Works for Stage
Amy Seiwert is widely regarded as one of the most exciting ballet choreographers today. Seiwert is nationally known for creating works that start with a ballet base but utilize creation techniques more common in modern dance.
Below are excerpts from ballets created by Amy Seiwert on her company Imagery and companies worldwide. Seiwert’s works are featured in the repertory of Ballet Austin, BalletMet, BalletX, Smuin, Washington, Atlanta, Oakland, Sacramento, Colorado, Louisville, Cincinnati, Carolina, Oklahoma City, Dayton, Milwaukee, and American Repertory Ballets, as well as Robert Moses KIN.
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Dance on Film
Amy Seiwert's first dance film, Veronica and Vincent, created in collaboration with film maker Ben Estabrook, was premiered at the prestigious Dance Camera West Festival in 2013. Seiwert was also invited to take part in the SF Dance Film Festival’s Co-Laboratory, where she worked with film makers Kristine Samuelson and John Haptas, creating Barn Dance, which was screened at San Francisco's International Film Festival (Kabuki Theater, May 2014) and Short Wave Festival in Poland (2015). The trio finished their second collaboration Silent Disco in early 2015. In 2016 Amy Seiwert and Ben Estabrook collaborated on their second dance film together. Just So, a morality play exploring anticipation and the ’70s, was featured at the prestigious Cinedans festival in Amsterdam in Spring 2018. In 2020, in response to the changing art landscape due to COVID-19, Imagery launched its official Screen Dance program SKETCH FILMS producing four documentary dance films, entitled SKETCH FILMS: Red Thread.
Organized Hope (2024)
Featuring dancer James Gilmer with choreography by Amy Seiwert, a libretto by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and an original score by Daniel Bernard Roumain. Created in collaboration with film makers Ben Estabrook and Aaron Kierbel, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Crack the Dark (2021)
Seiwert’s Crack the Dark is a collaboration with Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmakers Kristine Samuelson and John Haptas.
Crack the Dark is inspired by Sacramento chef Patrick Mulvaney. Mulvaney, a leader in Sacramento's Farm to Fork scene and pioneer in mental health advocacy for the hospitality industry, found a way to continue serving his community after being forced by the pandemic to close his restaurant. Seiwert was drawn to the parallels between what is happening in Mulvaney's field and her own.
Crack the Dark features Imagery alumni Weston Krukow (Smuin Ballet, An American in Paris) with an original score composed by Emily Hope Price.
Veronica and Vincent (2013)
Co-Director / Choreographer: Amy Seiwert
Co-Director / Editor: Ben Estabrook
Dance Artists: Andrea Basile and Brandon "Private" Freeman
Music: Daniel Bernard Roumain
Inspired by a true life relationship and set to a musical score of the same name, Veronica and Vincent was composed by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR). DBR did a recorded interview with an elder from the neighborhood he grew up in, recounting - with some regret - her relationship with her deceased husband. DBR then edited that text and interspersed it with his original violin composition. Veronica and Vincent, originally choreographed for the stage to DBR's score, captures that longing for connection and the nostalgia that can arise when that opportunity is no longer available. This re-imagining of the duet features dancers Andrea Basile and Brandon "Private" Freeman. Co-Director / Choreographer: Amy Seiwert Co-Directors / Editors: Ben Estabrook
Barn Dance (2012)
Co-Director / Choreographer: Amy Seiwert
Co-Directors / Editors: John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
Dance Artists: Sarah Cecilia and Weston Krukow
Music: Darren Johnston and Fred Frith
Barn Dance (2012) screened at the SF Dance Film Festival in 2012, the SF International Film Festival in 2013, Short Waves Festival 2015, Philadelphia Screendance Festival 2016 , 2016World Dance Alliance – Americas: Digital Dance Concert, Dance Film Day 2016, Oregon, WA; From Jaffa to Agripas - Video Dance' event 2016, Jerusalem, Israel.