ABOUT BITEDOWN COLLECTIVE
BITEdown COLLECTIVE IS A MULTI-MEDIA,DANCE COMPANY BASED IN NEW YORK CITY. FOUNDED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AUNDREA ANDERSON IN 2015, BITEdown PRODUCES COLLABORATIVE WORK INTEGRATING DANCE WITH ALTERNATIVE MEDIA.
MISSION
BITEdown COLLECTIVE IS COMMITTED TO SECURING OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLABORATION WITHIN THE ARTS. AS A PROJECT BASED COMPANY, WE SEEK OUT MID-CAREER ARTISTS OF VARIOUS MEDIUMS TO THEN PRODUCE PERFORMANCES IN WHICH MANY ARTISTS CAN BE SHOWCASED. WE ARE ABLE TO BRING NOT ONLY DANCE BUT FILM, VISUAL ART, AND MUSIC TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PERFORMANCE AND OUTREACH.
HIGHLIGHTS
BITEdown COLLECTIVE WAS CURATED BY GIBNEY INC FOR THEIR POP: PERFORMANCE SERIES IN JUNE 2018. THEY HAVE SHOWN WORK AT VENUES INCLUDING: TRISKELION ARTS, DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL, BOULDER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, AND SPOKE THE HUB, AMONG OTHERS. THEIR DANCE FOR CAMERA WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED AT NUMEROUS FESTIVALS AT : ATHENS, BERLIN, SANS SOUCI, AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL, AND BOULDER, COLORADO. ANDERSON HAS TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - BOULDER, UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, GIBNEY AND MORE.
AUNDREA ANDERSON
A NATIVE TO COLORADO AUNDREA IS A FILMMAKER, DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER. SHE RECEIVED HER BFA IN FILM PRODUCTION AS WELL AS HER BFA IN DANCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO -BOULDER WHERE SHE WAS A TWO TIME RECIPIENT OF THE DECASTRO ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER SHE HAS WORKED WITH ARTISTS INCLUDING: PAIGE CUNNINGHAM, BETH GILL, ELIZABETH CORBIN, HELANIOUS WILKINS, AMONG OTHERS. SHE FOUNDED BITEdown IN 2015 TO FURTHER EXPLORE MULTIMEDIA BASED ART AND ESTABLISH A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN DIVERSE MEDIUMS . SHE IS THE RECIPIENT OF PACE AND UROP GRANTS AND WAS RECENTLY FEATURED IN WOMEN CINEMAKERS MAGAZINE FOR HER INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED WORK "WASHING DISTORTIONS."
COLLABORATORS
DANCE: MIRIAM ROSE, DEVON TRAVIS, TAMARA LEIGH, ELIZABETH DASHIELL, SAMANTHA LYSAGHT, ELI MOON, BRITT FORD, OLIVIA DWYER, TAYLOR KING, EMILY PIETRUSZKA, SHERIDAN BERNSTEIN
SOUND ARTIST: NATHAN WHEELER, JASON LAMOUREAX POTTER, MITCH MACURA
FILMMAKER: MOLLY O'BRIAN, MADDY FENDELL, VIVAN VIVAS, MARY WOHL HAAN, JACKSON XIA, ZACH WHALEN
DESIGN: EMILIE MULDOON
REPERTORY
EARTH AND DUST: 2019
THERE IS A PRIMORDIAL PULSE FROM THE EARTH, DEEP BENEATH THE SURFACE THE ENERGY SHIFTS. EARTH AND DUST PULLS FROM THE STRENGTH OF THE EARTH AND ABSORBS IT THROUGH THE FIBERS OF THE BODY. WIELDING CELESTIAL POWER THROUGH FEMININE FORMS.
EATING DAISIES: 2018
VULNERABILITY, POWER, COMBAT, CONSUMPTION: EATING DAISIES DIVES INTO THE WORLD OF THE CINEMATIC TO SHED LIGHT ON FILM’S MOST SOUGHT AFTER MUSE: THE FEMALE BODY. INSPIRED BY THE SPLICING PROCESS OF FILMMAKING, THE WORK DISPLAYS THE “FEMININE” THROUGH A SERIES OF DREAMLIKE SCENES CALLING TO QUESTION SOCIETY’S NARROW DEFINITION OF FEMALE. USING MEDIA TO GENERATE A SHIFTING ENVIRONMENT, EATING DAISIES, PUSHES US TO OUR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL LIMITS. CHALLENGING THE ENDURANCE OF OUR NATURAL BODIES MOVING INTO SPACE THAT IS UNBOUND.
SHEDDING: 2018
WE ARE BORN WITH NEW SKIN. FEELINGS AND SENSATIONS LEAVE LANDMARKS ON THE BODY. IT IS A PHYSICAL MEMORY OF WHO WE ARE AND WHO OTHERS HAVE BEEN TO US. THIS WORK IS A PROCESS OF EXTRACTION. REMOVING CHOSEN MOMENTS SO THAT THE BODY MAY HEAL AND BECOME NEW.
LOVE ME NOTS: 2017
“LOVE ME... LOVE ME NOT” SLOWLY THE PETALS ARE PLUCKED FROM A SINGLE STEM. “LOVE ME.” THE PETAL PULLS WITH SOME EFFORT, GENTLY DRIFTING TO THE GROUND. “LOVE ME NOT.” THE PETAL COMES EASILY, THIN BETWEEN THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS. SLOWLY I RAISE THE BIT OF DAISY TO MY LIPS AND SWALLOW. REPEAT. NOURISHING THE EARTH ONLY WITH I LOVE YOUS.
FILM
WASHING DISTORTIONS
THIS PRODUCT IS A RESULT OF THE PROCESS. SHOT ON DIGITAL AND TRANSFERRED TO 16MM HI-CON FILM. THE ANALOG FILM WAS PROCESSED THROUGH MONOFLEX. AS A RESULT OF A HAPPY ACCIDENT IN THE REVERSAL BLEACH PROCESS, THE IMAGE WITHIN THE FILM FRAME THAT WAS NOT COVERED TURNED BLACK LEAVING ONLY THE NEGATIVE IMAGE OF THE DANCER WITHIN THE PIECES OF THE FRAME. THE WORK IS A TRICK FOR THE EYES SEARCHING FOR THE IMAGE AS IT IS HIDDEN IN DISTORTION.
FESTIVALS: AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL, ATHENS DANCE VIDEO FESTIVAL, SANS SOUCI FESTIVAL OF DANCE CINEMA, BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
DROP
DROP IS A DANCE FOR CAMERA PIECE EXPLORING THE SEXUALIZATION OF THE FEMALE BODY BY THE MALE GAZE AND RECLAIMING THE POWER OF THE LOOK AS HER OWN. THE WORK COMPARES THE FALL OF THE VIRGINAL MAIDENS THROUGH DROWNING TO THE EMPOWERED AND CONDEMNED SIRENS OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY.
FESTIVALS: AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL, BOULDER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SUBTERA
A QUICK GLANCE INTO THE UNDERWATER WORLD OF SUBTERA, WHERE AN ALL FEMALE MILITARISTIC SOCIETY LIVES IN THE DEPTH OF THE OCEAN. A WORLD UNDISCOVERED AND UNKNOWN.
FESTIVALS: AMERICAN COLLEGE DANCE FESTIVAL
PAST PERFORMANCES
2019
JANUARY 18-20: WASHING DISTORTIONS -ATHENS VIDEO DANCE PROJECT ATHENS, GREECE
FEBRUARY 1-2: EARTH AND DUST- WINTER FOLLIES SHOWCASE SPOKE THE HUB NYC
JUNE SERIES: WASHING DISTORTIONS -AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL MOVIES BY MOVERS
2018
MARCH 2-3: SHEDDING - UPTOWN RISING BRIGDE FOR DANCE STUDIOS NYC
JUNE 28-30: EATING DAISIES PREMIERE -GIBNEY NYC
JULY 11: EATING DAISIES EXCERPT "THE FALL" -SUMMER SEASON TRISKELION ARTS NYC
AUGUST 27- SEPTEMBER 2: WASHING DISTORTIONS -BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 10-14: EATING DAISIES EXCERPT "FROM MY BONES" -DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER ISSUE: FEATURED IN WOMENCINEMAKERS MAGAZINE
2017
FEBRUARY 10-12: OPHILOPHILIA -ATHENA PROJECT DENVER
JUNE SERIES: DROP -AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL MOVIES BY MOVERS
DECEMBER 9-10: LOVE ME NOTS -DAIRY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CO
OUTREACH/ WORKSHOPS
CAREER DEVELOPMENT:
OUR CAREER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS ARE DESIGNED FOR COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LOOKING TO PURSUE THE ARTS PROFESSIONALLY. WE OFFER TOOLS TO EVOLVE CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION SURROUNDING BRANDING, MARKETING, AND ADMINISTRATION WITHIN AN ARTISTIC SETTING.
MENTORSHIP:
OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IS IMPLEMENTED FROM THE PRE-PROFESSIONAL TO THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. THROUGH APPRENTICESHIPS, INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO WITNESS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS OF OUR COMPANY FROM CONCEPTION TO COMPLETION.
OUTREACH:
AS EDUCATORS, OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A SPACE FOR RISK-TAKING, EXPLORATION, AND SELF-DISCOVERY. EACH SESSION IS DEDICATED TO UNDERSTANDING THE PERSONAL CREATIVE PROCESS AND WHERE THE INTENTION TO CREATE COMES FROM. BY ESTABLISHING A SAFE SPACE WE CHALLENGE INDIVIDUALS TO BREAK HABITS AND INSIGHT VULNERABILITY. PARTICIPANTS ARE WELCOME TO FLOW THROUGH THE MEDIUMS OF FILM, SOUND AND MOVEMENT AS THEY DIVE DEEPER INTO THEIR PERSONAL PRACTICE.
PRESS
OFFICIAL SELECTION WOMEN CINEMAKERS 2018
"A UNIQUE PORTRAYL OF THE FEMININE EXPERIENCE.... CREATING A DREAM SEQUENCES INTERSPERSED WITH NIGHTMARES." - DANCE ENTHUSIAST
"CHALLENGES THE VIEWERS' PERCEPTUAL PARAMETERS, WALKING THEM TROUGH SUCH A CAPTIVATING MULTILAYERED VISUAL EXPERIENCE."- WOMEN CINEMAKERS
WINNER OF IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION EXPERIENCE- SANS SOUCI FESTIVAL OF DANCE CINEMA
"BRINGING FEMININITY TO THE FOREFRONT THROUGH POWER AND INNOVATION."- DANCE NYC
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photo credit: Scott Shaw