Ramona Sekulovic

Photo by Ian Douglas

Composites is coming to New York!!!

Date: May 30-31, 2026

Venue: Arts on Site NYC

more info: https://www.artsonsite.org/events-1/composites

Composites is a multidisciplinary dance performance investigating what it means to be present. What constitutes presence in both a performer and the audience? How is presence intimately related to technique? And how can audience and performer have a successful experience communicating with each other via an artistic presentation?

Composites is the outcome of a research process that is heavily influenced by the Feldenkrais Method, a source of Sekulovic’s artistic practice. But Composites is also the product of a dance practice that is intertwined with the experience of dancing while aging.

Composites was created in close connection to Philip Glass’ Piano Etudes, which he initially wrote as a means to improve his personal piano play. The compositions caught the interest of Sekulovic, who decided to investigate her own body in a similar fashion, using the act of choreography to improve technique.

In a time, when our physical self-image and relationship to ourselves is strongly influenced by media, Composites brings the attention back to the body. It further introduces the audience into the creative process of a dance work and lets viewers experience movement firsthand through sensorial explorations.

Composites

Etudes For Piano by Philip Glass

Choreography, Text, Performance: Ramona Sekulovic

Sound und Video Design: Dusan Sekulovic

Composites was developed in part through access to subsidized rehearsal space at the Mark Morris Dance Center. Untitled IV (UNI) was commissioned by Gibney as part of their Work Up series. Excerpts have been produced by Gibney, Judson Church, Greenspace, Dixon Place, Austin Dance Festival, Chop Shop Contemporary Dance Festival, WestFest, SoloDuo Festival, and Dumbo Dance Festival. Funding for Composites was further provided in Germany by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media via NEUSTART KULTUR, the aid program DIS-TANZEN of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland, and space subsidies from Kultur Räume/Tanzfabrik Berlin.