About Momentum Dance
Momentum Dance Company, one of the oldest and most established contemporary dance companies in the Southeastern U.S., is currently entering its Thirty-Ninth Season. Founded in 1982 by Artistic Director Delma Iles, Momentum has operated continuously since, reaching thousands of individuals through: the Miami Dance Festival, concert seasons; free performances for children; residencies at public schools as well as at Artz-n-the Hood in Liberty City; appearances at community events and festivals; special projects, and touring.
Momentum consists of a multiethnic group of dancers. The repertory is extremely varied and features historic modern dance works by pioneers such as Jose Limon, Doris Humphrey and Anna Sokolow, and works by award-winning Artistic Director Delma Iles. Momentum was presented on the Florida Department of State’s Touring Program from 1988 until the program’s demise in 2014, the first modern company appointed to the program. Momentum represented the U.S.A. at the Jose Limon Festival International in Culican, Mexico in 1995. In 2007 & 2008, Momentum performed in the Oaxaca International Dance Festival in Mexico. The company conducted six years of International Cultural Exchange with the National Dance Company of the Bahamas and two years with Ballet Contemporaneo de Oaxaca. Momentum has also performed at the National Dance Week New York Festival appearing at Cooper Union and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
In spite of current challenges for all performing arts groups, Momentum perseveres in serving the South Florida community.
CHOREOGRAPHER DANCER TEACHER
39 Years Of Dance
Momentum Dance Company, one of the oldest and most established contemporary dance companies in the Southeastern U.S., is currently entering its Thirty-Ninth Season. Founded in 1982 by Artistic Director Delma Iles, Momentum has operated continuously since, reaching thousands of individuals through: the Miami Dance Festival, concert seasons; free performances for children; residencies at public schools as well as at Artz-n-the Hood in Liberty City; appearances at community events and festivals; special projects, and touring.
Momentum consists of a multiethnic group of dancers. The repertory is extremely varied and features historic modern dance works by pioneers such as Jose Limon, Doris Humphrey and Anna Sokolow, and works by award-winning Artistic Director Delma Iles. Momentum was presented on the Florida Department of State’s Touring Program from 1988 until the program’s demise in 2014, the first modern company appointed to the program. Momentum represented the U.S.A. at the Jose Limon Festival International in Culican, Mexico in 1995. In 2007 & 2008, Momentum performed in the Oaxaca International Dance Festival in Mexico. The company conducted six years of International Cultural Exchange with the National Dance Company of the Bahamas and two years with Ballet Contemporaneo de Oaxaca. Momentum has also performed at the National Dance Week New York Festival appearing at Cooper Union and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
In spite of current challenges for all performing arts groups, Momentum perseveres in serving the South Florida community.
EDUCATION
MFA in Dance, New York University, School of the Arts 1978
BFA in Teaching of Ballet, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia 1976, Cum Laude
HONORS AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS
2021
Awarded a Lumen Fellowship for Teaching Research, through Miami Dade College and Florida International University, Funded by the Mellon Foundation.
2020
Quatre Regards, modern dance fusion work selected for the Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler showcase (online), Miami
2018
Nacre, modern dance fusion work selected for the Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler showcase, performed New World School of the Arts, Miami.
2017
Dido, modern dramatic work, selected for the Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler showcase, New World School of the Arts, Miami.
2016
Monkeybone, modern dance jazz fusion work, selected for the Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler showcase, New World School of the Arts, Miami
2013
Educational work, Women of Valor, selected by Florida Alliance for Arts Education for inclusion in an addendum to Compendium of Best Practices for arts integration in Florida
2012
Children’s ballet, Fish Tales selected by Florida Arts Alliance for Education for inclusion in a new Compendium of Best Practices for arts integration in Florida
2011
Consultant for Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts’ dance programming
2010
Selected for a Creative Capital consulting grant, Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
2009
Awarded a Cultural Advancement Travel Grant for study of Indian classical dance in Mumbai
2008
Selected for a Creative Capital consulting grant, Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
2007
Selected by the Arsht Performing Arts Center for a “Miami Made” Commissioning Project (one of 10 artists selected)
2005
Phi Theta Kappa Award for excellence in teaching at Miami Dade College. This award is voted on by the College’s students, who select ten teachers annually to recognize for outstanding teaching skills.
2003
Doris Leeper Award for outstanding contributions to arts in education in Florida by the statewide arts advocacy organization Arts For A Complete Education
2000
Florida Artist Fellowship – Honorable Mention in Dance
1999
Artful Truth Grant, Wolfsonian FIU/Foundation
1998
Florida Artist Fellowship – Honorable Mention in Dance
New Forms Miami Grant
“Steps on Surface” project selected for full evening at 1998 Florida Dance Festival
1997
-Florida Artist Fellowship – Honorable Mention in Dance
-Appointed to Dade County Public Schools Community Oversight Committee for Magnet Schools
-Choreography “Brecht Suite” selected by juried process for Florida Dance Festival Gala program
1995
– Choreography “Requiem” selected by juried process for Florida Dance Festival “Florida Dances” program
1992
-Awarded State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs Artist’s Fellowship in Dance
-Awarded a New Forms Florida Grant from Florida Dance Association
1987
-Selected by juried adjudication as one of three choreographers to create new work for Dance Umbrella of Greater Miami’s “Dance On The Beach” program
1986
-Awarded a State Of Florida, Division Of Cultural Affairs Fellowship in Dance
1985
-Selected by juried adjudication as one of three choreographers to create new work for Metro Dade County’s Art in Public Places Program
1984
-Selected as one of four choreographers to create new work for the opening of the Center for the Fine Arts Rauchenberg exhibit, Miami
1983
-Invited by the Florida Secretary of State to perform for the Governer’s Awards reception at the Capitol, Tallahassee
1977
-Awarded a Rotary Foundation Fellowship for international study in Paris, France. Studied dance at University of Paris, Jussieu, additional training at the Paris Opera School and private studios in Paris
1976
-Awarded Virginia Intermont College’s Vera Volkova Ballet Award. This is the only award given by the VIC Dance Department. It is given annually to the most outstanding senior
-Chosen as a finalist in “Glamour Magazine”, Top Ten College Women Contest
-Selected to appear in “Who’s Who of American Colleges and Universities” for outstanding achievement
1975
-Selected to appear in “Who’s Who of American Colleges and Universities”
1972
-Won Second Place in State of Tennessee High School Diving Championships, Women’s One Meter Competition
-Directed Dobyns-Bennett High School production of “Antigone” which received First Place in Tennessee State High School Drama and Speech Competition
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS
2020-21
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“The Quarantine Diaries” (work in progress). Music: Prokofiev Costumes: in progress, 3-7 dancers, duration unknown at this time
2019
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“This is How I Dance”, (children’s ballet), assorted traditional music in different genres: flamenco, Bollywood, modern dance, ballet, tap, traditional costumes, 5 dancers, 40 minutes.
“Kids Meet Jazz” (children’s ballet) in collaboration with Dr. Mike Diliddo, Miami Dade College jazz faculty. Music: Jazz arrangements by Dr. Mike Diliddo. Costumes: colorful practice clothes. 3 dancers & 3 musicians. 40 minutes.
2018
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Nacre”, Music: Alexander Tansman, Costumes: Delma Iles, Lighting Design: Apon Nichols., 3 dancers 10 minutes.
2017
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Gold Falling Through Water”, Music: Gabriel Faure, Costumes: Delma Iles, Lighting Design: Bruce Brown, 5 dancers, 32 minutes.
“The Emperor and the Nightingale” (children’s ballet), Music: Traditional Japanese, Costumes: Sylvia & ABC Costumes, Scenery: David Goboff, 6 dancers, 30 minutes.
2016
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Dido”, Music: Edward Elgar, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, Lighting Design: Apon Nichols, 5 dancers, 7 minutes.
“Insects” (children’s ballet) in collaboration with jazz composer Rob Moore and Momentum’s dancers, Original Score: Rob Moore, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 1 Narrator, 5 dancers, 28 minutes.
2015
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Birds of the Inner Eye”, Music: Olivier Messiaen, Costumes: Marilun Skow, Lighting Design: Apon Nichols, 6 dancers, 20 minutes
2014
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Not Go Gently”, Music: David Chesky, Costumes: Delma Iles, Lighting Design: Apon Nichols, 5 dancers, 10 minutes
“Satie Suite”, Music: Eric Satie, Costumes: Delma Iles, Lighting Design: Apon Nichols, 3 dancers, 9 minutes
“Rumplestiltskin” (children’s ballet), Music Constance Thurmond, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 5 dancers, 28 minutes
“The Magic Toy Shop” (children’s ballet), Music: Respighi/Rossini, Costumes: Delma Iles, 8 dancers, 30 minutes
2013
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“High Tide”, Music: Chick Correa and Bela Fleck, Costumes: Delma Iles, Lighting Design: Bruce Brown, 4 dancers, 7 minutes
“Peer Gynt – A Story from Norway” (children’s ballet), Music: Edvard Grieg, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 5 dancers, 30 minutes. *Commissioned by the South Florida Youth Symphony
“Etude” (water ballet), Music: John Field, Costumes: Barbie Freeman, 4 dancers 6 minutes
2012
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Super”, Music: Handel, Costumes: Delma Iles, Lighting Design: Bruce Brown, 4 dancers, 12 minutes
“The Tiger and the Brahmin” in collaboration with Geeta Dias (children’s ballet), music: traditional Indian classical, Story: traditional Indian fable, Costumes: Geeta Dias, Masks: Marilyn Skow, Set: Simply Puppets, 4 dancers, 30 minutes
“Spiral” (water ballet), Music: Philip Glass, Costumes: Delma Iles, 5 dancers, 7 minutes
2011
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Surface of the Moon”, Music: Jean Sibelius, Costume: Randolph Parrott, Lighting Design: Bruce Brown, 4.20 minutes, solo work
“Pots and Pans”, Music: traditional Bluegrass, Costumes: Jean Cerasani, Lighting Design: Bruce Brown, 9 minutes 5 dancers
“Carnival of the Animals” (children’s ballet commissioned by the South Florida Youth Symphony), Music: Camille Saint-Saens, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 5 dancers, 18 minutes
“The Ugly Duckling” (children’s ballet commissioned by the Miami-Dade County Public Library System), Music: Rolf Bertsch, Costumes: Delma Iles, 5 dancers, 24 minutes
2010
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Negotiation”, Music: John Coltrane, George Friedrich Handel, Costumes: Debra Baxter, Lighting Design: Bruce Brown, 65 dancers, 11 minutes
“Cobia”, Original Score: Dr. Devin Marsh, Costume: Emily Noe, Lighting Design: Bruce Brown, solo dancer, 6 minutes
“Alice in Wonderland” (children’s ballet commissioned by The Miami Book Fair International), Music: John Corigliano, Costumes: Delma Iles, 5 dancers, 24 minute
2009
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Obamanomics”, Music: Nino Rota, Costumes: Delma Iles, Lighting Design: Bruce Brown, 19 minutes, 6 dancers
‘Ephemera” in collaboration with film artist Dinorah DeJesus Rodriguez, site specific work, Miami Beach Botanical Gardens, Costumes: Delma Iles & Dinorah DeJesus Rodriguez, Film: Dinorah DeJesus Rodriguez, 5 dancers, 30 minutes
2008
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Mandala”, Music: Alice Coltrane, Costumes: Delma Iles, Lighting Design: Bruce Brown, 17 minutes, 5 dancers
ADRIENNE ARSHT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
“Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road” (created, but not performed), Original Score: Devin Marsh. Costumes: Fantasy Theatre Factory, Props: Delma Iles, 20 minutes, 10 dancers
2007
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Grow”, Music: Handel, Costumes: Randall Parrot, Lighting Design: Bruce Brown, 12.5 minutes, 6 dancers
“Sand Calendar” (re-choreographed), Set: Bernard Zyscovich, Costume: Marcia Kretiman, 4.2 minutes, solo dancer
“Counting Songs” (3 new sections added), Original Score: Devin Marsh, Costumes: Delma Iles, 40 minutes (with new & existing sections), 5 dancers
2006
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“32 Short Dances on Form”, Costumes: Delma Iles, 8 dancers, 14 minutes
“Counting Songs” (children’s work), Original Score: Devin Marsh, Costumes: Delma Iles, 30 minutes, 5 dancers
2005
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Birds Flying In Warped Time”, Music: Arvo Part, Sojhi Satoh, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 7 dancers, 22 minutes
“Parsing The Curve”, Music: Philip Glass, Costume: Delma Iles, solo dancer, 6 minutes
“Highway”, Music: Steppenwolf, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Costumes: Delma Iles, 6 dancers, 16 minutes
“Insomnia Dances”, Visual Art: Delma Iles, Costumes: Delma Iles, Sound: Delma Iles, 4 dancers, 10
minutes
“Fish Tales” (children’s work; collaboration with Barbie Freeman, Shane Wexler, Odman Felix), Original Score: Devin Marsh, costumes: Marilyn Show, Script: Laura Cerwinske, 6 dancers, 35 minutes
2004
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Bubble Wrap” (children’s work), Set & Props: Delma Iles, Costumes: Delma Iles, 3 dancers, 12 minutes
“Politics of Charity” (reworking of a previous work), Music: Vivaldi, Costumes: Delma Iles, 6 dancers, 17 minutes
“Plunge” (Water Ballet), Music: Hooverphonics, Costumes: Delma Iles, 7.5 minutes, 6 dancers
2003
“Shadows and Accumulations”, Costumes: Javier Baez, 2 dancers, 12 minutes
“Carmina Burana” (in collaboration with Elizabeth Malm), Music: Carl Orff, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 8 dancers, 40 minutes
“Mark Twain’s Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” (children’s work in collaboration with Barbie Freeman & Irmah DelValle), Music: traditional bluegrass songs, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 4 dancers, 1 narrator, 1 violinist, 30 minutes
2002
“Jungle”, Music: Miles Davis, Costumes: 4 dancers, 12 minutes
“Hansel and Gretel” (children’s work), Music: Humperdinck, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 5 dancers, 30 minutes
2001
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“The Tyranny of Beauty”, Music: Cesar Franck, Costumes: Delma Iles, 6 dancers, 22 minutes
“Red Riding Hood” (children’s work), Music: Terry Patterson, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 4 dancers, 30 minutes
“Women of Valor” (educational program), music: folk songs, costumes: Debra Baxter, 3 dancer & 1 singer/storyteller, 50 minutes
2000
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Quatre Regards Sur L’Enfant Jesus”, Music: Olivier Messaien, Costumes: Delma Iles, 3 dancers, 116 minutes
“Quartet for the End of Time”(re-choreographed & new production from the 1988 version), Music: Olivier Messiaen, Costumes: Deborah Baxter, 11 dancers, 60 minutes
“Psychic Hotline”, Music: Doris Day, Richard Wagner, tape collage, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 5 dancers, 12 minutes
“Weaving”, Music: Franz Josef Haydn, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 5 dancers, 16 minutes
“Goldilocks and the Three Bears” (children’s work), Music: Pippi Osentra, Costumes: Delma Iles, 4 dancers, 25 minutes
1998
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Steps On Surface” a collaboration under the auspices of a “New Forms Miami” grant, Music: self-producing sound environment, Costumes: Marcia Kreitman, Set: Kricket Snow, variable time, 5 dancers, experimental dance/architecture/visual arts project
“American Work Songs”, Music: traditional, Costumes: Marcia Kreitman, 50 minutes, 3 dancers, 1 folk singer, youth educational program
1997
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Politics of Charity’, Music: Antonio Vivaldi, Costumes: Delma Iles, 7 dancers, 12 minutes, modern dance
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”, Original Score: Gary Mayone, Costumes: Javier Baez, Set: Michael Thrailkill, 10 dancers, 40 minutes, modern dance
“Harbinger of Light”, Music: Giuseppe Torelli, Costumes: Jean Cerasani, Set: Delma Iles, 4 dancers, 8 minutes
“Peter and the Wolf”, Music: Sergei Prokofiev, Costumes: Lees Hummel, Set: Bernard Zyscovich, 30 minutes, children’s work
ROSARIO SUAREZ’ BALLET CUBANO
“Christmas Carol”, Music: Giuseppe Tartini, Costume: Rosario Suarez, solo dancer, 6 minutes
1996
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Raga” Original Score: Stephan Mikes, Costumes: Marcia Kreitman, 4 dancers, 10.2 minutes
“Corelli Christmas Concerto” Music: Corelli, Costumes: Javier Baez, 6 dancers, 14 minutes
ROSARIO SUAREZ’ BALLET CUBANO
“Brecht Suite” Music: Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weil, Costume: Marilyn Skow, solo dancer, 9.5 minutes
1995
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“A Dance With Balls” Music: Minoru Miki, Costumes: Marcia Kreitman, 6 dancers, 1 marimbist, 8 minutes
“Haydn Concerto” Music: Josef Haydn, Costumes: Jean Cerasani, 5 dancers, 10 minutes
1994
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
”Hot and Spicy – Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker” Music: Duke Ellington, Costumes: Jean Cerasani, Sets: Michael Thrailkill, full evening work, 13 dancers
“Requiem” Music: Faure, Costumes: Jean Cerasani, Sets: Delma Iles, Steve Willis, 7 dancers, 17 minutes
1993
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Walking Study” 5 dancers, 2 minutes
“Nocturne For Dancer And Electric Car” Music: Faure, Costume: Delma Iles, solo dancer, 5 minutes
“Power Tools” Music: The Corklickers, Costumes: Delma Iles, 2 dancers, 7 minutes
“The Pleiades” Music: Thomas de Hartman, Costumes: Delma Iles, 6 dancers, 7 minutes
“Rain” Music: Ravel, Costumes: Jean Cerasani, 6 dancers 10 minutes 12 seconds
untitled. Text: Joyce Carol Oates, Costumes: Marcia Kreitman, Set: Marcia Kreitman, 5 dancers, 1 actress, 19 minutes
“Impresiones Intimas” created in collaboration with Spanish dancer Mariano Parra as part of a “New Forms Florida” grant commission , Music: Federico Mompou, Costumes: Mariano Parra, 2 dancers, 7 minutes
1992
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Desert” Original improvised score: Steve Bagby, Costumes: Marcia Kreitman, 5 dancers, 18 minutes
“Dominant Spread For Five Tubas And Dancer” Original score: Dennis Kam, Costume: Delma Iles, solo dancer, 8 minutes
“American Suite” Music: Alfred Reed, Costumes: Delma Iles, 6 dancers, 16 minutes
GREATER MIAMI OPERA
dance scenes for reconstruction of “Cristoforo Colombo” Costumes: Charles Kane, 8 dancers, 5 minutes
1991
GREATER MIAMI OPERA
dance scene from “Falstaff” Music: Verdi, Costumes: Charles Kane, 5 dancers, 5 minutes
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Everybody Wants To Be A Cat” (children’s work) Music: Costumes: 3 dancers, 6 minutes
1990
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Untitled”, Music: Bobby Blue Bland, Gabriel Faure, Costumes: Marcia Kreitman, 8 dancers, 18 minutes
“Three Short Sambas” Music: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Costumes: Jean Cerasani, 3 dancers, 10 minutes
1989
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Window” Music: Dennis Kam, Costumes: Meme Ferre, 4 dancers, 17 minutes
“Sand Calendar” Set: Bernard Zyscovich, sound produced by set, Costume: Marcia Kreitman, 5 minutes, solo work
BACARDI ART GALLERY
Untitled, improvisational work Music: Steven Bagby, live accompaniment, Costume: Marcia Kreitman, solo work, 20 minutes
1988
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Quartet For The End Of Time” Music: Olivier Messaien, Costumes: Jean Cerasani, 6 dancers, full evening work(65 minutes)
“Charleston Variations” Music: Traditional, Costumes: Costumes, Inc., 4 dancers, 8 minutes
“Love Song” Music: Van Morrison, Costumes: Jean Cerasani, Pas de Deux, 6 minutes
FLORIDA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
“Ballroom Suite” Music: tape collage, Costumes: Delma Iles, 3 dancers, 12 minutes
1987
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Jacob At Peniel” Original verse play by Daniel Mark Epstein, Costumes: Jean Cerasani, Set: Bernard Zyscovich, 2 dancers, 20 minutes
“Paper” Music: Miles Davis, Costumes: Sheila Natasha Simrod Friedman, Set: Delma Iles, 5 dancers, 12 minutes
“Paper II” Music: Diamanda Galas, Philip Glass, traditional Japanese Bamboo Flute, Costumes: Jean Cerasani, 3 dancers, 16 minutes
Untitled, Text: Joyce Carol Oates, Costume: Delma Iles, solo dancer, 10 minutes
“Three Tangos” Music: Carlos Gardel, Costumes: Delma Iles, 3 dancers, 15 minutes
GREATER MIAMI OPERA
dances from “La Traviata”, waltz: 8 dancers, 6 minutes, gypsy dance:5 dancers, 6 minutes, Music: Verdi,
CUBAN MUSEUM OF ART
“Six Dances”, :”Saltimbanques”, “Woman In Brown”, “Three Women”, “Pink Girl”, “The Bathers”, “Saltimbanques II” Music: Satie, Costumes Delma Iles, 4 dancers, 30 minutes, commissioned to be performed in conjunction with an exhibit of works by Cuban painter Cundo Bermudez, taking themes from the paintings
DANCE UMBRELLA OF GREATER MIAMI
“Sand” Music: environmental sounds, Costume: Delma Iles, Set: Bernard Zyscovich, solo dancer, 17 minutes, commissioned for “Dance On The Beach”, an event for which dances were designed to be performed on the beach
1986
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Rothko Chapel” Music: Michael Brooke, Costumes: Delma Iles, 5 dancers, 20 minutes
“Power Hitter” Music: Thelonius Monk, Costume: Delma Iles, solo dancer, 5 minutes
“Micomicomia” Music: Brahms, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 6 dancers, 17 minutes
1985
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“White Heron” Text: William Butler Yeats, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 6 dancers, 30 minutes
“Paris Dress” Music: Edith Piaf, Costume: Sheila Natasha Simrod Friedman, solo dancer, 6 minutes
“Three Graces” Music: The Modern Jazz Quartet, Costumes Delma Iles, 3 dancers, 5 minutes
GREATER MIAMI OPERA
dances from “Bernstein On Broadway”, 4 short selections from “West Side Story” and “Candide”
MIAMI CHAMBER SYMPHONY
“The Soldier’s Tale” Music Stravinsky, Costumes: Delma Iles, (revived in 1989 with new costumes by Sheila Natasha Simrod Friedman) 3 dancers, 22 minutes, commissioned for the MCS’s 1984-85 Subscription Series and later taken into the repertory of Momentum Dance Company
MIAMI DADE COUNTY ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
“Ingathering” Music: environmental sounds and rhythms created by the dancers, 12 dancers, 15 minutes, commissioned in conjunction with the Metro Dade County Art in Public Places Program as part of the celebration for the opening of the MetroRail System, performed by three inner city children’s dance groups with Momentum dancers
1984
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Homage To Mondrian” Music: Thelonius Monk, Costumes: Sheila Natasha Simrod Friedman, 5 dancers, 10 minutes
“The Broken Glass” Music: Philip Glass, Costume: Delma Iles, solo dancer, 7 minutes
“Sea Pictures” Music: Elgar, Costumes: Delma Iles, 4 dancers, 17 minutes
BALLET CONCERTO COMPANY
“White Haydn” Music: Haydn, Costumes: Martha Del Pino, 5 dancers, 15 muiutes
DANCE UMBRELLA OF GREATER MIAMI
untitled Text: John Cage, Costume: Delma Iles, solo dancer, 10-15 minutes, commissioned through the Dance Umbrella by the Center for the Fine Arts for the opening of the first installment of Robert Rauchenberg’s “Six Furlong Piece”
1983
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“Heart Of Darkness” Music: Mother Mallard, Lizst, Penderecki, Costumes: Delma Iles, 6 dancers, 20 minutes, based on the novella, “Heart Of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad
“Sugar Hill” Music: The Lounge Lizards, Costumes: Lisa Ruocco, 6 dancers, 13 minutes
“Odalisque” Music: Faure, Costume: Delma Iles, solo dancer, 6 minutes
BALLET CONCERTO OF MIAMI
‘White Haydn”, Music: Haydn, Costumes: Sonia Diaz, Lighting Design: Art Feinstein, 6 dancers, 18 minutes
1982
MOMENTUM DANCE COMPANY
“The Thrill” Music: Pearl Bailey, J. Hoover, Art Tatum. Costumes: Delma Iles, 4 dancers, 15 minutes
“Blackbird Pas De Deux” Music: The Eddie Sauter Orchestra, Costumes: Delma Iles, 2 dancers, 4 minutes, based on the poem “Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Blackbird” by Wallace Stevens
“Handel Concerto” Music: Handel, Costumes: Marilyn Skow, 3 dancers, 15 minutes
** This work was restaged for the Tallahassee Civic Ballet in 1984 and placed into their repertory. It was restaged for five dancers for the Northwest Florida Ballet and placed into their repertory in 1993.
1981
L’IMAGE DE BALLET-JAZZ
untitled Music: Original score by Peter Fuchs, Costumes: Jo Dee Mercurio, 4 dancers, 12 minutes
ONE ART DANCE THEATRE
“Fugue For Two” in collaboration with Karen Peterson, Music: Gershwin, Costumes: Karen Peterson, 2 dancers, 5 minutes
1980
FUSION DANCE COMPANY
“Turner Interior II” Music: Mother Mallard, Costume: Delma Iles, solo dancer, 8 minutes
1979
OFF-OFF BROADWAY
New York, New York
“A Doll’s House” created choreography for an experimental production of Ibsen’s play, directed by Mark Roth at the 14th Street Playhouse
1978
OFF-OFF BROADWAY
New York
“The Nut Farm” created choreography for a production directed by Mark Roth at the 14th Street Playhouse, period comedy
1977
1975
KINGSPORT FINE ARTS CENTER
Kingsport, Tennessee
Produced two full evenings of original work with the cooperation of the Bristol Concert Ballet Company
1974
KINGSPORT FINE ARTS CENTER
Produced two evenings of original work in cooperation with the Bristol Concert Ballet Company