Parades & Changes & the Freezer Aisle, Reed College 2018 Winter Concert, Dec. 2018. Photo by Jim Coleman.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My performance practice is characterized by a commitment to interdisciplinary work and collaboration. In 2008, I co-founded the New Orleans based ensemble, Goat in the Road Productions (GRP), as a way to bridge my training in theatre and dance and to connect artistic productions to organizations whose work lies beyond the theater. With GRP, I have directed, choreographed, and performed in many ensemble created productions; led two international artist residencies with Grupo de Teatro Artzénico (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala); and launched Play/Write, a young playwrights' festival.
Like my scholarship, I approach the stage as a place to engage in a creative dialogue about pressing issues. Whether creating work with GRP or with others, I draw on my background as a writer, dancer, and actor to create original dance theatre works in collaboration with other artists: dancers, actors, writers, musicians, and filmmakers. I enjoy creating performance projects that extend beyond the boundaries of the stage through organizational partnerships. Some of my favorite collaborations have been with the Southern Food and Beverage Museum and Grupo N.O.H.A. (New Orleans Hispano America) in New Orleans and the Youth Opportunity Center and the Blood Orange Infoshop in Riverside, CA.
Like my scholarship, I approach the stage as a place to engage in a creative dialogue about pressing issues. Whether creating work with GRP or with others, I draw on my background as a writer, dancer, and actor to create original dance theatre works in collaboration with other artists: dancers, actors, writers, musicians, and filmmakers. I enjoy creating performance projects that extend beyond the boundaries of the stage through organizational partnerships. Some of my favorite collaborations have been with the Southern Food and Beverage Museum and Grupo N.O.H.A. (New Orleans Hispano America) in New Orleans and the Youth Opportunity Center and the Blood Orange Infoshop in Riverside, CA.
Recent Work
Dedication (2018)
Conceived and directed by Rachel Carrico. Choreography: Rachel Carrico, in collaboration with the dancers: Rachel Carrico, in collaboration with the ensemble: Elsa Bonyhadi, Natalie Cuadrado, Alyssa Miller, Trevon Newmann, Sophia Pray, Ankita Sharma, and Elijah Thornburg. Rehearsal Director: Natalie Cuadrado. Original text by Elijah Thornburg. Lighting Design: Heidi Eckwall.
All photos by TMDexter Photography
“Emerge”: Colorado College DanSix Faculty Concert
March 8th - 10th, 2018
Kathryn Morhman Theatre, Armstrong Hall, 14 E Cache La Poudre St, Colorado College
This piece is dedicated to all those affected by mass shootings that occurred in New Orleans (2013), Las Vegas (2017), and Orlando (2016) when people were gathered to dance together.
March 8th - 10th, 2018
Kathryn Morhman Theatre, Armstrong Hall, 14 E Cache La Poudre St, Colorado College
This piece is dedicated to all those affected by mass shootings that occurred in New Orleans (2013), Las Vegas (2017), and Orlando (2016) when people were gathered to dance together.
Dear monica: An open letter to monica lewinsky (2016)
Conceived and directed by Rachel Carrico. Choreography: Rachel Carrico, in collaboration with the dancers: Bethany Drohmann, Brittani Holland, Jodi James, Jana Meszaros, Elana Sutton, and Jackie Thelen. Dramaturgy: Sarah Macrorie. Lighting design: Brad Garner.
All photos by Pam Cressall
(Im)Partial Articulations
November 18, 2016, 7:00 PM
Dougherty Dance Theatre
Gerlinger Annex, University of Oregon campus
1484 University St., Eugene OR 97403
$8 general admission; $5 students and seniors
(Im)Partial Articulations presents original work by two UO Dance Faculty members, Rachel Carrico and Shannon Mockli, and features dancers from the Eugene community. The artists expose the ways in which intimacy compromises impartial judgements, and they explore the continuous process of positioning oneself, through verbal and physical articulations, within a wide range of scenarios.
Carrico's work, Dear Monica, revisits the year 1998 in order to take a fresh look at the present. Structured as an open letter to Monica Lewinsky, the piece starts in a personal place and zooms out to consider public conversations in the U.S. about female sexuality. It compares 1998, when Carrico was a college freshman and the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal saturated the media landscape, with 2014, when sexual assault on college campuses became a topic of national conversation and Lewinsky reemerged as a public figure, speaking out against bullying. Through movement and text, Dear Monica weaves personal stories together with political issues and popular culture to create a compassionate, nuanced, and sometimes-humorous space in which the audience can engage with frequently charged and divisive issues.
November 18, 2016, 7:00 PM
Dougherty Dance Theatre
Gerlinger Annex, University of Oregon campus
1484 University St., Eugene OR 97403
$8 general admission; $5 students and seniors
(Im)Partial Articulations presents original work by two UO Dance Faculty members, Rachel Carrico and Shannon Mockli, and features dancers from the Eugene community. The artists expose the ways in which intimacy compromises impartial judgements, and they explore the continuous process of positioning oneself, through verbal and physical articulations, within a wide range of scenarios.
Carrico's work, Dear Monica, revisits the year 1998 in order to take a fresh look at the present. Structured as an open letter to Monica Lewinsky, the piece starts in a personal place and zooms out to consider public conversations in the U.S. about female sexuality. It compares 1998, when Carrico was a college freshman and the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal saturated the media landscape, with 2014, when sexual assault on college campuses became a topic of national conversation and Lewinsky reemerged as a public figure, speaking out against bullying. Through movement and text, Dear Monica weaves personal stories together with political issues and popular culture to create a compassionate, nuanced, and sometimes-humorous space in which the audience can engage with frequently charged and divisive issues.
Dear Monica: An Open Letter to Monica Lewinsky (5 minute highlight reel).
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View the entire 40-minute performance of Dear Monica here.
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View the entire 40-minute performance of Dear Monica here.
SELECTED PERFORMANCE VIDEOS
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The Don Effect (Excerpt). Choreographer and director. Presented by Goat in the Road Productions at the Candle Factory (2010, New Orleans).
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Broads Having a Blow. Choreographer and performer. Music by Kelly Powers. Work-in-progress showings presented at Swarthmore College and FringeArts (2015, Philadelphia).
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Building Scene: Space Launch! Choreographic Assistant and Dance Dramaturg, New Orleans section. Second line choreography by Roderick Davis, set on dancers by Rachel Carrico. Building Scene was a dance installation by Stanford University's Chocolate Heads Movement Band, choreographed and directed by Aleta Hayes and the ensemble. (2015, Palo Alto)
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The Future Is a Fancyland Place. Choreographer. Written by Andrew Vaught and Chris Kaminstein, directed by Chris Kaminstein, music by Will Bowling with assistance from Emilie Whelan. Presented by Goat in the Road Productions and Cripple Creek Theatre Company at the Allways Theatre (2015, New Orleans).
I choreographed the “Cow Dance” for Fancyland, which begins at minute 1:45 in this clip.
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I choreographed the “Cow Dance” for Fancyland, which begins at minute 1:45 in this clip.
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I Won’t Leave the Naming Up to You. Dancer. Choreographed by Martiza Mercado-Narcisse (Narcisse Movement Project). Presented at the Contemporary Arts Center, Dance Out Loud: Southern Voices Festival (2013, New Orleans).
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CHOREOGRAPHY, DIRECTING & PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Parades & Changes & the Freezer Aisle. Director. Choreographed and performed by students in my choreography class, "Parades, Processions, Protests," at Reed College. Winter Dance Concert, Greenwood Theater (2018, Portland, OR)
Dedication. Director and choreographer. Presented at Colorado College's DanSix Faculty Concert, "Emerge." Kathryn Mohrman Theater (2018, Colorado Springs, CO)
Dear Monica: An Open Letter to Monica Lewinsky. Director and choreographer. Presented at the University of Oregon's Dougherty Dance Theatre, (Im)Partial Articulations concert (2016, Eugene, OR).
Untitled New Work. Dancer. Choreographed by Robert Moses. Presented by the Stanford Theatre & Performance Studies Department, "Spatial Shift: Four Dances in Four Stages" (2016, Palo Alto).
Building Scene: Space Launch! Choreographic Assistant and Dance Dramaturg, New Orleans section. Dance Installation by Chocolate Heads Movement Band, Stanford University (2015, Palo Alto).
Dear Monica, or Growing Tits in the Clinton Years. Choreographer and performer. Work-in-progress showing presented at Field Studies Choreography Lab, Chez Bushwick (2015, NYC).
Broads Having a Blow. Choreographer and performer. Music by Kelly Powers. Work-in-progress showings presented at Swarthmore College's Sound Breaks Symposium and FringeArts Scratch Night (2015, Philadelphia).
I Won’t Leave the Naming Up to You. Dancer. Choreographed by Martiza Mercado-Narcisse (Narcisse Movement Project). Presented at the Contemporary Arts Center, Dance Out Loud: Southern Voices Festival (2013, New Orleans).
Lysistrata: A Concert by Aristophanes. Choreographer. Directed by Emilie Whelan. Presented by Cripple Creek Theatre Company at the Allways Theatre (2012, New Orleans).
Shipping Center. Choreographer and performer, with Hannah Schwadron. Pop-Up Performance at Thursday's Art Walk at Tikal Bakery (2011, Riverside, CA).
The Future Is a Fancyland Place. Choreographer. Written by Andrew Vaught and Chris Kaminstein, directed by Chris Kaminstein, music by Will Bowling with assistance from Emilie Whelan. Presented by Goat in the Road Productions and Cripple Creek Theatre Company at the Allways Theatre (2011, New Orleans).
Fronteras. Choreographer. Directed by Jordi Möllering, Grupo de Teatro Artzénico. Presented by Goat in the Road Productions at the Shadowbox Theater (2011, New Orleans).
Parades & Changes & the Freezer Aisle. Director. Choreographed and performed by students in my choreography class, "Parades, Processions, Protests," at Reed College. Winter Dance Concert, Greenwood Theater (2018, Portland, OR)
Dedication. Director and choreographer. Presented at Colorado College's DanSix Faculty Concert, "Emerge." Kathryn Mohrman Theater (2018, Colorado Springs, CO)
Dear Monica: An Open Letter to Monica Lewinsky. Director and choreographer. Presented at the University of Oregon's Dougherty Dance Theatre, (Im)Partial Articulations concert (2016, Eugene, OR).
Untitled New Work. Dancer. Choreographed by Robert Moses. Presented by the Stanford Theatre & Performance Studies Department, "Spatial Shift: Four Dances in Four Stages" (2016, Palo Alto).
Building Scene: Space Launch! Choreographic Assistant and Dance Dramaturg, New Orleans section. Dance Installation by Chocolate Heads Movement Band, Stanford University (2015, Palo Alto).
Dear Monica, or Growing Tits in the Clinton Years. Choreographer and performer. Work-in-progress showing presented at Field Studies Choreography Lab, Chez Bushwick (2015, NYC).
Broads Having a Blow. Choreographer and performer. Music by Kelly Powers. Work-in-progress showings presented at Swarthmore College's Sound Breaks Symposium and FringeArts Scratch Night (2015, Philadelphia).
I Won’t Leave the Naming Up to You. Dancer. Choreographed by Martiza Mercado-Narcisse (Narcisse Movement Project). Presented at the Contemporary Arts Center, Dance Out Loud: Southern Voices Festival (2013, New Orleans).
Lysistrata: A Concert by Aristophanes. Choreographer. Directed by Emilie Whelan. Presented by Cripple Creek Theatre Company at the Allways Theatre (2012, New Orleans).
Shipping Center. Choreographer and performer, with Hannah Schwadron. Pop-Up Performance at Thursday's Art Walk at Tikal Bakery (2011, Riverside, CA).
The Future Is a Fancyland Place. Choreographer. Written by Andrew Vaught and Chris Kaminstein, directed by Chris Kaminstein, music by Will Bowling with assistance from Emilie Whelan. Presented by Goat in the Road Productions and Cripple Creek Theatre Company at the Allways Theatre (2011, New Orleans).
Fronteras. Choreographer. Directed by Jordi Möllering, Grupo de Teatro Artzénico. Presented by Goat in the Road Productions at the Shadowbox Theater (2011, New Orleans).
Fronteras. Photo by Michelle Kowalski
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Bonifaz Diaz and Jordi Möllering of Grupo de Teatro Artzénico lead a theatre workshop in Spanish with the members of Grupo N.O.H.A. (New Orleans Hispano America) in Kenner, LA (July 20, 2011).
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Pictured (left to right): Phil Cramer, Rachel Carrico, Chris Kamenstein, Francesca McKenzie, Shannon Flaherty. Photo by Hannah Adams.
The Don Effect. Choreographer, director, ensemble. Presented by Goat in the Road Productions at the Candle Factory (2010, New Orleans).
Major Swelling’s Salvation Medicine Show. Choreographer, ensemble. Written by Andrew Vaught, directed by Chris Kaminstein, music by Will Bowling. Presented by Goat in the Road Productions, Cripple Creek Theatre Company and the New Orleans Fringe Festival at the Marigny Theater. (2009, New Orleans)
Major Swelling’s Salvation Medicine Show. Choreographer, ensemble. Written by Andrew Vaught, directed by Chris Kaminstein, music by Will Bowling. Presented by Goat in the Road Productions, Cripple Creek Theatre Company and the New Orleans Fringe Festival at the Marigny Theater. (2009, New Orleans)
Major Swelling’s Salvation Medicine Show. Photos by Lee Celano
Pictured (left to right): Nathan Riley, Rachel Carrico, Michael Santos
The Comedy of Errors. Actor (Adrianna). Directed by Lorenzo Gonzalez. New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane. (2009, New Orleans)
Calculus of Hope. Choreographer and performer, with Jamie Coffey. Presented by Goat in the Road Productions and the New Orleans Fringe Festival. (2008, New Orleans)
LakeviewS: Sunset Bus Tour Performance. Production Assistant. Created and presented by HOME, New Orleans? (ArtSpot Productions, The NOLA Project, Jan Gilbert). (2007, New Orleans)
18 Happenings in 6 Parts: Redoing. Ensemble. Directed by André Lepecki. Presented by PERFORMA (2007, New York City).
Performance: Career Ender. Ensemble. Directed by Claude Wampler. Presented at The Kitchen (2007, New York City).
Angels and Accordions. Dancer. Choreographed by Martha Bowers. Produced by Dance Theatre Etcetera (2007, New York City).
Performance: Career Ender. Ensemble. Directed by Claude Wampler. Presented at The Kitchen (2007, New York City).
Angels and Accordions. Dancer. Choreographed by Martha Bowers. Produced by Dance Theatre Etcetera (2007, New York City).
Pictured (left to right): Blaine Smith, Adam Elkana-Hale, Erica Sutherlin, Rachel Carrico, Robert Alan Mitchell.
Soothsayin’: A Stylin’ Julius Caesar and Romeo and Juliet.
Ensemble (Marc Antony, Juliet, and others).
Directed by Christopher Limber. St. Louis Shakespeare
Festival Educational Touring Company. (2005- 2006)
Ensemble (Marc Antony, Juliet, and others).
Directed by Christopher Limber. St. Louis Shakespeare
Festival Educational Touring Company. (2005- 2006)
Women in the Arts Concert. Dancer. Choreographer: Alicia Okuchi-Guy. University of Missouri, St. Louis. (2005)
Faculty Concert. Dancer. Choreographer: Alicia Okuchi-Guy. University of Missouri, St. Louis. (2004)
Collected Lives: Memory in Motion. Ensemble. Directed by Becky Becker. Truman State University (Kirksville, MO) and the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (2002, New Orleans).
Faculty Concert. Dancer. Choreographer: Alicia Okuchi-Guy. University of Missouri, St. Louis. (2004)
Collected Lives: Memory in Motion. Ensemble. Directed by Becky Becker. Truman State University (Kirksville, MO) and the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (2002, New Orleans).