Justin Tornow
dance artist, educator, researcher
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COMPANY

Established in 2013, COMPANY is a responsive vehicle for art-making.

Recent premiere: Mesa (2022)
June 21, 2022 at Reynolds Industries Theater
American Dance Festival 2022 Season
Choreography: Justin Tornow with the performers
Performers: Amy Blakely, Maggie Bradley, Austin Dixon, Jasmine Powell, Evvie Rumsey, and Chris Strauss with live sound performance by Ultrabillions

As a host for public interdisciplinary art events, COMPANY purposes the Happenings model specifically for spontaneous, interactive, and accessible art scenarios— we hope to expand the possibilities of art in public life.

As a group of artists designing multi-disciplinary installations that include performance, light, visual art, sound, and video media, COMPANY works both locally and internationally, enlivening non-traditional spaces and collaborating across disciplines to create new works that are only achievable through shared vision and authorship. COMPANY has presented intermedia work in museums across North Carolina, major productions at The Fruit, 21C, and The Carrack, and improvisatory performances in the area and abroad in France, Italy, and Germany.

COMPANY collaborators past and present:
Heather Gordon, visual art and concept. Alex Maness, film, video, tech, set, lighting. Christopher Fleming, lighting, tech, and set. Sean Thegen, sound research, design, composition, and performance. Matthew McClure, music performance. Lee Weisert, sound composition and performance. Del Ward, sound composition and performance. Jude Casseday, sound design and performance. John Osburn, sound design and performance. PlayPlay/Jess Dilday, sound composition and performance. Michelle Lotker, documentation and video. In movement creation and performance: Emily Aiken, Amy Blakely, Maggie Bradley, Hunter Darnell, Austin Dixon, Kate Kyle, Alex Lieberman, Jasmine Powell, Evvie Rumsey, Samantha Steffen, Chris Strauss, Ronald West.