swarms of gnats obscure the Sun, Moon, and all the stars
Premiered at the 2026 Dogstar Festival in Los Angeles.
A Box of something
Inspired by a poem by Dongchen Zhu. Choreographed by Kourtney Jackson Smith and Composed by Ivan Salaam Cunningham. Perfomed at Oracle Egg in Los Angeles by Ivan Cunningham and Elif Dinćer. Movement by Pamela Ramos and Young Tseng.
BEDROCK
BEDROCK is a performance of bizarre dialogues, soliloquies, and songs that explore semantic meaning and non-meaning accompanied by a microtonal ensemble. Text and music composed by Ivan Cunningham and performance directed by Nelle J. Anderson. Recorded live at Oracle Egg as part of the BROILER Residency Series
You Could die just the same on a sunny day
Performed at REDCAT in Los Angeles on Jan 17th, 2024
Ivan Cunningham-alto sax Grace Dashnaw-cello
Nelle J Anderson-voice Nic Brannen-piano
Geneviéve Cecile-flute Andrew Chanover-drums
To Let Go And Fall
Performed in the Wild Beast at California Institute of the Arts on March 4th, 2025
Ivan Cunningham - alto saxophone
Ulrich Krieger - alto and tenor saxophone
Davide Umbrello - piano
Joesph Hayes - electornics
Trevor Treglia - congregation leader
Michael Pisaro, Drew Gebhardt, Geneviéve Cecile, Grace Dashnaw, Gabe Le Neveu, Dylan Levine, Kat Niles, Primoz Sukic - congregation
Letter From Jiang Qing
Performed by Ivan Cunningham’s Freedom Pie (text by Nelle Anderson)
Nelle Anderson-soprano Toivo Hannigan-guitar
Cole Pulice-Bari sax Patrick Adkins-keyboards
Sophia Deutsch-cello Nick Benish-bass
Alma Engebretson-cello. Tarek Abdelqader-drums