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M I C H A E L  F O L E Y : W O R K S

 Juana  2008 |
CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley
PERFORMED BY: Omar Carrum of Delfos Danza Contemporánea (Mazantlán, MEXICO)
MUSIC BY: Richard Einhorn

"strong, dramatic, intense" - rogueballerina.com

Yo, Desaparezco (I, Disappear)  2016 |
CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley

PERFORMED BY: la Compañía Nacional de Danza Contemporánea de República Dominicana (the Dominican         National Contemporary Dance Company -- Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
 
MUSIC BY: Gluck, Caldara, Poulenc, Gounod and Schubert                        (sung by David Daniels, accompanied by Martin Katz)
 
"I, Disappear" explores the ways in which we choose to disappear in conversations, in relationships, and even in our
own imagination.

The Carpet  2019 |
CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley
PERFORMED BY: Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Houston, TX)
MUSIC BY: Manuel Wandji

Be Right Back  2017 |
CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley
PERFORMED BY: John Paul Alejandro, Elyssa Berg, Mary Anne Bodner, Tori Casagranda, Fernando Chonqui, Margaret Falcone, Alexa Gitlin, Paula McArthur, Patricia Ortega, Katie Skinner and Nattie Trogdon
MUSIC BY: Jani R, Mississippi John Hurt, Claude Debussy
 

Troy  2021 |

CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley

PERFORMED BY: University of South Florida Dance Program

MUSIC: "Es gibt Reich ein" from Richard Strauss’s opera Ariadne Auf Naxos, sung by Jessye Norman; “Parola (feat. Anna Caragnano)” by Donato Dozzy

 The Carpet  2007, remains in touring repertory |
CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley
PERFORMED BY: Modern American Dance Company (St. Louis)
MUSIC BY: Manuel Wandji

"a delightful riff on the power of a child's imagination"
-St  Louis Post Dispatch
 
 

 Capricho con la cabeza en las manos (Caprice with his Head in His Hands)  2010 |
CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley

PERFORMED BY: Augustín Martinez (Delfos Danza Contemporánea)

MUSIC BY: Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne No. 2 in E Flat
 

Dusk (2016)

Dusk (2016)

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 Dusk  2016 |

CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley

PERFORMED BY: University of South Florida

MUSIC BY: Handel's "Partenope", Raf Riley, Janet Jackson,                         Hem, and "Son nata/nato a lagrimar" from                              Handel's opera Giulio Cesare

 No hay angeles en mi cielo Kamikaze   2009 |
CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley

PERFORMED BY: Escuela Profesional de la Danza de Mazatlán (MEXICO)

MUSIC BY: Thomas Newman, The Milky Bar Kid, A.R. Rahman                     and Manuel Wandji
 
 

Joan (excerpt begins at 47")  2016 |
(*also features excerpts by Larry Keigwin, Jennifer Archibald and Adele Myers*)

 
CHOREOGRAPHER: Michael Foley
PERFORMED BY: Sarasota Contemporary Dance
MUSIC: Richard Einhorn

“Commanding,” “grace(ful)” and “mesmerizing” The Sarasota Herald; “beautiful” and “it stood out from the other pieces”  ~The Brandenton Herald. 

No Angels in My Kamikaze Heaven

(excerpt begins at 1'07") 

2007, re-enters the repertory in 2012 |

 

(*reel also features work of other choreographers on their program*)

CHOREOGRAPHER: Michael Foley, excerpt starts at 10"

PERFORMED BY: Eisenhower Dance Ensemble (Detroit)
MUSIC: A.R. Rahman and Manuel Wandji

“EDE delivered their first, and arguably most memorable,

performance with No Angels in my Kamikaze Heaven. Michael Foley's abstract choreography placed rushing, panting dancers in lovely asymmetries across the Wright stage. The effect was frenetic,

athletic and thrilling.”  -The Birmingham News

 Si bel giorno [Part I]  2009 |

CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley

PERFORMED BY: Escuela Profesional de la Danza de Mazatlán (MEXICO)

MUSIC BY: selections from George Frideric Handel's opera Teseo

 

 Si bel giorno [Part II]  2009 |

CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley

PERFORMED BY:Escuela Profesional de la Danza de Mazatlán (MEXICO)

MUSIC BY: selections from George Frideric Handel's opera Teseo 

 

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Moonshine  2015 |

CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley

PERFORMED BY: University of South Florida

MUSIC BY: Bob Dylan

Delfos Danza Contemporánea reel

(featuring excerpts of Michael Foley’s 

 Juana and Ladrones en la Casa del Rumor)  2009 |

CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Michael Foley

PERFORMED BY: Delfos Danza Contemporánea

 Trisha Brown: Drawing on Land 

 and Air Symposium  2007 |

University of South Florida

Michael Foley, keynote speaker for Distinguished

Master Artist Series with Trisha Brown

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