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Arashi/Storm, 1992
The gestures and movement phrases for this work have been abstracted from portraits of Bauhaus and Russian Constructivist & Suprematist* artists and their work, specifically the seminal Malevich “Suprematist Painting, […]
Figures, 1991
A site-specific performance at Theater Artaud, San Francisco created for the “Mozart from the Fringe Festival”.
summerFALLS, 1990
Choreographed in 1990. Live performance at the Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle, WA, 1990
Terrace Canon, 1990
The title of the performance, Terrace Canon, was derived from the action of the 30 performers moving in canon with one another- movement echoing and repeating from one group or […]
From the Alphabet of Bones, 1989
The Alphabet of Bones,” 1989Collaboration with visual artist, Joyce Cutler-Shaw Premiere: Sushi Gallery, San Diego, CA
Prima Materia, 1986-’87
Notes by visual artist/collaborator, Carol Law For many years Nancy and I both had an interest in the Bauhaus artists and their fascination with finding universal images of communication through […]
First Light, 1985
In 1985, Ms. Karp, with the co-sponsorship of the Goethe Institute in San Francisco, invited the visual artist Wolfram Erber to be in residence with Nancy Karp + Dancers and […]
On the Greens, 1985
On the Greens, a site-specific work for Washington Square, North Beach, San Francisco, is a dance work created for 10 dancers, and performed to a sound score by Bill Fontana, […]
Dot Bunch, 1984
Dot Bunch, realized with support from the National Endowment for the Arts Inter- Arts Program funds, was created in 1984 in collaboration with composer Charles Amirkhanian and visual artist Carol […]