A CRACK IN THE NOISE is a reflection of the humanitarian crisis of refugees. In our country, immigrants have always been under attack, but today even our highest ranking officials give power to what used to be fringe voices. A Crack In The Noise is a collaborative artwork strengthened by different genres, showing what can be accomplished when differences unite rather than divide. This work expresses the hope, survival and desperation of a journey reflected in the poignant words of poet, Warsaw Shire:
no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well
Project Creator/Choreographer I Veronica Lee-Baik
Lighting / Media / Set Designer I Tristan Roberson
Visual Artist I Nalisha Rangel
Costume & Prop Designer I Veronica Lee-Baik
Music I Chopin, Zena, Anna Clyne, Cornelius Dufallo, Amy Kauffman, Komiku, August Baik, Fritz Rodriguez, Veronica Lee-Baik, King FM 98.1
Performers I Amy Ross, Corina Dalzell, Drew Gorospe, Elizabeth Sugawara, Kaiya Holtzman, Lauren Linder, Lisa Kwak, Sumaya Mulla-Carrillo, Bri Wilson, Sarah Alaways, Tyra Kopf
Guest Performers I Tayler Tucker, Emily Oman
Master Stage Carpenter I Geoff Leventhal
Master Electrician I Marc Nixon
Master Audio Engineer I Andy Somora
Video Technician I Terry Gray
Carpenter I Joe Kendall
Premiered I February 1 & 2, 2019 I Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
A Crack In The Noise is produced by Cornish Presents and supported in part by: Artist Trusts James W. Ray Venture Project Award, 4Culture Arts Project Award & YAW Theater.
GISELLE DECONSTRUCT is a reinterpretation of the ballet Giselle to its constituents parts of madness, death, spirits, true love, grief, revenge, and traditions. This work explores Giselle’s death through love by madness through suicide rather than a failed heart. The biggest killer of teenage girls worldwide, suicide is most acute in the part of the world where I come from. Young women in parts of South East Asia are some of the most disempowered and marginalized people in the world. Like Giselle, it is stifling traditions, poverty, and unrequited love, that drive these young girls to end their lives. Giselle Deconstruct aims to transcend the feeling of female degradation to liberation and empowerment through movement.
2018
Project Creator/Choreographer I Veronica Lee-Baik
Installation Art I Veronica Lee-Baik
Lighting Designer/Media Artist I Tristan Roberson
Costume Designer I Veronica Lee-Baik
Sound Designer I Brendan P Hogan
Running Time I 80 minutes
Performers I Amy Ross, Corina Dalzell, Dakota Crist, Elizabeth Sugawara, Emily Durand, Hayley Shannon, Imana Gunawan, Lauren Linder, Sonam Tshedzom Tingkhye
Special Guest Performers I Junko Yamamoto, Marie Broderick-Miller
Premiered I January 11, 2018 I Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Giselle Deconstruct was supported in part by YAW Theater.
2017
Project Creator/Choreographer I Veronica Lee-Baik
Installation Art I Veronica Lee-Baik
Lighting Designer/Media Artist I Tristan Roberson
Costume Designer I Veronica Lee-Baik
Sound Designer I Brendan P Hogan
Running Time I 80 minutes
Performers I Amy Ross, Chloe Albin, Corina Dalzell, Dakota Crist, Emily Durand, Hayley Shannon, Liv Fauver, Sarah Hogland, Tala Baldwin
Special Guest Performers I Victoria Santos, Megan Campbell-Miller, Stephanie Noren
Premiered I January 6, 2017 I Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Giselle Deconstruct was produced by Cornish Presents & supported by Seattle of City Office of Arts & Culture & Fremont Abbey Arts Center.
2016
Project Creator/Choreographer I Veronica Lee-Baik
Lighting Designer I Tristan Roberson
Media Artist I Tristan Roberson & Fritz Rodriguez
Sound Designer I Brendan P Hogan
Running Time I 20 minutes
Performers I Amy Ross, Corina Dalzell, Dakota Crist, Emily Durand, Hayley Shannon, Rebecca Smith
Premiered I June 18, 2016 I NW New Works 2016 Festival, On The Boards, Seattle, WA
Giselle Deconstruct (1st Iteration) was supported by: 4Culture, On The Boards and the Fremont Abbey Arts Center.
HER NAME IS ISAAC is a multidisciplinary dance work that draws attention to the treatment of women through a distinctly Asian lens and confronts the journey of being a woman in a man’s world. Isaac, a Hebrew name, means “the chosen one.” The title suggests that the global “she” must galvanize the movement for gender equality.
Project Creator/Choreographer I Veronica Lee-Baik
Media Artist I Robert Campbell
Lighting Designer I Meg Fox
Sound Designer I Brendan P Hogan & Fritz Rodriguez
Running Time I 75 minutes
Performers I Amy Ross, Corina Dalzell, Dakota Crist, Emily Durand, Hayley Shannon, Rebecca Smith, Sruti Desai
Premiered I February 11, 2016 I Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Her Name Is Isaac was produced by Cornish Presents and supported by: Artist Trusts, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, the Fremont Abbey Arts Center and INDIEGOGO campaign donors.
reSET is a project curated by Mark Haim, Babette Pendleton, and Washington Ensemble Theatre Co-Artistic Director Ali el-Gasseir. reSET lets dancers perform on its theatrical sets and in this series' inaugural production, choreographer Veronica Lee-Baik created a new dance work on the dirt-filled, multi-tiered set of The Ensemble's current production, The Tall Girls.
The Tall Girls Deconstruct
Created by I Veronica Lee-Baik
Collaboration I Washington Ensemble Theatre
Music I Veronica Lee-Baik, A Souvenir
Lighting Designer I Tristan Roberson
Set Designer I Cameron Irwin
Running Time I 20 minutes
Performers I Corina Dalzell, Emily Durand, Andrew Hallenbeck, Amy Ross, Hayley Shannon
Premiered I May 20, 2015 I 12th Ave Arts, Seattle, WA
MOON FALLING draws inspiration from many sources - a painting by Veronica Lee-Baik's son, daily headlines on environmental degradation, James Joyce's Ulysses, as well as Lee-Baik's own identity as an artist, mother, and citizen of the world. The common thread in these sources is the moon and the harmful ways our pursuit for perfection and convenience is hurtling us toward an irreversible new moon phase.
Created by I Veronica Lee-Baik
Music I Max Richter, Olafur Arnalds, Jambinai, Deximer, Michael Galasso
Lighting Designer I Meg Fox
Running Time I 75 minutes
Performers I Corina Dalzell, Emily Durand, Kaitlyn Dye, Kristina Koumaeva, Mariah Martens, Hayley Shannon, Alyssa Wheeler
Premiered I November 7, 2014 I Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA
Moon Falling was made possible by the generous contribution of our Kickstarter campaign donors.