performance
I create performance that destabilizes ontologies
through the study of effort, repetition, desire, and the gaze
serenade in c | Velocity Dance Center - Next Fest NW 2016 (photos by Tim Summers)
"Quinn Hallenbeck’s solo serenade in c, performed last weekend at Velocity Dance Center’s annual Next Fest NW, thoughtfully integrates presentational ballet and faltering moments of self doubt. One quick sideways glance undermines the next moment’s confident air. It’s funny but also heartwrenching."
Kaitlyn McKarthy for CityArts Magazine 2016
"Hallenbeck skillfully shifted between internal and external focus—eyes downcast in concentration followed by snapping back into a pleasant facade. This continued acknowledgement of effort mutated to an almost drill-like sequence...
serenade in c took a (literally) vigorous look into the sheer physical and emotional exertion behind any performance, on or off a stage."
Lynn Tofil for Seattle Dances 2016
A re-imagining of George Balanchine's "Serenade" that searches the category of 'ballerina' to find space as a trans-woman. I fail.
part of the "Queer Classics" series - Choreography, performance, costumes, concept and lighting by Quinn Hallenbeck 2016
the sleeping beauty | On the Boards - NW New Works 2015 (photos by Juan Franco)
Somnambulist exhibitionism meets gender journey in this intimate solo investigating the queer body in revolt.
part of the "Queer Classics" series - Choreography, performance, costumes, concept and lighting by Quinn Hallenbeck 2015
