Video
Assorted videos of Mano/Damno performances and explorations.
News
Gabrielle was selected as the Philadelphia SCUBA artist. In this role she will be touring her duet, A Fork and Stick Thing to Velocity Dance Center, Seattle (May 4-6) and ODC Theater, San Francisco (late June, TBA). More info.
Gabrielle was noted for making a mark on the Philly dance scence in CityPaper's "30 Years of Arts: The Critics."
I made this for you. won a finalist prize in the 2011 A.W.A.R.D. Show! Read a review here.
Gabrielle Revlock was selected as a 2010-12 Susan Hess Choreographers Project Resident Artist. Look out for upcoming performances!
Gabrielle received a 2010 Rocky Award (Philadelphia Dance Award) from Nichole Canuso for her work on Red Thread with Lisa Kraus, Cookie with Meg Foley and for her own work, Indivisibility.
See Dance Now
A Fork And Stick Thing at Velocity Dance Center in Seattle on May 4-6, 2012.
I made this for you. will be presented at Dance Place in Washington D.C. on a shared bill with Kelly Bond, June 15-16, 2012.
A Fork And Stick Thing at ODC Theater in San Francisco (late June, TBA).
Recent Reviews
I made this for you. (October 2011)
I made this for you. (May 2011)
Stunts, Acrobatics, and How to Stay Alive in the Woods for Girls and Women
2012 calendar featuring Gabrielle Revlock
The 2012 Philadelphia Is Dancing! wall calendar celebrates the diversity and strength of dance in Philadelphia. Support Man/Damno Projects with a $10 purchase. Contact us to arrange payment and delivery.
For more on the calendar visit Dance/USA Philadelphia.
A Fork And Stick Thing
A Fork And Stick Thing (excerpt) from Gabrielle Revlock on Vimeo.
A Fork And Stick Thing is a highly rhythmic duet with music created by Jacob Mitas and Justin Moynihan in collaboration with Gabrielle Revlock. It's about the alien body. The movement is crisp yet clunky and full of hiccups. The dancers cuddle abstractly. It is an amusement ride; combo tea cups and roller-coaster.
TOUR DATES
NYC, Abrons Art Center -- April 7, 2012
Seattle, Velocity Dance Center -- May 4-6, 2012
San Francisco, ODC Theater -- Late June (TBA)
I made this for you.
I made this for you is a raucous, playful yet earnest dance about audience engagement created by Gabrielle Revlock and Nicole Bindler, for a national dance competition with audience votes determining the winner. The dance challenges notions of competition and conventional forms of beauty by using biting wit and playful commentary. It will feature a number of exciting things such as wrestling, romance, babies and (sur) PRIZES! Check it out June 15-16 at Dance Place in Washington, D.C.
Press Responses to I made this for you.
"...refreshing originality, brilliance in conception and raunchy entertaining fun." -Jonathan Stein, The Broad Street Review"I IMPLORE you to go, bring a date and prepare for a terrific series of surprises. To say much more would spoil the fun, but I guarantee an amazing time." -R Eric Thomas, Writer for ThINKing Dance
Audience Responses to I made this for you.
"I made this for you is sheer brilliance. The most important performance I have seen in a long time."-Jacelyn Biondo, Artistic Director, Melissa Diane
". . .one of the most enjoyable dance pieces I have seen in years."
-Brett T Mapp, Executive Director of Making a Positive Philadelphia
Halo
Halo (excerpt) from Gabrielle Revlock on Vimeo.
An intimate duet for dancer and hoop. The woman manipulates the hoop yet at times appears to be controlled by it. As the dance unfolds, it conjures images of loneliness, entrapment, and surrender.
"Revlock’s thoughtful construction of each action coupled with her assured, doe-eyed presence lent an affecting quality" -Beau Hancock, ThINKing Dance
SHARE!
SHARE! (excerpt 2) from Gabrielle Revlock on Vimeo.
Gabrielle loves to clap. Clapping makes her happy. Hula hooping also makes her happy. . .but Gabrielle is not a happy person. Come meet Gabrielle and her friends.
Audience reactions to SHARE!
"Your piece totally moved me. . . I was kept in complete rapture the entire time." -Asher
"The payoffs get better each time I see your work. Comedic and character. . . I could watch for hours." -Brian
"Rich in simple mysteries of life." -Anonymous
Press Response to SHARE!
". . .Displays of brilliant dancing. . . a witty dance-theater piece. . ." -Merilyn Jackson, The Philadelphia Inquirer
". . . a meditation on the details, peculiarities, joy, playfulness, and struggle of her everyday life." -Bruce Walsh, Metro
"Revlock has an inventive arsenal of quirky, disquieting movement, articulated with arresting panache." -Jonathan Stein, ThINKing Dance