MISSION

BODYSONNET
/ˈbä-dē ˈsä-nət/
noun

Founded in 2019, BODYSONNET is a company based in New York committed to making site responsive work on an international scale. Led by Co-Founders Moscelyne ParkeHarrison (Artistic Director), Mio Ishikawa (Associate Artistic Director), and Sean Lammer (Creative Consultant), BODYSONNET initiates projects that center dance to yield works that are highly physical and unique to the communities with which we engage. Our work demonstrates the intersection of movement with many mediums and enacts zero waste consciousness through collaboration with local artists and institutions. We redefine the viewer’s experience by developing innovative work that reinforces our shared humanity.

BODYSONNET is fiscally sponsored by Satellite Collective, a registered non profit organization.

OUR VALUES

I N N O V A T I O N

We invest in process as a means to develop a unique creative language. We strive to redefine how and where art is shared and created. We continually explore the structure of a dance company and how it can better serve artists and communities.

C O M M U N I T Y

We practice listening, engage in exchange, and see community as the most valuable source of inspiration.

U N C O N V E N T I O N A L S P A C E S

The site forces us to make choices that ultimately benefit the world of the piece.

We ask ourselves ‘What does the space need? How can we work with, not against this site?’

CO L L A B O R A T I O N

We center devised process, and mutual support.

P H Y S I C A L I T Y

We are committed to exploring the range of physicality. In this way our movement language is not fixed, rather it is in response to site, concept and collaborators.