Morgan Phillips and Nora Price will be performing an excerpt of ROOTS, an exploration of movement and music drawn from our earliest memories, defining personality traits and the places where we feel the most grounded to ourselves. Moments of play and improvisation punctuate composition for contemporary pole, guitar and film in an evening length work. ROOTS is an invitation to dive into intimate spaces and embrace the vulnerability of being seen in our purest form. Multiple perspectives of scope and scale reveal the muscularity and effort underlying the seemingly effortless.
Morgan Phillips (She/Her) is a movement artist from Arizona. Her foundation in contemporary dance has evolved from her ongoing exploration with other movement forms such as martial arts and aerial arts. She is currently a freelance artist in Salt Lake City and is working on merging contemporary dance into pole dance. She has performed with RDT's Emerge, SALT Contemporary Dance, Cat+Fish Dances, Myriad Dance, The Woods Project and SB Dance company.
Nora Price is a multidisciplinary artist specializing in dance and experimental music based in Salt Lake City. She trained with the Milwaukee Ballet Academy and Second Company and is currently a Film & Media MFA and Screendance certificate candidate at the University of Utah, from which she also holds a degree in Linguistics. Nora has recently performed and created work with 801 Salon, Deseret Experimental Opera, Experimental Sound Studio of Chicago, RDT's 'Emerge', Municipal Ballet Company, was awarded two-year Artist-in-Residence with loveDANCEmore, and is a performing member of SB Dance company.
ROOTS is an evening length piece presented by Yardwork Presents, with performances on Saturday and Sunday evening at Atelier Mill (244 w. 300 n. Salt Lake City, UT) at 7pm (suggested $15 donations).
Anna Zumwalt will be sharing “Yesterday, Please Forgive Me”, a deeply personal short documentary film capturing the despair and grief Anna experienced during October 2023’s violence in Gaza. Anna Zumwalt is an educator, Zen monk, artist, writer, and advocate for peace and human rights. With a background in connecting students from Gaza with their peers in America, Anna’s work focuses on fostering understanding and empathy across cultures. “Yesterday, Please Forgive Me”, has garnered several awards, including Best Short Documentary at the Montreal Women’s Film Festival.
Warning: this film contains images of violence and death which may be disturbing for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.
12 Minutes Max is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and colleague Paul Reynolds: artist, librarian, and patron of the arts. 12 Minutes Max is a curated monthly performance series featuring experimental short works by local artists in many different disciplines, including dance, music, film, and more. Each piece is followed by a Q&A with the artist. 12MM is modeled after the program originated by On the Boards in Seattle.
This event takes place on the third Sunday of each month.
