THAT SHOW is a community performance by artists and creatives, encouraging collaboration, risk-taking, and making new friends. Join us for a celebration and a showcase, a conversation and an entry point.

This intimate performance features emerging artists Yolette A Yellow-Duke, Sheila Jackson, Kimie Parker, Mack Lawrence & Lulu West, Peter Alfred Elizalde, Adrienne Swan, Madi O’Halloran & Sumayyah Smith. Performances begin at 7:00pm and dancing and mingling will follow. Refreshments will be available by donation. Follow us on IG @thatshownyc.

• 6:30–7PM: Reception, cash bar
• 7–8:30: Seven works by NY based artists
• 8:30–10: Cash bar, sound by DJ Peet the Scholar

Kayla White (she/her) and Taylor Schmuelgen (she/her) are Brooklyn based movement artists, producers, and friends. They find great pleasure in cultivating spaces for artists (particularly early career performance makers) to share their work. Curious about where performance belongs and what it can do for people, they place dances in unconventional spaces and invite anyone and everyone to witness it. Their shared passions include but are not limited to – going on a long walk every Friday, framing first dates as an artistic practice, and enjoying an early morning coffee on the couch. You can usually find Kayla teaching Pilates somewhere in Brooklyn, staring deeply into her cat’s eyes, or sourcing the perfect ham and cheese croissant. Taylor is entirely too serious about the coffee she’s drinking and spends most days working in fundraising and arts administration (she also teaches Pilates).

Taylor brags heavily about her upbringing in Austin, Texas, while Kayla will remind anyone that will listen that she prefers Austin to her own hometown of Dallas. They both enjoy a cold Lonestar beer and daydream about jumping into a central Texas lake on a hot day. Both hold a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from the University of Texas at Austin, where they became friends, made a lot of dances, and found themselves responsible for co-producing shows for the first time. It was here that they developed a deep interest in creating financially sustainable, collaborative, celebratory, and community-focused opportunities for cohorts of early-career artists to present their work.

Kimie Parker(she/her) is a dancer, educator, and choreographer based in Brooklyn, New York, originally from San Diego, California. Kimie holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Point Park University. Throughout her education, she has performed work by Sasha Waltz, Kyle Abraham, Alexandra Damiani, Sidra Bell, Larry Keigwin, José Limón, and Donald McKayle. Kimie has received additional dance training from Springboard Danse Montreal, NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, AXIS Connect, and the Limón Dance Foundation.

In 2019, Kimie joined Sidra Bell Dance New York as a company dance artist, and has since performed at numerous venues across the United States. She has taught on behalf of the company or assisted Bell at academic institutions including The Juilliard School, Harvard University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, Marymount Manhattan College, University of Michigan, and holds an Assistant Adjunct Professor role at University of the Arts. Kimie was appointed the company’s Rehearsal Director in 2022.

Kimie has performed with wldflwr collective (New York, NY) and Kostas Contemporary (Kansas City, MO). As her own entity, Kimie has taught at the Limón Summer Intensive and the BigKids Summer/Winter intensives.

Adrienne Swan (they/them) is an artist and choreographer based in unceded Lenapehoking land/Brooklyn, NY. Swan’s multi-disciplinary art opens up textures and dynamics of animal habitat and behavior. Swan freelances as a scenic carpenter/painter across NYC including at Performance Space New York and the Park Avenue Armory. Working professionally since 2013, Swan has choreographed 3 full length dances and dozens of short works

Sheila Jackson (she/her) is a contemporary dance artist currently based in Brooklyn, NY. She began dancing in her hometown of Bend, Oregon, and continued her training with Ballet Austin over the next six years. In 2023 Sheila received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from The University of Texas at Austin, where she was introduced to more contemporary movement modalities, and had the opportunity to create with a number of esteemed choreographers and artists beyond the field. Sheila has travelled internationally to train with artists/ groups such as Michaela Taylor, RUBBERBAND Dance Company, Katlin Michael-Bourgeois and Sidra Bell, among others. Most recently, Sheila joined VALLETO Dance Company for their 9th season in 2023.

Yolette A Yellow-Duke

Madi O’Halloran (she/they) is a freelance movement artist, performer, choreographer, and witch. Born and raised in New York City, Madi received their degree in Dance and Political Science from Columbia University. Currently, Madi is a dancer with Sonia Plumb Dance Company.

Sumayyah Smith (she/her) is a dance artist, somatic practitioner, and writer based in New York City and Europe. She has premiered choreographic work as an artist in residence and as a frequent collaborator with photographers, sculptors, and musician. Her research is grounded in a fascination with philosophy and evolutionary life force, birthing deeply exploratory works surrounding the complexities of human identity in relationship to nature, humor, and healing.

Peter Alfred Elizalde (they/them/theirs; also known by their moniker Peet the Scholar) is a Filipino/a/x/? nonbinary dance artist, choreographer, nightlife professional, and DJ residing in Lenape-Canarsie land currently known as Brooklyn, NY. They currently dance on stages and not stages throughout the 5 boroughs and abroad and are excited to share their brand of queer magic and unfiltered emotion with you.

Mack Lawrence (they/them) is an interdisciplinary performance artist, dancer, and playwright from Austin, TX, currently living in Brooklyn. As a trans playwright and a sixth-generation Austinite, their work tells queer stories with a southern voice. They are charmed by the radical politic of allowing a queer person to inhabit a fictional arc that has both everything and nothing to do with their orientations, especially within chosen communities in the deep South. Mack is intrigued by performances that you think about the day after you see them—specifically, vulnerable, absurd, and somewhat relatable performance art. Mack graduated with honors from the UT Austin BFA Dance Program, under the direction of Charles O. Anderson. They are a certified Dance Educator and Teaching Artist for the National Dance Institute.

Lulu West (she/her) is a sound and performance artist based in NYC. She has an electro-acoustic vocal and prepared guitar/bass solo practice merging traditional queer folk melodies with free improvisation. Lulu’s compositional works have been performed by ensembles and individuals such as, The International Contemporary Ensemble, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, The Akropolis Reed Quintet, Kinan Azmeh, Quartetto Indaco, The Playground Ensemble, Russell Greenberg, The Neave Trio, The Akropolis Reed Quintet, The Sequoia Reed Quartet and others. Lulu loves extreme music and performance art. She is a harsh noise, hardcore and power electronic creator as well as a soundscape sculptor. She also performs performance art sets that physically challenge trans bodies.

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