Below are pieces directed and performed by me, along with numerous collaborators who shared their skills, ideas, and performance.
I also form part of Kukily, an international Afrofeminist arts collective. See more performance work in the Kukily tab.
Title translated: "Her hair is short, just like my skirt"
Idea: Colleen Fitzgerald
Choreographed and Performered by: Carla Giordanino and Colleen Fitzgerald
Music: Haddaway
Venue: Musetta Cafe (site-specific)
Duration: approx. 20 minutes
Title translated: Here I am, what you see is what I am
Idea and Performance: Colleen Fitzgerald
Music: "The Light" The Album Leaf; "Do You Wanna Know" Arctic Monkeys
Text: Pablo Werner and Colleen Fitzgerald
Lighting Design: Lucas Wilson-Spiro
Venue: Bates College
Duration: approx. 15 minutes
Thesis in Dance
Idea and Direction: Colleen Fitzgerald
Collaborators: Tomisha Edwards, Bridgette Chandote, Lydia Rubenstein, Mary Anne Bodnar, Anna Lanoue
Costume Design: Carol Farrell in collaboration with Colleen Fitzgerald
Lighting Design: Michael Reidy
Crew: Hannah Miller
Musical arrangement of tangos composed by Astor Piazzolla
Venue: Bates College
Duration: 30 minutes
Idea and Performance: Colleen Fitzgerald
Music: Astor Piazzola
Lighting Design: Lucas Wilson-Spiro
Venue: Bates College
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[Fee support for Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald may be available to nonprofit organizations through the New England States Touring (NEST) program of the New England Foundation for the Arts. Visit www.nefa.org for more information.]
