Extinction Rituals

Extinction Rituals is inspired by acts of remembrance celebrating the life and loss of animals, plants and environments from the places they call home—Japan, Colombia, and NY.

Extinction Rituals is an ever-evolving project, with various manifestations incorporating movement, song, spoken word, music, and visual storytelling to create short rituals honoring extinct species.

“Our interdependence with the environment had never felt more real.” – Karen Greenspan, fjord (2023)
“Extinction Rituals is most successful when most flamboyant, and the dancers interact with scenic elements in a series of dreamlike scenes separated by blackouts. ” – Robert Johnson, The Dance Enthusiast (2023)
  • Extinction Rituals
  • Bodies
  • Communal Craft
  • conectom with LEIMAY
  • Conversations
  • Dance/Theater/Opera
  • Film/Video
  • Healing Communities
  • In Residencies
  • Installation
  • Institutional Partners
  • LUDUS
  • Public Space
  • Residencies
  • Residency
  • Site Specific
  • Stage
  • Theaters
  • Touring
  • With Ensemble
  • Year
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Extinction Rituals - Dance Opera
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Extinction Rituals - Video Installation
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Extinction Rituals - Itinerant Residencies
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Rituales de Extinción: Actividades paralelas
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Tríptico Audiovisual: Rituales de Extinción
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Danza Ópera Rituales de Extinción
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Residencia Itinerante: Rituales de Extinción - Hischa Uáia
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Rituales de Extinción - Danza Opera - Bogotá
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Correspondences - Performance Installation - Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre
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Correspondences - Installation Performance - Astor Place Plaza
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Qualia Holometaboly - Installation Performance - Earthdance
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Qualia Holometaboly - Installation Performance - Hurleyville
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Qualia Holometaboly - Installation Performance - UCR Dance
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Qualia Holometaboly - Installation Performance - Temple of No Religion
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Qualia Holometaboly - Installation Performance - Green-Wood Cemetery
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Correspondences - Installation Performance - Watermill Center
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borders - Publication
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Becoming Corpus - Publication