Raison D’être Dance Project presents METAL + MOZART
A visual and musical experience, unleashed.
RDE reveals the company's third major production blending classical and contemporary music and movement. A concept in three acts, METAL + MOZART brings dancers, choreographers, classical musicians, and local metal band GALVANIST together to create a mind-bending, unbounded journey of original composition and choreography.
Similar in scope to VIVALDI + RANGES in 2018 and RACHMANINOV + PLUTONIA in 2022, METAL + MOZART reveals the limitless collaborative vision of Raison D’être Dance Project, and brings the audience along on an unforgettable and immersive explosion of style, sound, and movement.
Choreographers
Cast of Dancers
Addison Martoncik, Ashley Wolfe, Austine Moonshadow, Caeleb Heinen, Cecily Ryan, Deann Snyder, Erin Levy, Genevieve Trygstad-Burke, Sonia Heitz, Lizzie Salacinski, Lotti Lofgren, Suzann Kienast-Brown
Photos by Nathan Norby
COLLABORATING MUSICIANS
POSTER DESIGN BY JESSE ALBRECHT
Albrecht was half way through the ceramic MFA program at the University of Iowa when he was deployed to Iraq with the Iowa National Guard. 2003-2004 he served in Mosul as a medic and performing convoy and security operations. Albrecht developed and implemented an art program at a Montana based military nonprofit and has led workshops and taught at various colleges and universities. His work is included in permanent collections to include—The Library of Congress, the National Archives, The Smithsonian, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Yellowstone Art Museum. He lives and works in Belgrade, Montana.
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VIDEO COLLABORATOR NATHAN NORBY
Nathan grew up in small town South Dakota before moving to Bozeman to pursue a degree in Film. Since graduating from Montana State University in 2016, he has been working in documentary film specializing in Directing, Cinematography, and Aerial Cinematography. His work has taken him around the world developing speciality skillsets in Climbing, Off-Roading, and Aviation. Films he has Directed are featured on Amazon Prime, Outside Online, and have premiered in various Film Festivals around the world. He continues to live in Bozeman Montana pursuing ice climbing and other adventures. Reach him at nathannorby@gmail.com, and he will get back as soon as he is back in cell service.
LOCATION & WARDROBE FOR VIDEO SHOOTS PROVIDED BY YELLOWSTONE HARLEY-DAVIDSON
COLLABORATING ARTIST WHITNEY DONALDSON
Photo by Kyle Vassilopoulos
Photo by Kyle Vassilopoulos