Dancing, and creating it, is a catharsis. It is a story. It has a beginning, an end, and always something in the middle.
The middle space is the transition space, the space where movement lives. I see movement in the way wind whirls sand on desert dunes. In the way snow falls from the sky and water cuts rivers through mountains. These transitions are endless - timeless - and yet they tell us the time. They have a rhythm: seasons, weather, natural disasters. Those rhythms tell a story. Those rhythms are movement.
All movement tells a story. All movement has a beginning, end, and a middle. And it is my goal as a dance maker to craft these stories with the human body.
Since 2013 I have created works for Richmond Ballet I & II, Wylliams/Henry CDC and Company E. In addition to those projects, I collaborate with Vanessa Owen to produce contemporary dance works for our project-oriented company, Stewart/Owen Dance.
See work samples below.
Check out the work I create with Stewart/Owen Dance. Music, dance, and video!
Stewart/Owen Dance, 2021
Produced in collaboration with Vanessa Owen.
Dancer: Emma Cory, Jeff Ewing, Danie Johnson, Vanessa Owen, Gavin Stewart
Music: Soft Talk and daisy***chains
Stewart/Owen Dance, 2020
Produced in collaboration with Vanessa Owen.
Dancer: Emma Cory, William Fowler, Danie Johnson, Vanessa Owen, Gavin Stewart
Music by Gavin Stewart
Stewart/Owen Dance, 2019
Produced in collaboration with Vanessa Owen.
Dancer: Vanessa Owen
Music by Gavin Stewart
Voice Over: Anonymous
Stewart/Owen Dance, 2018
Produced in collaboration with Vanessa Owen
Dancers: Ciera Budge, Bekah Downing, Jeff Ewing, Omar Roman de Jesus, Kate Rouzer, Jake Stainback
Music by Gavin Stewart
Stewart/Owen Dance, 2017
Produced in collaboration with Vanessa Owen.
Dancers: Vanessa Owen and Gavin Stewart
Music by Gavin Bryars
Wylliams/Henry CDC, 2017
Dancers: Caroline Dahm and Kaylin Horgan
Music by Gavin Stewart
Stewart/Owen Dance, 2014.
Dancers: Elena Bello, Annelille Gavino, Anna Jane Glascock, Ross Honaker, Jerami Kipp
Music by Dave Brubeck.
Richmond Ballet, 2014
Dancers: Trevor Davis, Matthew Frain, Thomas Garrett, Abi Goldstien, Shira Lanyi, Thomas Ragland, Maggie Small
Music by Don Cherry