October
Tenderness as an exercise of velocity. Respiration and heat. Disparate experience, structures that devour themselves, crazy contradictions.
Created and performed with Kara Komarnitsky
About the Duet Partner
Kara Komarnitsky
Kara Komarnitsky grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, now majoring in Dance at Ohio State University with minors in Environmental Science and Business. Her primary training is in modern dance techniques, improvisation, and composition, but she is also experienced in ballet, hip hop, musical theater, ballroom, and West African dance. In 2018 Kara received the Sterling Scholar Award for Dance for the greater Salt Lake City as well as the Outstanding Student Choreography Award at the Utah High School Dance Festival. At OSU she has performed works by Daniel Roberts, Eddie Taketa, Susan Van Pelt Petry, and many others. Her work approaches the complexity of human interconnection with the planet, pulling inspiration from the natural world and environmental research. While her primary medium is dance, Kara regularly uses projections, film, sound, and interactive technology to create immersive performance experiences. Her piece Tales of the Deep (2018) recently won third place in the Midwest Climate Summit’s Climate Stories Competition and her thesis, Interconnect (2022), received an Honorable Mention at the OSU Denman Research Forum 2022. Other places her work has been presented includes the OSU Student Concert, OSU BFA Showcase, and the Ohio Dance Festival Professional Concert.