Kara Komarnitsky

University of Alaska Anchorage Residency

I feel so grateful to have had the opportunity to travel to Anchorage for a week and teach the students at the University and within the community. They were such a joyful group and were so open to what I asked. I taught several contemporary classes, some somatic practices, and choreographed a duet on twoContinue reading “University of Alaska Anchorage Residency”

Threnody

I recently premiered a new work created in collaboration with Mads Ward and Randall Smith entitled Threnody as part or a larger collection of artists in Shoreline Swell. It was an incredible show filled with artists from around the valley coming together under the theme of the Great Salt Lake. This piece was inspired byContinue reading “Threnody”

Hear Her

This show was such an fulfilling process and performance. It was a joy and an honor to share the stage with so many other amazing freelance artists in Salt Lake, and as always choreography by Alicia Ross is so satisfying to perform. Thank you to all who shared in this story!

300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training

I feel so lucky to have completed my 300-hour YTT at Centered City Yoga with Rachel Cieslewicz. This program helped me to find a deeper understanding of the practice and confidence as a teacher. And of course the community I have joined is unmatched. Over the past seven months I have learned more about myselfContinue reading “300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training”

Cat + Fish Review

I am back writing for loveDANCEmore and recently wrote about Cat + Fish’s ninth anniversary performance.

FlowState

The goal of this performance was to raise awareness of the challenges facing Great Salt Lake, reveal the connections between the ecosystems that surround her, and hold space for the Salt Lake City community to express their experience of the present situation. To take the essence of the work beyond the theater, 10% of theContinue reading “FlowState”

RDT’s Heritage Project

I had such a joy this spring working with four area middle schools for Repertory Dance Theatre’s Heritage project. With each school, the students learned methods for generating choreography and the resulting piece was a combination of mine and their creation. This experience was extremely rewarding, it was so exciting to work with so manyContinue reading “RDT’s Heritage Project”

Flight

It is such an honor to be guest dancing in “The Winged” by Jose Limon and becoming a bird like I have always dreamed of. As a whole, this show is a celebration of the Utah landscape, a place that has always called me back and continues to define the path of my life. OverContinue reading “Flight”

Embrace

It was an honor to share the stage with so many amazing women in Fem Dance Company’s latest show. Specifically Brianna Bernhardt and Lily Farrar with whom I had the pleasure of learning “Unapologetic” by Nicholas Jolley-Harding. It was a satisfying challenge in synchronicity and grace.

Tenderness is an Exercise in Velocity

I had the great pleasure of working with Indigo Cook starting in October 2022 for the Interdisciplinary Arts Collective Performance Calendar. Our inspiration was a section of the Infrarealist Manifesto by Roberto Bolaño: Tenderness as an exercise of velocity. Respiration and heat. Disparate experience, structures that devour themselves, crazy contradictions. We started by creative movementContinue reading “Tenderness is an Exercise in Velocity”