Stephanie Zaletel | szalt

PROJECTS FOR SZALT


photo by Angel Origgi

5 basic movements (vagus excerpt) by stephanie zaletel

25 minutes (full evening in development, 2024)

lighting design: Chu-Hsuan Chang

cast: cory feder, rosanna tavarez, tom tsai, stephanie zaletel

2023

  • Annenberg community beach house sorority pride event

2022

  • UNIon PDX Festival in portland, or

  • REDCAT’s New original works festival in los angeles, ca

residency support: loghaven artist residency in knoxville, tn, new dialect in nashville, tn, redcat in los angeles, ca

“…a work you simply have to be in the room to witness. No words can capture the wandering, personal journey this nervous-system reset takes.”

-Elizabeth Whelan / Oregon Arts Watch

“ A sense of play and exploration coursed throughout the creation…”

-Victoria Looseleaf / Fjord Review

“…an impressive experience to witness”

-Rebecca Lee / LA Dance Chronicle


photo by Stefano Altamura

photo by Stefano Altamura

moon& by stephanie zaletel

65 minutes

Composers: Louis lopez + jonathan snipes

lighting design: pablo santiago-brandwein

cast: PAIGE AMICON, lindsey lollie, eden orrick, sarah prinz, amir rappaport, mecca romero, gigi todisco, stephanie zaletel

rehearsal director: jordan saenz

Tour Manager: Grace Courvoisier

understudies: KAYLA AGUILA, emma wheeleR, kevin zambrano

2019

  • The geffen @ moca

  • redcat

  • California institute of the arts

  • velocity dance center in seattle, wa

2018

  • Ford amphitheater / co-produced by los angeles performance practice

  • LA dance project (preview)

residency support: california institute of the arts, velocity dance center, Loyola marymount university, la dance project’s 2245 choreographic residency

“…a work that veered from meditative stillness and surrender to frenzied states of prolonged rapture and the accompanying struggles—gravitational and otherwise—of what it means to live on this earth.”

-Victoria Looseleaf / Fjord Review

“moon& must be experienced”

-Jeff Slayton / LA Dance Chronicle


photo by Gema Galiana

photo by Gema Galiana

Marshmallow Sea by Stephanie Zaletel

55 minutes

Composer: jonathan snipes

lighting design: pablo santiago-brandwein

cast: ariana daub, Rebeckah goldstone, lindsey lollie, eden orrick, sarah prinz, jordan saenz, amir rappaport, stephanie zaletel

rehearsal director: jordan saenz

2018

  • Breaking Ground Dance Festival - Tempe Center for the Arts in Tempe, AZ

2017

  • The Bootleg Theater / lax festival

  • Center for Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, NM

  • Los ANgeles Dance Festival

  • REDCAT STUDIO

  • Velocity Dance Center in Seattle, WA

“hauntingly beautiful, evocative work that brought the audience to its feet”

-Jeff Slayton / LA Dance Chronicle


photo by Becca Green

photo by Becca Green

water stories by stephanie zaletel

50 minutes

Composer: louis lopez

wearable art design: Amabelle Aguiluz

set design and textiles: amabelle aguiluz, clare graham

lighting design: pablo santiago-brandwein

cast: lindsey lollie, julia planine-troiani, sarah prinz, jordan saenz, amir rappaport, stephanie zaletel

2017

  • the brand library in glendale, ca

2016

  • ace hotel rooftop pool in los angeles, ca

  • Los ANgeles River Public art BIENNIAL | women’s center for creative work

  • moryork gallery (world premiere) in los angeles, ca

residency support: moryork gallery

“a high concept work where all the elements glow with unified effect”

-Steven Woodruff / See Dance


photo by Raphael Hernandez

photo by Raphael Hernandez

F L W R S by stephanie zaletel

60 minutes

Composer: louis lopez

set design: alex gaines

lighting design: alex gaines, pablo santiago brandwein

cast: alyssa alden, lindsey lollie, julia planine-troiani, sarah prinz, jordan saenz, amir rappaport, stephanie zaletel

2016

  • the bootleg theater / lax festival

2015

  • highways performance space in santa monica, ca (O E)

  • HNYPT IN LOS ANGELES, CA (world premiere)

  • REDCAT STUDIO

“a sensual army of women pursuing felt action, a fleshy virtuosity”

-Jenny Liu \ Riting LA


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PROJECTS FOR OTHERS


all in your head by clipping.

Director: C Prinz

Producer / 1st AD: Mitch deQuilettes

Director of Photography: Ricardo Campos

1st AC: Steven Kan

Steadicam Operator: Alex Flannery

Production Designer: Brielle Hubert

Movement and Choreography: Stephanie Zaletel

Scream Motif inspired by Lindsey Lollie

Stylist: Raven Fox

Contributing Wardrobe Designer: Kristina Garnett

Hair Artist: Malcolm Marquez

Makeup: Jill E Clark

Editor: C Prinz

Color: Briana Brackett, Benton Africano, Whitehouse Post

Titles: Jonas Risvig

Special Thanks: Moriah Faulk, Mike Lev, Joe Mischo, Dannel Escallon, Greg Green, Nick Reed

2019


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THE WHITE ALBUM BY LARS JAN / early morning opera

Essay by Joan Didion

Choreography: Stephanie Zaletel
Dramaturgy by David Bruin
Assistant Director, Madeline Barasch

Performance: Mia Barron
with Stephanie ReginaAndrew SchneiderMicaela Taylor, BRITTANY ENGEL-ADAMS, and Sharon Udoh

Architectural Structure: P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S Architecture, fabricated by STEREOBOT
Lighting Design: Chu-hsuan Chang and Andrew Schneider
Sound and Music:  Jonathan Snipes
Costume Design: Kate Fry
Exhibition Design: Shannon Scrofano

Technical Director: Michaelangelo DeSerio
Special Effects: Steve Tolin / Tolin FX
Sound Engineer: Duncan Woodbury
Production Manager: Sarah Peterson
Producer: Miranda Wright

2020

  • University of California Berkeley

  • SYDFEST 2020 | Sydney, Australia

2019

  • Freud playhouse| CAP UCLA

2018

  • BAM Harvey theater | BAM's Next Wave Festival

  • Wexner Center for the Arts

  • Pittsburgh's International Festival of Firsts

Produced with Los Angeles Performance Practice

The White Album is commissioned by Center Theatre Group with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, in partnership with Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Additional commissioning support came from the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University, Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, and CalArts Center for New Performance. additional residency support from ucross residency.


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wasteland by Stephanie Zaletel

Commissioned by Cornish college of the arts

12 minutes 

2019

  • cornish playhouse

Rehearsal Assistant: desiree kong

original Music: "bloom” written and recorded by louis lopez

Costumes: Carl Bronsdon, stephanie zaletel

lighting design: meg fox

Performance: Sebastian Arredondo, Chayil Brooks, Aja Green, Melanie Katzen, Emma Lai, Madison Moseman, Alexandria Opinsky, Janae Walla, Julia Wiggins

Understudies: Kaitlyn Bostrom, Desiree Kong, Mariah Peña


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summer (for Robert Brown Jr.) by Stephanie Zaletel

Commissioned by LA Contemporary Dance Company

19 minutes

Music: Louis Lopez

Performance: LA Contemporary Dance Company

Rehearsal director: jordan saenz

2019

  • El Camino College

2018

  • Odyssey Theater in Santa Monica, CA

“Time passed, it stood still, and it leapt silently forward.”

-Jeff Slayton / LA Dance Chronicle


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before something big by Stephanie Zaletel

commissioned by bombshell dance project

7 minutes

performance: Taylor Rodman, Emily Bernet

Music: Sibylle Baier

2019

  • Moody Performance Hall in Dallas, TX


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Ode to Age by Stephanie Zaletel

Commissioned by Loyola Marymount University

9 minutes 

2018

  • LMU STRUB THEATER

Rehearsal Assistants: Heather Hightower, Eden Orrick, Gigi Todisco

Music: Walt Wanderly

Costumes: Leon weibers

Performance: Kelsey Ang, Brynn Bodair, Sophie Bress, Raquel Bryant, Eva Crystal, Halie Donabedian, Riley Higgins, Hayley Hoekstra, Mackenzie McElroy, Shannon Moran, Kristen Ninonuevo, Madeline Ortiz, Alexandra Randazzo, Courtney Sprouse, Maggie Stamberger

 


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