Costumes

Girl is the connecting story line of Trapped. I shot a video of this character stuck in a hallway. She sees many doors, but all of them are closed. She knocks and bangs, but nobody opens. She screams, but nobody answers. Finally,one door opens and a hand with a glass of water appears. She runs …

Safety zones. Addiction. Fear. Animal instincts. Animal in you. Personal space. Animals don’t have personal space. They have territory that they protect. Structure and chaos. Cyborg. Machine and human. Machines don’t have personal space, or do they? Spider is not concerned with economics, terrorism, politics. He is concerned with getting food and getting a mate. …

Stumbling singer. This is a tribute to Russian women. I love Russian folk songs. It is laughing through tears, feasting while plagued. I sing two Russian folk songs during this piece. I made a costume that contains more than meets the eye. Halfway through the show, special light reveals what was hidden before. 8 mins …

It was my childhood dream to wear a tutu. ‘Dying Swan’ and ‘Swan Lake’ were my favorites. All I wanted was to be a ballerina, but when I auditioned for the St. Petersburg Ballet Academy they said that I have flat feet that are not suited for pointe shoes and my legs were too short. …

White milk dripping from slashed breasts down black velvet dress. Sailors are gone into the see and they never come back. Pregnant mermaid is left on the shore. She cuts her belly open with a razor and pulls out her baby fish. He will never return. My father’s father was a sailor and he abandoned …

A 1920’s primadonna is taking off her clothes, and then some. Playing with the idea that something very beautiful and desirable may contain something very ugly and disgusting. Classical and seedy, graceful and horrific, it is a striptease taken to its extreme. It was developed in, and as a response to, various burlesque shows at …