SPLIT BILL #48

ELINOR KLEBER DIGGS
KIMIE PARKER

RUNTIME: About 60 minutes with an intermission.
Portions of this performance contain the use of water based haze.

Photos by Elyse Mertz

MAY 28-30, 2026
8PM

meet me in the lake, my swan
Kimie Parker

-INTERMISSION-

Crimson
Elinor Kleber Diggs

meet me in the lake, my swan

All Immerican Dream Girl! aims to shine a light on the complexity of the immigrant experience in the United States by commenting on “The American Dream” from the perspective of a Latina “Dreamer”, otherwise known as a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient. Through overwhelming bouts of extreme physicality and segments that never seem to settle, viewers enter a simulation of the taxing cycles, frustrating resets and restarts, unraveling, and inability to move forward that the immigration process entails. This work takes us on a journey to nowhere via completely pathless attempts at assimilation that ultimately lead to a reckoning of the crumbling facade this empire has tried to sell us.

All Immerican Dream Girl! was created with support from Triskelion Arts, New Dance Alliance, and the GALLIM Moving Artist Residency.

Photo by Elyse Mertz

Choreography by Kimie Parker

Performed by
Kimie Parker
kira shiina

Movement collaboration and sound design by kira shiina

Costume support by Caitlin Taylor

Lighting Design by Connor Sale

Special thanks to
Kanon Sugino for Japanese translation support
Alicia Steeves for promotional materials
Brooklyn Arts Council

Crimson

Crimson is the place past a threshold
Bliss, shock, frenzy
Where does the body stop and the world begin?

Photo by Elyse Mertz

Created by Elinor Kleber Diggs

Performed by Bryanna Strickland

Sound by Rush Carson and Elinor Kleber Diggs featuring major samples from “Stop No. 394 Falkirk Street” by The Lappetites, “Right Hand Driving” by NINA, and “As if Waltz” by Geordie Greep

Lighting Design by Connor Sale

A special thank you to ankita sharma, Micaelina Carter, Alex Haag, Tieran Horton, Christian Warner, my wonderful parents Karen and Michael Kleber Diggs, and the entire team at Triskelion Arts for your contributions and support.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Kimie Parker is a dance artist, choreographer, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY, originally from San Diego, CA. Since earning her BFA in Dance from Point Park University in 2019, she has been a longstanding company member of Sidra Bell Dance New York, where she was appointed Rehearsal Director in 2022. Kimie has assisted Bell and taught on behalf of the company at institutions including Harvard University, The Juilliard School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Springboard Danse, The University of the Arts, and many more. As a freelance performer, she has collaborated with artists including Ayoung Kim, Mark Caserta, Mamie Green of Volta Collective, Kanon Sugino, and Doron Perk. As a choreographer, Kimie's work has been presented at ODC San Francisco’s “State of Play” Festival, Heat Index, LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival, and BigKid Summer Create + Connect. She was also part of the inaugural choreographic cohort of THAT SHOW.

kira shiina (they/she) is a Brooklyn-based dancer, sound designer, and educator with curiosities rooted in performance and experimental electronic sound. They received their BFA in Dance from the University of the Arts and have performed works by Andrea Miller, Beth Gill, Bobbi Jene Smith, Kimie Parker, Mark Caserta, slowdanger, and Tommie-Waheed Evans among others. kira shiina has presented work at Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media and Arts Bank. As an educator, she has taught at Bennington College, Drexel University, Muhlenberg College, Point Park University, and UArts. Currently, she performs with Hivewild, MICHIYAYA Dance, and Sidra Bell Dance New York.

Elinor Kleber Diggs, currently based in Harlem, New York, is an interdisciplinary artist and choreographer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. They grew up training in dance at the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists and at TU Dance Center. Elinor has been fortunate to show their work at Bronx Music Hall, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Gibney: Agnes Varis Theater, The QUEER NOISE New York City Festival, Pepátian’s APAP showcase in The Bronx, among others. Recently, Elinor was selected for the 2025 Baryshnikov Arts Fellowship at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, the CUNY Dance Initiative AiR Program at CUNY York, and the Jerome Early Career Residency at Anderson Center at Tower View in Minnesota. Elinor holds a BFA in Dance Performance with a concentration in composition from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Bryanna Strickland is a malleable dancer and performer. She studied at Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Since graduating Bryanna has performed works by choreographers such as Jermaine Spivey, Chantelle Good, Elinor Kleber-Diggs, Carlos Franquiz, Chelsea Thedinga, Maxine Doyle and more. She also immerses herself in physical and immersive theater spaces as well as house and hip-hop forms. Bryanna is an avid artist; she loves sharing her passion with her community and cultivating spaces of joy.

Rush Carson is a dancer, choreographer and musician based in Germany and New York. Recently he has worked with choreographers including Taulant Shehu, Eyal Dadon, Omar Román de Jesús, Felix Landerer, Nicole Von Arx, Ethan Colangelo, and Andrea Miller. He is currently dancing with Theater Hagen and is set to be joining Theater Bielefeld under the direction of Ella Rothschild. Rush has composed musical scores for choreographers such as Elinor Kleber-Diggs, Alexander Anderson, Gregory Dolbashian, Ali Pfleger, Juan Carlos Franquiz, Miguel Miranda and for his own projects. He attended the Purchase College Conservatory of Dance where he graduated with a BFA in Dance Performance with a concentration in composition.

Rachel McLaren is an interdisciplinary humanities scholar, dramaturg, and writer based in New York, NY. In each of Rachel’s practices, pushing back against language, form, and traditional epistemologies in a creative and research-informed manner is paramount. As a creator, they seek to divulge what’s important and empower their audiences to do the same.

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.