Kara Komarnitsky

Derecho

This past spring I had the amazing experience of being part of a piece choreographed by Daniel Roberts called Derecho in response to the devastating windstorms that swept through the Midwest that previous summer. It was a very technically challenging piece and filming process that I learned a lot from.

Embracing Yoga’s Roots Course

This summer I was able to participate in Susanna Barkataki’s Embracing Yoga’s Roots Course. It is an extra, in-depth course for Yoga teachers to learn about the historical and spiritual roots of Yoga and teach classes that more authentically represent all aspects of the practice. I wanted to take this course in order to decolonizeContinue reading “Embracing Yoga’s Roots Course”

WASTELAND

This is a dance film I created to speak on the terrible effects of mountaintop removal on the surrounding environment and human communities. It was informed by my experiences attending the Mountaintop Removal Summit at Kayford Mountain, West Virginia in 2018 and 2019.

Midwest Climate Summit

I am very excited to share that a piece I choreographed a few years ago was selected as the third place winner in the Midwest Climate Stories Competition. The full submission can be found here:

evolve

I had the pleasure of being in Angela Pujolas’ senior project this past semester. We worked on several group improvisation scores and explored how associations of color and feeling impacted our movement choices. It was a beautiful experience to persevere through the Covid restrictions with so many amazing artists, and the resulting performance was theContinue reading “evolve”

Uncomfortable Interdependencies

This article is my personal response to an interview with choreographer Faye Driscoll in early February 2021. View the full text on the Performance, Interpreted. website: https://www.interpretartosu.com/post/uncomfortable-interdependencies

Wildness and The Permission To Be

This was a piece I wrote in collaboration with Sarah Bodony in response to an interview we had with Faye Driscoll. View the full piece on the Wexner Center for the Arts website: https://wexarts.org/read-watch-listen/wildness-and-permission-be-reflections-interview-faye-driscoll

Resilience, unfamiliarity, and joy with Moxy Martinez

This was a piece that I wrote after interviewing Columbus musician and DJ, Moxy Martinez. This interview was done in connection with Beverly Glenn Copeland’s performance at the Wexner Center for the Arts and as part of the Performance, Interpreted. writing cohort at Ohio State University. View the full article on the Wexner Center forContinue reading “Resilience, unfamiliarity, and joy with Moxy Martinez”

Onward

I was very excited to have the opportunity to choreograph a piece on Hillcrest High School Dance Company, my alma mater. After having the chance to teach for them during their August company retreat, it was really cool to see how they have grown as a company over the past couple of months. I hadContinue reading “Onward”

INVADE and Interference

Both of these films were made by MFA candidate Katie O’Loughlin exploring ideas of privacy, fear, surveillance, and concealing.