Pistol Pretty is based on Rocha's creative interpretation of how the "Painted Lady" emerged in society.By using transformative movement vocabularies, costume manipulation, live music and video imagery, Rocha transcends a cast of uptight proper women into zany, stomping female forces.
Just Barely (2007)
Contemporary Solo or Quartet
Length: 11 minutes
Number of performers: 1 or 4
Choreography & Performance: Jenny Rocha
Original Score by: Marty Beller
Costume Design: Laurie Tyrol
Premiered: Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, June 2007
Also performed at: Dance Conversations at The Flea Theater 2007,
Roger Williams University 2007, Dance New Amsterdam 2009
Just Barely is a primitive and physically intense solo using mainly floor work that explores one female’s discovery of her inner strength and ability to make a change.
Beauty Operator (2007)
Dance Theater, Physical Comedy
Length: 15 minutes
Number of Performers: 2-12 (with or without chorus)
Choreography: Jenny Rocha
Performers: Christine Poland & Jenny Rocha with a chorus of 10 dancers
Music: Bo Didley, The Flamingos, Chet Atkins
Premiered: Danspace Project St. Mark's Church 2007, West Virginia University 2008
Beauty Operator is a satire about the desire for the perfect hands.A crazy scientist and her chorus of 10 housewives allure their next victim, whom they perform multiple beauty experiments on.
Annica (2007)
Contemporary Duet
Length: 12 minutes
Number of Performers: 2
Choreography: Kelli Wicke Davis
Performers: Christine Poland & Jenny Rocha
Original Music: Marty Beller
Premiered: Danspace Project, St. Mark's Church 2007
Quicksand(2004)
Contemporary Duet
Length: 6 minutes
Number of Performers: 2
Choreography: Jenny Rocha
Performed by: Christine Poland and Jenny Rocha
Original score: Marty Beller
Premiered: Greenstreet Studios, Boston MA 2004
Also performed at: The Carriage House, RI 2004,
Raw Material at DNA 2004, DRA by Broadway Cares 2004,
Quicksand is a duet where two women are equally restricted but find a way to help each other regardless of this limitation.The costumes are large, raw silk skirts attached at the wrist and wrapped around their bodies.
Pistol Pretty (2008)
Evening length multi-media production of Dance, Live Music, Video
Length: 60 minutes
Number of Performers: 5
Choreography/Direction/Costume Design: Jenny Rocha
Performers: Jillian Hollis, Shevaun Smythe Hiler, Rieko Yamanaka, Christine Poland, Jenny Rocha
Live Music: The Woes
Video Production: Joseph Rivas
Producers: Christine Poland, Jenny Rocha, Lamama ETC
Premiered: Lamama Moves Festival 2008 at The Club
Pistol Pretty is based on Rocha's creative interpretation of how the "Painted Lady" emerged in society. By using transformative movement vocabularies, costume manipulation, live music and video imagery, Rocha transcends a cast of uptight proper women into zany, stomping female forces.
Just Barely (2007)
Contemporary Solo or Quartet
Length: 11 minutes
Number of performers: 1 or 4
Choreography & Performance: Jenny Rocha
Original Score by: Marty Beller
Costume Design: Laurie Tyrol
Premiered: Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, June 2007
Also performed at: Dance Conversations at The Flea Theater 2007,
Roger Williams University 2007, Dance New Amsterdam 2009
Just Barely is a primitive and physically intense solo using mainly floor work that explores one female’s discovery of her inner strength and ability to make a change.
Beauty Operator (2007)
Dance Theater, Physical Comedy
Length: 15 minutes
Number of Performers: 2-12 (with or without chorus)
Choreography: Jenny Rocha
Performers: Christine Poland & Jenny Rocha with a chorus of 10 dancers
Music: Bo Didley, The Flamingos, Chet Atkins
Premiered: Danspace Project St. Mark's Church 2007, West Virginia University 2008
Beauty Operator is a satire about the desire for the perfect hands. A crazy scientist and her chorus of 10 housewives allure their next victim, whom they perform multiple beauty experiments on.
Annica (2007)
Contemporary Duet
Length: 12 minutes
Number of Performers: 2
Choreography: Kelli Wicke Davis
Performers: Christine Poland & Jenny Rocha
Original Music: Marty Beller
Premiered: Danspace Project, St. Mark's Church 2007
Quicksand (2004)
Contemporary Duet
Length: 6 minutes
Number of Performers: 2
Choreography: Jenny Rocha
Performed by: Christine Poland and Jenny Rocha
Original score: Marty Beller
Premiered: Greenstreet Studios, Boston MA 2004
Also performed at: The Carriage House, RI 2004,
Raw Material at DNA 2004, DRA by Broadway Cares 2004,
Joyce Soho 2005, BRIC Studios 2006, Alive Arts! 2006,
West Virginia University 2007
Quicksand is a duet where two women are equally restricted but find a way to help each other regardless of this limitation. The costumes are large, raw silk skirts attached at the wrist and wrapped around their bodies.
Panic (2005)
Contemporary Quartet
Length: 15 minutes
Number of Performers: 4
Choreography: Jenny Rocha
Performers: Jillian Hollis, Shevaun Smythe Hiler, Christine Poland, Yoko Sugimoto
Music: Villa-Lobos
Premiered: Joyce Soho Season 2005
Bringing Me Down To See (2003)
Contemporary Duet, Contact Partnering
Length: 9 minutes
Number of Performers: 2
Choreography:Jenny Rocha
Performed by: Christine Poland, Jenny Rocha
Music: Eric Satie - Gymnopedies I, II, III
Premiered: Food For Thought by Danspace Project 2003
Also performed at: Mulberry Street Theater's NEWSTEPS
Series 2003, Joyce Soho Presents 2004,
Joyce Soho season 2005, WAX Season 2002
Breaking Her Fall (2006)
Contemporary group piece
Length: 7 minutes
Number of Performers: 5-10
Choreography: Jenny Rocha
Performers: Jillian Hollis, Shevaun Smythe Hiler,
Christine Poland, Jenny Rocha, Yoko Sugimoto,
Rieko Yamanaka, Tara O’Con, Jenn Weddel, Jessy Smith
Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Premiered: Alive Arts Series, Roger Williams University 2006
Also performed at: BRIC Studios season 2006,
DanceNOW at Dance Theater Workshop 2006
Trembling In The Balance (2006)
Contemporary Solo
Length: 5 minutes
Number of Performers: 1
Choreography & Performance: Jenny Rocha
Music: Bach
Premiered: Underexposed at Dixon Place 2005
Also performed at: Alive Arts Series 2006,
BRIC Studios season 2006,
Fridays At Noon at 92nd Street Y 2006
STUCK (2000)
Dance Theater, Duet, Physical Comedy
Length: 5-10 minutes
Number of Performers: 2
Choreography & Performance: Jenny Rocha & Christine Poland
Prop design/Velcro wall: Joe Rocha
Costume design: Jenny Rocha & Christine Poland
Premiered at: Dancers Responding to Aids at St. Marks Church 1999, Dixon Place 2000, New Dance Group 2000, Spoke The Hub 2000