Kinodance Company

To create stage performances, installations and films which make transparent the boundaries between dance, cinema and visual art.

Kinodance Company is an artist collaborative founded in Boston in 1999 by choreographer/dancer Alissa Cardone, filmmaker Alla Kovgan and visual artist Dedalus Wainwright out of passion for the kinetic arts, experimentation and a strong belief in the power of interdisciplinary collaborations. Since 2004, core members include choreographer/dancer Ingrid Schatz and lighting designer Kathy Couch.

Among Kinodance’s creations are intermedia and expanded cinema stage performances, installations and films. Kinodance endeavors merge boundaries between dance, cinema, visual art, and sound, aspiring to develop a common language of interaction among art media. Choreography of elements is the term that Kinodance invented to formally describe their art making process. In Kinodance performances, each element (dance, cinema, set, sound) is a strong, fully developed score that compliments the others — sometimes soloing, sometimes partnering, sometimes driving a tight ensemble. The outcome is multi-sensory, immersive experiences that rejuvenate the eye and perception.

Completed between 2004-2006, "Secret Streams", Kinodance's first full length intermedia performance, toured nationally and internationally including St. Petersburg International Dance Film Festival (Russia), Monaco Dance Forum (Monte Carlo), HIGH Fest (Armenia), Berkshire Fringe Festival (USA), Boston Cyberarts Ideas in Motion 2005 (USA), Summer Stages Dance Festival at Concord Academy (USA) among others. It has been called "mesmerizing", "a true multimedia synthesis", "soothing and coherent" by critics.

In 2005 Kinodance received a prestigious LEF Foundation Contemporary Work Fund grant for “Denizen” and a year later generous funding from the Trust for Mutual Understanding and numerous private donors to continue the development of “Denizen” in Armenia.

Kinodance has also been support by Harkness Dance Center Space Grant program, Thornes A.P.E Northampton and has been produced by Drop Dance Collective (Boise, ID) and DanceNOW New York City at Dance Theatre Workshop.




Kinodance Company photo by Robin Hessman "Secret Streams" (2005) "DENIZEN" (2007)	MISSION To create stage performances, installations and films which make transparent the boundaries between dance, cinema and visual art. HISTORY Kinodance Company is an artist collaborative founded in Boston in 1999 by choreographer/dancer Alissa Cardone, filmmaker Alla Kovgan and visual artist Dedalus Wainwright out of passion for the kinetic arts, experimentation and a strong belief in the power of interdisciplinary collaborations. Since 2004, core members include choreographer/dancer Ingrid Schatz and lighting designer Kathy Couch. Among Kinodance’s creations are intermedia and expanded cinema stage performances, installations and films. Kinodance endeavors merge boundaries between dance, cinema, visual art, and sound, aspiring to develop a common language of interaction among art media. Choreography of elements is the term that Kinodance invented to formally describe their art making process. In Kinodance performances, each element (dance, cinema, set, sound) is a strong, fully developed score that compliments the others — sometimes soloing, sometimes partnering, sometimes driving a tight ensemble. The outcome is multi-sensory, immersive experiences that rejuvenate the eye and perception. Completed between 2004-2006, "Secret Streams", Kinodance's first full length intermedia performance, toured nationally and internationally including St. Petersburg International Dance Film Festival (Russia), Monaco Dance Forum (Monte Carlo), HIGH Fest (Armenia), Berkshire Fringe Festival (USA), Boston Cyberarts Ideas in Motion 2005 (USA), Summer Stages Dance Festival at Concord Academy (USA) among others. It has been called "mesmerizing", "a true multimedia synthesis", "soothing and coherent" by critics. In 2005 Kinodance received a prestigious LEF Foundation Contemporary Work Fund grant for “Denizen” and a year later generous funding from the Trust for Mutual Understanding and numerous private donors to continue the development of “Denizen” in Armenia. Kinodance has also been support by Harkness Dance Center Space Grant program, Thornes A.P.E Northampton and has been produced by Drop Dance Collective (Boise, ID) and DanceNOW New York City at Dance Theatre Workshop.