CHOREOGRAPHY (selected)
Confessions of A Dancemaker , 2011
Semi-autobiographical text based movement portraits that beg-- what happens when you stand on stage with your ugly hanging out ?
Run time: 20 min
The Big Empty , 2010
A solo organized around themes of lack, holes, and absences. Run time: 10 min
In Relation , 2009
A collaborative dance and letter project with choreographer Hannah Schwandron.
Run time: 10 min
Curl, 2009
Teasing the relationships women have with their hair. Run time: 6 min
Performing Girlfriend, 2008
A duet examining how we version, exaggerate, and camouflage ourselves as we attempt to appear more attractive to a romantic partner. Turning a critical eye towards the presentational aspect of romance. Run time: 15 min
Women, 4 Shoes, 2 Chairs, 1 Room and a Cake , 2007
M.F.A Thesis Project University of California, Riverside.A gallery of sculptural choreographies and evocative dance films where domestic nostalgia frames intimate portraits of six women. Run time: 2 hours
I Do, 2006
A solo choreography parodying the bittersweet ritual and expectation of marriage with humorous gesture and deadpan performance.
Run time: 5 min
FILMOGRAPHY
if she needs a third eye, she grows it , 2011
Director and choreographer of dance film commissioned by Dances Made to Order
Runt TIme: 6 min
Smile, 2011
In post production
Points and Coordinates , 2010
Director, choreographer and performer of video and performance project.
Run TIme: 8 min
On the Hill : Video Installation Project, 2008
Director, choreographer, and editor of a video navigating a peculiar landscape of movement, light, and object with a lo-fi approach. Run time: 45 min
Second Story Projection Video , 2008 Commissioned projection video of Julian Morgan architecture for choreographer Wendy Rogers. Run time: 3min
about the house , 2007
Director, choreographer, and editor of high definition dance film. With a precocious cat in tow, a lone woman reveals her peculiar relationship with her abode. Presented by Dance Camera West Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA 2008 Run time: 10 min
luma, 2006
Director, choreographer, performer, and editor of dance film. A noir-styled study of light as an object. Run time: 3min
two divided by two , 2005
Director, choreographer, and editor of dance film. In a movement-based world, distinctly fragmented and visually warped, two women wrestles with their own undeniable dichotomy. Run time: 7min
is a dance choreographer, filmmaker, performer, educator and the artistic director of
Rosie Trump | With or Without Dance. Established in 2008 in the Los Angeles area, Rosie Trump | WoW Dance is a pick up company with a hybrid practice in dance and video media. Trump’s work stems from an interest in representations of femininity, domesticity, identity and intimacy.
Trump’s choreography and films have been presented regionally throughout California and the Northeastern and Southern United States. Recently, her work was produced by the Houston Fringe Festival, the Big Range Dance Festival, Project 21 at Cal State San Bernardino and by Anatomy Riot in Los Angeles. As a performer, Trump has danced for Alison Bory, Ann Carlson, Frame Dance Productions, Stephen Koplowitz and April Rhodes, Ursula Payne, Hannah Schwadron, Leslie Scates and Sue Roginski. She is a Houston dance critic and the editor of the dance blog Reading the Dance.
Trump holds a BA in dance from Slippery Rock University and a MFA in Experimental Dance Choreography from UC Riverside. She is a three-time recipient of the Gluck Fellowship of the Arts and recently received a Special Initiatives Grant from the Houston Arts Alliance. Her teaching credits include Seton Hill University and Mt. San Jacinto College. Currently, she is the Dance Program Director at Rice University and the Artistic Director of the Rice Dance Theatre. Trump is the founder and curator of the Third Coast Dance Film Festival.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
If she needs a third eye she grows it
Motion Captured Film Festival
February 12, 2012
http://www.erjcchouston.org/arts/dance-month/
RECENT:
The Bag Ladies
Rice Dance Theatre, Houston
Nov. 17-19, 2011
Attack and Decay for Three
Texas Dance Improv Festival
Oct. 8, 2011
Third Coast Dance Film Festival
Sept. 16 & 17 2011 7pm
Rice University, Houston TX
http://recreation.rice.edu/dance
Confessions of a Dancemaker
Houston Fringe Festival
Aug 19-20, 2011
http://houstonfringefestival.com
50 Things I Wanted and Didn't Get
Big Range Dance Festival
June 17 &18, 2011
rosietrump_hotmail.com
http://readingthedance.wordpress.com
