Collaborators Side-by-Side
Image description: a colorful graphic shows four groupings of people in different silly poses. In the background is a big yellow circle. The background of the graphic is orange.
March 22nd @ 3 PM
Mascher Space Cooperative
1170 S Broad St
FREE! Donations Accepted
Featuring works by Elizabeth June Bergman, Kayliani Sood, and Noel Price-Bracey.
Collaborators Side-By-Side incubates new creativity and individual projects from Collaborators (past and present) of The Naked Stark. This free event features 2-3 artists sharing work at any stage of development followed by a discussion. Each collaborator receives an honorarium for sharing. All donations go to the pool to support the honorarium fund.
Accessibility: The entrance to Mascher Space Cooperative is up 3 steps. There is no ramp. Two non-gendered bathrooms are located in the basement down a flight of stairs. There is no elevator.
March 22 Program
Black and white image of Elizabeth dressed in black jeans and a black tank top, stands in bare feet, knees bent, upper body hinged forward, arms outstretched.
Elizabeth June Bergman
Elizabeth June Bergman is a dancer, interdisciplinary scholar, and educator based in Philadelphia. She holds a Ph.D. from Temple University, an MFA from The University of Iowa, a BA from DeSales University, and a 500-hour certification in hatha yoga. Her body of creative work includes choreography for the stage and non-traditional sites, screendance, improvisational performance, and written scholarship on popular and commercial dance. Elizabeth has choreographed for The Collective (Baltimore), tbd Dance Collective (Omaha), and produced performances at the Minnesota Fringe Festival (Minneapolis), Public Space One (Iowa City), and Philadelphia Fringe. Her screendances have been screened by Cucalorus Film Festival, Iowa Screendance Festival, Philadelphia Screendance Festival, and Iowa Public Television. As a freelance dancer, she has worked with choreographers Joanna Rosenthal-Read, Rosy Simas, April Sellers, Amy Lynne Barr, Analia Alegre-Weber, Lynn Bowman, Taja Will, Emily Gastineau, Tori Lawrence, Nichol Mason-Lazenby, Christina Eltvedt, and Megan Flynn. She has been a long-time supporter of The Naked Stark as a class participant, audience member, and performer for fundraisers and community engagements. Elizabeth’s scholarship has been published in Dance Research Journal, Dance Chronicle, and the anthology Dance in US Popular Culture. She has taught at both alma maters, Bryn Mawr College, and Point Park University. Elizabeth is an Assistant Professor at Muhlenberg College, serves as an Associate Editor for Dance Chronicle, and chairs the DSA Working Group for Popular, Social, and Vernacular Dance and the Americas node of PoP Moves. Her current movement practice is rooted in street dance classes and participation in community events at Urban Movement Arts. www.elizabethjunebergman.com.
About today’s work:
I am sharing some of the ingredients/a first draft of a semi-improvised solo work-in-progress about the journey of grieving.
Image description: Close up of Kayliani’s upper body and face. Dressed in a plaid and lace tank top and shear striped jacket, eyes closed, Kayliani holds up a colorful quilt above their head.
Kayliani sood & franny lane
Kayliani Sood is a white femme dance artist, choreographer, and educator based in Philadelphia. Their multidisciplinary work spans movement, songwriting and visual arts to articulate rich, personal narratives of neurodivergence and femmehood. Sood is a passionate teacher— whose practice ranges from the realm of early childhood to adult dance education. They hold a BFA in Dance from the University of the Arts, and have performed with Chloe Marie, Curt Haworth, and Vincent Johnson, among others. Sood’s choreographic works have featured in the 20/92 film festival, Cannonball Festival, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and Philadelphia Dance Projects’ DANCE UP CLOSE series. Kayliani assisted the Naked Stark's, "Falling Up" program in 2023, and has followed the company's work since.
Franny Lane - COMING SOON!
About today’s work:
In this piece, dance artist Kayliani Sood and singer songwriter Franny Lane sift through memories of belonging. Spacious improvisations of dance and song frame a complicated grief in the long, gray quiet of winter. This is a tender narrative of growth, shedding and revisiting old selves in last season’s clothes. Field recordings and a Hank Williams’ hymn place this scene in the memories of a childhood spent in the southern United States.
Noel Price-bracey
COMING SOON!
Collaborators Side-by-Side Past Events!
December 13, 2025
Chloe Marie & Alex Brazinski
Shannon Brooks
Shannon Murphy
March 29, 2025
Dirtbaby Farm presented work by Amalia Colón-Nava, Evenlyn Langley, & Joseph Ahmed
Meredith Stapleton along with Wynn and Marland
April 18, 2024
Amalia Colón-Nava
Aubrey Donisch & Shana Crawford
Marcie Mamura
February 16, 2024
Chachi Perez
Chloe Marie & Lee Clarke
Katherine Kiefer Stark
A Series of informal events (2017 & 2019)
Before there was Collaborators Side-by-Side!
Motivated by our desire to share and discuss our own work-in-progress, paired with our philosophy that part of nourishing ourselves and creating sustainable movement-art practices is supporting other artists and working together to build a community, we created A Series of Informal Events.
Modeled after the old FringeArts ScratchNight series, our free series features 2-3 artists sharing 10-25 minutes of work, with each work followed by a discussion. Spring 2019, we collaborated with Shannon Murphy, guest curator, and Vox Populi, venue, hosted our events.
SPRING 2017, April, May, June: Curated by Katherine Kiefer Stark
Featured work-in-progress by Antonia Z Brown, Meredith Stapleton, stb x at, Teresa VanDenend Sorge, The Naked Stark
FALL 2017, October, November, December: Curated by Katherine Kiefer Stark
Featured work-in-progess by Amy Lynne Barr & Elizabeth Bergman, Lyons and Tigers,
Loren Groenendaal / Vervet Dance, Paige Phillips, Sean Thomas Boyt, The Naked Stark
SPRING 2019, February, April, June: Curated by Shannon Murphy
Featured work-in-progress by Chelsea Murphy, Harlee Trautman & Mary-Carmen Webb, Jhelan Gordon-Salaam, Meg Foley, Meghan Frederick & Kate Seethaler, Olive Prince Dance
