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ERIN
DRUMMOND
interdisciplinary animist art
Flood of Grace (2024)
Choreographed by: Erin Drummond
Costumes: Tracy Van Voorst
Lighting Design: Nathan Gentner
Technical Design: Isaac Sawle
Dancers: Abigail Donkers, Mawatta Dukuly, Catherine McBride
Guest Artist: woolen lover
How do we witness each other, and ourselves? How does this inform how we show up in the world, and what the world is?
Presented at Winona State University
Costumes: Tracy Van Voorst
Lighting Design: Nathan Gentner
Technical Design: Isaac Sawle
Dancers: Abigail Donkers, Mawatta Dukuly, Catherine McBride
Guest Artist: woolen lover
How do we witness each other, and ourselves? How does this inform how we show up in the world, and what the world is?
Presented at Winona State University
Club scene at the end of time (2023)
Choreographed by: Erin Drummond
Costumes: Tracy Van Voorst
Lighting Design: Nathan Gentner
Technical Design: Isaac Sawle
Dancers: Yousef Al-Abad, Ana Boucek, Tiki Ellis, Colette Hyman, Rachel Knox, Claire Ostroot, Usa Stiller, Ken Tham
Let reality blur and don't forget your sequins!
What will you plant in the wake of dissolution?
presented at Winona State University
Costumes: Tracy Van Voorst
Lighting Design: Nathan Gentner
Technical Design: Isaac Sawle
Dancers: Yousef Al-Abad, Ana Boucek, Tiki Ellis, Colette Hyman, Rachel Knox, Claire Ostroot, Usa Stiller, Ken Tham
Let reality blur and don't forget your sequins!
What will you plant in the wake of dissolution?
presented at Winona State University
red strings (2023)
Choreographed by: Erin Drummond
Costumes: Tracy Van Voorst
Lighting Design: Peggy Sannerud
Technical Design: Isaac Sawle
Dancers: Kelsey Anderson, Abigail Donkers, Payton Hernandez, Catherine McBride, Jillian Pino
Projection Dancer: Katelyn Princl
Featuring music by the stunning Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir. The Icelandic word "strengur" means string, as in an instrument or twisted thread, or "an even and persistent wind that runs along objects and geographic elements, such as mountains and buildings."
Five women follow these conduits through a thousand years of cyclic labor into an inevitable rite of passage: one of them must step into another world, through the red strings.
Presented at Winona State University
Costumes: Tracy Van Voorst
Lighting Design: Peggy Sannerud
Technical Design: Isaac Sawle
Dancers: Kelsey Anderson, Abigail Donkers, Payton Hernandez, Catherine McBride, Jillian Pino
Projection Dancer: Katelyn Princl
Featuring music by the stunning Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir. The Icelandic word "strengur" means string, as in an instrument or twisted thread, or "an even and persistent wind that runs along objects and geographic elements, such as mountains and buildings."
Five women follow these conduits through a thousand years of cyclic labor into an inevitable rite of passage: one of them must step into another world, through the red strings.
Presented at Winona State University
fault lines (2022)
Choreographed by: Erin Drummond
Dancers: Courtney Armani and Brianna Rae Johnson
presented at Winona Art Center and St. Olaf College
Dancers: Courtney Armani and Brianna Rae Johnson
presented at Winona Art Center and St. Olaf College
Loon (2021)
Movement and text by: Erin Drummond
Soundscore: JP Jenkins
production management: Sydney Swanson
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from MSAB thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural Heritage fund.
Soundscore: JP Jenkins
production management: Sydney Swanson
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from MSAB thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural Heritage fund.
Water Study, Part II (2021)
Improvised and performed by: Erin Drummond
In collaboration with live vocal performance by: Liz Pearse
Visual Art: Anne Labowitz
Presented at Minnesota Marine Art Museum First Look Preview Party, curated by Scott Pollock
In collaboration with live vocal performance by: Liz Pearse
Visual Art: Anne Labowitz
Presented at Minnesota Marine Art Museum First Look Preview Party, curated by Scott Pollock
Water Study, Part I (2021)
Choreographed by: Erin Drummond
Performed by Winona State University students
Commissioned in collaboration with The Joy Labs by the MN Humanities Center to create a public choreography at Prairie Island in conjunction with the traveling “We Are Water” exhibit
Performed by Winona State University students
Commissioned in collaboration with The Joy Labs by the MN Humanities Center to create a public choreography at Prairie Island in conjunction with the traveling “We Are Water” exhibit
Fragments unknown (2022)
Choreographed by: Erin Drummond
Costumes: Tracy Van Voorst
Lighting Design: Nathan Gentner
Technical Design: Isaac Sawle
Music: "Fear-Release" by Ellen Reid
Dancers: Becca Braun, Jayde Grass, Mattie Haizlip, Ella Otto, Erin Rademacher, Sophie Sommers, Nicole Uecker
Costumes: Tracy Van Voorst
Lighting Design: Nathan Gentner
Technical Design: Isaac Sawle
Music: "Fear-Release" by Ellen Reid
Dancers: Becca Braun, Jayde Grass, Mattie Haizlip, Ella Otto, Erin Rademacher, Sophie Sommers, Nicole Uecker
SHIFT~ performance salon presents:
migration
SHIFT~ performance salons curated by Sharon Manaus
migration
by Erin Drummond & Mai'a Williams
August 13, 2021
An evening of movement and words that physicalized questions about migration, belonging & flight.
Shared at Dine Out Downtown, a Winona Main Street event in front of ORNO Gift + Home.
migration
by Erin Drummond & Mai'a Williams
August 13, 2021
An evening of movement and words that physicalized questions about migration, belonging & flight.
Shared at Dine Out Downtown, a Winona Main Street event in front of ORNO Gift + Home.
Experiments in Wind (2019-2024)
After a strange medical experience in which a vein became trapped between two bones, and one needed to be cut out of my body, I became obsessed with rivers. The Mississippi flooded that spring. Froze and then flooded. "I want to run along the river," I said, coming up from anasthesia.
This became a symbol for following the truth of my soul's purpose, with guidance from ancestors.
The iron river drew me to dance along the veins of American highways, mostly seen only by wind.
we heard them speak these paths in air (2019)
Choreographed by: Erin Drummond
Costumes: Tracy Van Voorst
Dancers: Becca Braun, Matt Erickson, Janae Mann, Katie Mullenbach, Hannah Ose, Tatum Reitter, Taylor Storlie, Sydney Swanson
Presented at Winona State University
Costumes: Tracy Van Voorst
Dancers: Becca Braun, Matt Erickson, Janae Mann, Katie Mullenbach, Hannah Ose, Tatum Reitter, Taylor Storlie, Sydney Swanson
Presented at Winona State University
gowns and suits (2019)
Choreographed by: Erin Drummond
Costumes: Tracy Van Voorst
Lighting Design: Peggy Sannerud
Dancers: Becca Braun, Matt Erickson, Janae Mann, Katie Mullenbach, Hannah Ose, Tatum Reitter, Taylor Storlie, Sydney Swanson
inspired by Pina Bausch
Presented at Winona State University
Costumes: Tracy Van Voorst
Lighting Design: Peggy Sannerud
Dancers: Becca Braun, Matt Erickson, Janae Mann, Katie Mullenbach, Hannah Ose, Tatum Reitter, Taylor Storlie, Sydney Swanson
inspired by Pina Bausch
Presented at Winona State University
Shindig: an evening of groove and exchange (2018)
Curated and Directed by: Erin Drummond
Featuring live performances by: Leila Awadallah, Jean Luc Dicard, Erin Drummond, Sharon Picasso, Willow Waters, Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān, and The Smokes
an evening of groove and exchange
7:30 doors
8pm begin
"Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something." ~ Judith Butler
come as you are
A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 SE Main St
Performance Hall (first floor)
buzz 511
In honor of Johnny Becker.
Featuring live performances by: Leila Awadallah, Jean Luc Dicard, Erin Drummond, Sharon Picasso, Willow Waters, Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān, and The Smokes
an evening of groove and exchange
7:30 doors
8pm begin
"Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something." ~ Judith Butler
come as you are
A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 SE Main St
Performance Hall (first floor)
buzz 511
In honor of Johnny Becker.
How Small a Thought it Takes to Fill a Whole Life (2018)
Commission for Laird Norton Fundraiser, Winona, MN
Destroy// Minneapolis, a project by Levya Mona Tawil
Choreography/Music Score/Concept by
Rethinking Public Spaces Resident Artist Leyya Tawil
Performed by Twin Cities artists:
Milo Fine (percussion), Benjamin J Mansavage Klein (tuba), Cyrus Pireh (electric guitar) and dancers Leila Awadallah, Amelia Morris, Nicole Stumpf, Jenn Pray, Laura Levinson, Ben Swenson-Klatt, Non Edwards, Pedro Pablo Lander, Abby Taylor, Gabriel Mata, Rachel Horner, Halie Bahr, Erin Drummond, Tera Kilbride, H. Uyen Nguyen, Sarah Finley
The Soap Factory
Minneapolis-MN
26 August 2017
Video by Ben McGinley
Rethinking Public Spaces Resident Artist Leyya Tawil
Performed by Twin Cities artists:
Milo Fine (percussion), Benjamin J Mansavage Klein (tuba), Cyrus Pireh (electric guitar) and dancers Leila Awadallah, Amelia Morris, Nicole Stumpf, Jenn Pray, Laura Levinson, Ben Swenson-Klatt, Non Edwards, Pedro Pablo Lander, Abby Taylor, Gabriel Mata, Rachel Horner, Halie Bahr, Erin Drummond, Tera Kilbride, H. Uyen Nguyen, Sarah Finley
The Soap Factory
Minneapolis-MN
26 August 2017
Video by Ben McGinley
Sacred whore (2017)
Choreography: Erin Drummond
Performers: Gretchen Cohenour, Brianna Rae Johnson, J H Shuǐ Xiān, and Erin Drummond
Music:
"Crisis"/Anohni
"Under Orion"/Rudy Adrian
“We Must Hunt Under the Wreckage”/Raime
"Hymn"/Hildegard von Bingen
presented at ARENA DANCES Candy Box Series, Southern Theater, Minneapolis
Performers: Gretchen Cohenour, Brianna Rae Johnson, J H Shuǐ Xiān, and Erin Drummond
Music:
"Crisis"/Anohni
"Under Orion"/Rudy Adrian
“We Must Hunt Under the Wreckage”/Raime
"Hymn"/Hildegard von Bingen
presented at ARENA DANCES Candy Box Series, Southern Theater, Minneapolis
Xx (2017)
Choreographed by: Erin Drummond
Lighting Design: Gavin Johnson
Costume Design: Tracy Van Voorst
Dancers: Alexa Akemann, Erika Balagot, Frankie Chervenak, Jenna Grochow, Courtney Harms, Cali Hartsock, Adyson Johnson, Samantha Johnson, Olivia Manternach, Hannah Ose, Tatum Reitter, Adelle Vietor
presented at Winona State University and American College Dance Association regional conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lighting Design: Gavin Johnson
Costume Design: Tracy Van Voorst
Dancers: Alexa Akemann, Erika Balagot, Frankie Chervenak, Jenna Grochow, Courtney Harms, Cali Hartsock, Adyson Johnson, Samantha Johnson, Olivia Manternach, Hannah Ose, Tatum Reitter, Adelle Vietor
presented at Winona State University and American College Dance Association regional conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Xx, 2017
Choreographed by: Erin Drummond
Lighting Design: Gavin Johnson
Costume Design: Tracy Van Voorst
Dancers: Alexa Akemann, Erika Balagot, Frankie Chervenak, Jenna Grochow, Courtney Harms, Cali Hartsock, Adyson Johnson, Samantha Johnson, Olivia Manternach, Hannah Ose, Tatum Reitter, Adelle Vietor
presented at Winona State University and American College Dance Association regional conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lighting Design: Gavin Johnson
Costume Design: Tracy Van Voorst
Dancers: Alexa Akemann, Erika Balagot, Frankie Chervenak, Jenna Grochow, Courtney Harms, Cali Hartsock, Adyson Johnson, Samantha Johnson, Olivia Manternach, Hannah Ose, Tatum Reitter, Adelle Vietor
presented at Winona State University and American College Dance Association regional conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dead Lizard Woman, 2016
concept and performance: Erin Drummond
advisors: Amara Tabor-Smith and Leah Cox
A-Mill performance included dancer Brianna Rae Johnson
presented at Squawking Hawk Acres (Ashland, OR), A-Mill Artist Lofts (Minneapolis, MN), Hollins University (Roanoke, VA), and Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN)
advisors: Amara Tabor-Smith and Leah Cox
A-Mill performance included dancer Brianna Rae Johnson
presented at Squawking Hawk Acres (Ashland, OR), A-Mill Artist Lofts (Minneapolis, MN), Hollins University (Roanoke, VA), and Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN)
Oh So Holy (2016)
Choreographed by: Erin Drummond
Performed by: Brianna Rae Johnson, Doug Hooker, Megan Duling, Macy Hubert, and Pasha Timofeyev
Commissioned by Dancing People Company for Salon Series 2016
Performed by: Brianna Rae Johnson, Doug Hooker, Megan Duling, Macy Hubert, and Pasha Timofeyev
Commissioned by Dancing People Company for Salon Series 2016
Communion, 2015
Eaters and eaten: Veronica DeWitt, Erin Drummond, Brianna Rae Johnson, Alonzo Lee Moore IV
experimental film exploring the line between communion and cannibalism. what makes it sacred? what makes it art?
experimental film exploring the line between communion and cannibalism. what makes it sacred? what makes it art?
The musk of ordinary twilight (2015)
Filmed, choreographed, performed and edited by: Erin Drummond
Guest appearances: K.J. Holmes and Gina Spigarelli
Presented at Frozen River Film Festival in 2022, in a dance film series curated by Sharon Mansur
Guest appearances: K.J. Holmes and Gina Spigarelli
Presented at Frozen River Film Festival in 2022, in a dance film series curated by Sharon Mansur
white wolf, 2014
filmed and edited by Erin Drummond
experimental film created in a happened-upon appliance graveyard in the Deschutes National Forest
experimental film created in a happened-upon appliance graveyard in the Deschutes National Forest
Ivy Tutu, 2014
The ivy dress I wore is now a brown decomposing sack of bugs on the hillside, surrounded by wild grasses. There is a hole in the middle of it, where my waist went, now a dense scary den for spiders or maybe a rodent. Three baby birds died on the farm this spring, and three baby chickens were born and are doing well. This past winter I dreamed of four owls, twice. They visited me once menacingly, and once in a peaceful glory. I've been captivated by and drawn to this seeming duality of natural forces: the life force and the death force. I know that they are related: the decomposing bush makes way for the new life of flowers, grasses and other bushes, and also feeds the bugs and microorganisms in the soil. One of my housemates swears by mushroom tea, saying that a little bit of entropy in your system is a good thing. Life and death are bound to each other. This spring I experienced the loss of a mentor. I mourned her for days on the hillside near the farm, sitting up against a tree not far from the decomposing bush. Sitting, fidgeting, mind-flailing, sometimes crying as the grasses grew and grew. until I started to feel peace. I started to feel and even more deeply to trust the mentorship and mothership of the earth. of the soil beneath me, of the air itself, of the whispering of wind through the branches, and the sparse swarms of bugs above the grasses in thick warm heat. of my own existence. the fluttering and calls of bird. the live sensorial energy of this living place.
DJ IRON
Curious Caravan of Cultured Creatures
Mimicking the physicality of DJ Matthew Michael, using his pre-recorded set at a festival, I became his performative alter-ego, and my own sonic one.
Mimicking the physicality of DJ Matthew Michael, using his pre-recorded set at a festival, I became his performative alter-ego, and my own sonic one.
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