A series of interdisciplinary collaborations with choreographer Chavi Bansal between 2011–2014, spanning performances and residencies across The Netherlands, India, and the United States. These projects explored the relationship between movement, memory, emotional space, and sound through a combination of original compositions, soundscape work, and the integration of existing music into larger choreographic structures.

Across these collaborations, Chavi used my compositions in performance, while other works were created more directly in dialogue with the choreography and conceptual direction of the pieces.

Chavi Bansal: https://www.chavibansal.org/

Duets

Created in 2014 as part of the Amassit Residency at the Dance Complex.

A movement research project centered on the concept of “gap” — physical, emotional, and relational. The dancers continuously create, expose, and attempt to fill spaces within and between the body.

Dancers — Sonia Santvoord, Chavi Bansal, Hai Dang Nguyen
Choreography — Chavi Bansal
Music Composition — Andrew Trovato

Day after day

Created in India in 2013 as part of the Friends of Art Residency.

Inspired by time spent in an Indian metro system and the quiet observation of relationships forming and dissolving across long journeys, the work reflects on passing time and fleeting human connection.

Dancers — Chavi Bansal, Hai Dang Nguyen, Alex Davis
Choreography — Chavi Bansal
Music — Never Fall in Love Again by Dionne Warwick
Soundscapes — Andrew Trovato

Stop! I will never...

Created in The Netherlands in 2011 at Dansateliers Production House.

Inspired by lines from an old personal journal, the piece follows a dancer sorting through fragmented memories “like sand slipping from a hand,” exploring emotional entanglement and inner emptiness.

Dancer — Katherine Lake
Choreography — Chavi Bansal
Music Composition — Andrew Trovato