Studies & Stories

“Maybe We” Secondhand Dogs music video

Director / Editor: Elliott Moe
Producer / Creative Director: Kelly Garrett
DP: Riede Dervay
Talent / Choreographer: Jordan Patt
1st AC: Nile Garcia
2nd AC / Swing: Hailey Port
2nd AC / Swing: @fatherjawsh
Colorist: Emily Bailey
Song Mixing: Catherine Anderson

“Moments Die” by Joe Goddard & Barrie / Choreographer: Alena Henke Subway Commuters: Kegan Dasher Jordan Patt Coleen Nguyen Evan Durkin Troi Jackson

Music video for Power by Vera Devora (2021)

music video for “Loveblood” by Leaves Brown (2018)

Performances by: Mandy VanLaningham, Bernadette Johnson, Beth Jensen, Jordan Patt, Jacoby Vann, Alyson Osterbuhr, Levi Gerlach, and Katherine Weise. Artwork by: Mandy VanLaningham, Tolemy Neely, Levi Gerlach, and Kat Weise. Poetry Written and Performed by Bernadette Johnson. Music Written and Performed by Leaves Brown: Bree Cameron- trumpet, Ian McCollum- vibraphone, Levi Gerlach- piano. Video shot and edited by Mark Thimijan. Music recorded, mixed, and mastered by John Freidel. Directed by Levi Gerlach. Lincoln, NE

a short dance reel of a personal improvisation and a segment of “As You Are/As You Want Me To Be” choreographed by Jenna Reigel, 2018.

Disembodied Vessels - A Dance Installation (2017)

Recently I've been very drawn to the merging of art forms, specifically the pairing of dance and paint. Parallel to my yearning to cover myself in paint while dancing, I've also been thinking about the world around me and how I influence the space around myself and how the space influences me. 

Thus, creating the basis for 'Disembodied Vessels'. To be more specific, I wanted the paint to play a suffocating, covering role in the dance. Women especially in today's world are so influenced by the media and the media's portrayal of beauty. The paint represents all the voices humans hear telling them to hide their beauty; telling them their beauty isn't valid. (written in 2017)

a short dance reel of a personal improvisation and a segment of “As You Are/As You Want Me To Be” choreographed by Jenna Reigel, 2018.

A personal study of “axis mundi” originally choreography by Maureen Flemming.

Home Study (2018)

A couple friends and I went to Colorado this Spring (2017). One day we were exploring the flatirons in Boulder and we decided to make this video to act as a representation of the trip as a whole. It was a very special trip for all of us, for some it was their first time in Colorado. The song is "The Mighty Rio Grande" by This Will Destroy You, a band we saw in Denver on this same trip.

Coffee - A Dance Study (2017)

Dance is often so structured - everything, every move, every breath has a specific time and place to be executed. Recently, I've been quite literally moved by the idea of improvisation and reaction to my environment. In this piece I tried to forget about being "beautiful" -- instead I moved in a way that felt good in my body. I tuned into my own body and listened to what it was saying to me. I listened to the music and how it made me feel and my body reacted accordingly. (written in 2017)