dancers traverse a large outdoor landscape. Premiered at Raritan Valley Community College in May of 2021.
(Re)iterations
(2020)
What happens when a dance originally intended for the stage is thrust into a virtual space? Created at the onset of the Covid19 pandemic, (Re)iterations captures the creative process as dancers navigated an isolated, digital performance environment.
// CREATIVE PARTNERS
IDYLL SHIFT
Co-founded by Genevieve Hoeler and Marissa Aucoin, Idyll Shift explores the intersections of theater and dance, using text and movement to subvert expectations and challenge well-known narratives.
ReThink Theatrical
ReThink Theatrical provides free and accessible storytelling to local communities. With an educational and creative approach, we produce professional quality theater for everyone.
RVCC Dance
Raritan Valley Community College offers an Associates of Fine Arts in Dance that trains and prepares students for transfer into a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program at a four-year institution or university setting.
Reframe Dance Theatre
The founding of ReFrame Dance Theatre was spurred by an interest in the
dissonance between ourselves, the world around us, and contemporary performance practice. We want to rectify this by promoting and providing opportunities for audiences to engage with dance experiences on their terms; and through fresh work that reflects who we are as a human beings on this planet.
Mayhem Dance
Mayhem Dance was established in 2017 under the artistic direction of Catilin E. Mahon. A majority of the company's
research - theoretically and choreographically - grapples with social, political , and environmental themes in an aim to disrupt audiences and provoke thought.
CapFree Collective
CapFree Collective is a project based modern dance company led by choreographer Sara Caplan Freeman. Caplan’s choreographic work explores the building up and breaking down of classical dance forms and the effects of space on the relationship between moving bodies.
