untitled land project: an open sharing

Created and performed by Justin Morris in collaboration with Sur Sanford and Kevin Wong
Dance MFA Candidate in Experimental Choreography

Sage Ni’Ja Whitson, Dance MFA Committee Chair
 

Untitled land project is a multi-site iterative open practice taking place over a 3-week period that unearths the connection between home and land. This live practice invites practitioners and witnesses alike to revel in the messiness, liminal possibilities, worlds , and sites that are created/remade when finality and located-ness are unsettled. This practice uses improvisational scores and iterative play to move within, map, and move beyond boundaries, borders, demarcations, and linear time.
 

This work is presented by the University of California, Riverside, Department of Dance and created in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree in Experimental Choreography.
 

Collaborators

Movement collaborator: Sur Sanford
Movement collaborator: Kevin Wong
Construction collaborator: Mary Leopo
Construction collaborator: Robert Huerta
 

Download the poster here
 

Event Schedule
Studio ARTS 100 site
Date: 4/4, 4/11, 4/18
Site open 7 p.m. PST
Open sharing of practice begins: 8-8:45 p.m.

Studio ATHD 102 site
Date: 4/5, 4/12, 4/19
Site open 7 p.m. PST
Open sharing of practice begins: 7:45-8:20 p.m.

Studio ATHD 159 site
Date: 4/7, 4/14, 4/21
Site open 7 p.m. PST
Open sharing of practice begins: 8-8:45 p.m.

*Witnesses are encouraged to activate the site before the sharing starts*

Registration required

Free and Open to the Public

Bio

Justin Morris (they/them, fluctuating pronouns) is a transdisciplinary movement based artist and movement teacher/facilitator based in Southern California. They began cultivating their practice at a young age at family functions and have continued to tie and ground their work in blackness, queerness, playfulness and ratchedry. Justin has performed/collaborated in performances and dance-based works with artists Jay Carlon, Sue Roginski and Kirsten Johansen, Kevin Williamson, Alex Shilling, Colleen Thomas, visual artist David Lamelas, Rebecca Bryant, Rosa Rodriguez-Fraiser, and Summation Dance Company. Justin holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from CSU Long Beach’s Department of Dance and was recently a faculty member at Renaissance High School for the Arts in Long Beach. They are currently pursuing graduate studies at University of California Riverside in Experimental Choreography.

Parking

Parking is complimentary to guests who register for the event. Once registration is complete, a link and access code to reserve parking will be sent to guest.

Information: dance@ucr.edu