Choreography and Direction
Nicole von Arx
in collaboration with the dancers

Performers
David Flores
Caitlin Taylor
Michael Greenberg
Maddy Wright

Sound Design and Text
Nicole von Arx

Additional Music
Chopin, Luigi Boccherini, Gultskra Artikler, COH, Ian Chang, Origamibiro & VDU, Ryan Lott, The Boats and Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm

Costumes
Caitlin Taylor

Lighting Design
Conor Mulligan

Founded in 2014, NVA & Guests is a project based Swiss/American dance-theatre company. It exists as a platform to produce and share the artistic work of choreographer Nicole von Arx. Its mission is to forge genuine connections between its audience and collaborators by producing interdisciplinary evocative stage and film works.

Grounded in her experience dancing in both the contemporary, immersive and Off-Broadway dance and theatre scenes, von Arx’s work seeks to begin conversations. It flips our perspective on its head with playful narration, ambiguous characters who seem to appear and disappear with dynamic physicality to hint at what is seen and not seen.

NVA & Guests has presented works around the United States at venues and festivals such as TACAW (Colorado), Judson Memorial Church (New York), Sam Houston State University (Texas), Chop Shop Festival (Seattle), CPR (Brooklyn). The company has also performed internationally at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices (Switzerland), Theatre am Gleis (Switzerland), and Reykjavík Culture Night (Iceland).

Nicole von Arx is a Swiss & British choreographer. She performed for Carte Blanche, The Royal Opera House, Company XIV, Romeo Castellucci, The Met, Loni Landon, and Bryan Arias. She is a 2022 Dance Initiative artist in residence, Gland Culture 2020 Lauréate, 2020 Jacob’s Pillow Choreography Fellow, and 2018 STUFFED artist in residence. She partnered with The Consulate General of Switzerland in New York, The Ace Hotel, The Yard, Showfields, to organize online and outdoor dance classes. Nicole recently choreographed an evening-length concert at Stanford Live for singer-songwriter and activist iskwē. She teaches weekly classes at Gibney. IG: @nicolevarx

Michael Greenberg is a dancer and choreographer from New York City. He began his training at the Ailey School in 2004 and went on to study dance at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. Michael received a BFA in Dance in 2017 from NYU Tisch. Most recently he was dancing in the First National tour of Fiddler on the Roof with choreography by Hofesh Shechter. Michael founded his own collective N E 1 4 Dance in 2018 and has a podcast: “Mike on the Mic”. IG @mgreenbeee

Madeline Wright - originally from Toronto, Canada - is a New York City based professional dance artist actively working in both Canada and the U.S. After graduating from Point Park University in 2016, she transitioned to New York where she first performed in the premiere production of Sonya Tayeh’s you’ll still call me by name, that was remounted for a commission at Jacob’s Pillow in 2018. Over the course of her professional career, Madeline has collaborated with and performed the works of choreographers like Peter Chu, Cindy Salgado, Loni Landon, Mary Grace McNally, Spenser Theberge, and Jennifer Freeman to name a few. Most recently, she has been in process with artists Akira Uchida (dancer and choreographer) and Joshua Strmic (drummer and percussionist), building their first creation together Full Stop. Start Again. that was presented and premiered at the 40th annual Battery Dance Festival this past August 2021. IG @madster7

Based in New York City, Caitlin Taylor earned her B.F.A. in Dance at Marymount Manhattan College and continued on to freelance with many dance ensembles including Loni Landon Dance Projects, NVA & Guests, and HEWMAN. She worked with Alexander Whitley Dance Company from 2017 to 2019, touring across the UK and Europe. Most recently, Caitlin performed in Nixon in China by John Fulljames at The Royal Danish Opera and Scottish Opera. She is also a costume designer, wardrobe coordinator, and wardrobe assistant for several companies and dance schools in the New York City area. IG @caitlingtaylor

Born and raised in San José - Costa Rica, David Flores received a scholarship to attend Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. He graduated in 2015 with a BFA in Dance and received the Golden Key award for modern dance. He attended Springboard Danse Montreal in 2014 and 2015. He's performed works by Aszure Barton, Dwight Rhoden, Lar Lubovich, Doug Varone, Chase Brock, Fernando Melo, RUBBERBANDance Group, Rosie Herrera, Loni Landon, Idan Sharabi, Yin Yue, Joy Davis, and MADBOOTS DANCE. In 2013, he had the opportunity to perform for Nokolais Dance Theater at the First Yunnan Kunming Yang Liping International Dance Festival in Beijing and Kunming, China. He is currently an active dancer, teacher, resident choreographer, and outreach program co-leader with New Dialect, a Creative Director for Sidra Bell Dance, and Rehearsal Director for Loni Landon Dance Projects. In January 2021 he began his journey as Artistic Director with the creation of PRISM, a live performance installation for a socially distanced world, which premiered at Oz Arts Nashville in March 2021. IG @davidmmoves

Conor Mulligan, Lighting Designer
Credits include: NEW YORK: The Giant Hoax, (Theatre Row), KonverjdansIII (The Mark O’Donnell Theater), Jumping Mouse (Museum of Jewish Heritage), BalletNEXT (NYLA), National Children’s Chorus (Carnegie Hall), Satellite Collective’s Echo & Narcissus 2018 (BAM Fisher), Adam Minus Josh, (Theatre Lab), Start From Hello A New Musical (Hudson Guild Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Smith Street Stages), Lambs For Slaughter, The Overcoat, The Master and Margarita, Lady With A Lap Dog, The Three Sisters, Crime and Punishment (The Russian Arts Theatre & Studio), The Phillie Trilogy, Do You Dream In Spanish, (Fresh Fruit Festival 2017), The Commuters (Calendar Boys Productions). REGIONAL: PIRIRA, Old Love New Love (Luna Stage, NJ), On Golden Pond (Bristol Riverside Theatre), This Is Our Youth (Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre, MA), E2, The 39 Steps, Sweeney Todd, All She Must Posses, The Other Place (REP Stage, MD), Columbinus, Fly By Night (1st Stage, VA), Manuel Vignoulle – M/Motions (Tulsa Performing Arts Center), The Effects Of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds [Winner of the Craig Noel award for Outstanding Lighting Design 2018], Fool For Love, True West (Cygnet Theatre, CA), Lesson 443 (MOXIE Theatre, CA), Thrill Me (Diversionary Theatre, CA). INTERNATIONAL: Cirio Collective: In the Mind, The Fourth Way, Parting Thoughts (Despertares Impulsa 2019; Guadalajara, MEX). Conor is a proud member of USA 829. More at www.conormulliganld.com

Special thanks to Dance Initiative, TACAW, Triskelion, Pentacle, Todd Rosenberg, our donors, Mum and Dad, and above all, my collaborators - Caitlin Taylor, Michael Greenberg, David Flores, and Maddy Wright.

We respectfully acknowledge that the work of Triskelion Arts is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of Lenapehoking, the homeland of the Lenape peoples. We pay our respects to their land, water, and ancestors, past, present, and future. This acknowledgment demonstrates a commitment to the process of working to dismantle the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism and to learning to be better stewards of this land.