TEN Program - tbd. dance collective by tbd.dancecollective

TBD. DANCE COLLECTIVE PRESENTS AN EVENING OF FILM, DANCE, AND THE PREMIERE OF A NEW CHOREOGRAPHIC WORK BY FLORIAN LOCHNER OF FLOCK

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4

The Alan J. Levine Performing Arts Theater at The Jewish Community Center of Omaha

SCHEDULE OF THE EVENING

6:00 PM

Cocktails and snacks, cash bar

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Program three dance films and live performances

9:00 PM

Post-show mingling and desserts

10:00 PM

Goodnight!

The program will be two hours in length and begin promptly at 7:00 PM. There will be a 15 minute intermission between Act I and Act II.

WARNING: Films and live performances contain flashing and strobing lights.

LIVE PERFORMANCE

EARLY HOURS ACT I

Choreographed by Kat Fackler & Stephanie Huettner

Music “Reborn” by Colin Stetson

Performed by: Kat Fackler, Kyan Doubet, Kara Gillmore, Stephanie Huettner, Jenn Nicholson, Phoebe Perry, Alyssa Rivera, Gayle Rocz, Kenzie Sawyer, Lauren Wichert

FILM 1, 2016

ONE DAY, ONE MONTH, ONE YEAR

Starring Kat Fackler & Vernon Wheeler

Length: 18 minutes

A movement-based narrative chronicling three specific time intervals in a person’s life immediately following a monumental change in a relationship.

Premiered at KANEKO as part of The Movement Series in July 2016

Written, Directed, and Edited by .................................................................................................................................... Nik Fackler

Director of Photography Ben Drickey

Produced by Patty Dillon & Kat Fackler

Original Music by ............................................................................................................................................ Graham Patrick Ulicny

Choreography by Kat Fackler & Stephanie Huettner

Dancers: Elizabeth Bergman, Erin Brandt, Kyan Doubet, Kat Fackler, Kara Gillmore, Stephanie Huettner, Alyssa Rivera, Annie Schenzel, Lauren Wichert

FILM 2, 2018

WAITING FOR REALITY

Starring Lauren Wichert, Patti Zukaitis, & Charlotte Van Der Zwaag

Length: 30 minutes

A movement-based narrative short film, examining the periods of time in a person’s life that formed their identity. The film explores identity through the lens of a pop star, coming face to face with different versions of herself throughout her lifetime in order to heal. In simpler terms, it’s popstar ego death.

The film is meant to be viewed alongside a site-specific, live performance by tbd. dance collective in which the three act structure and choreography from the film are reimagined. Dancers move throughout and around audience members as they watch the film, breaking the barrier between the viewer and performer.

Premiered at KANEKO as part of The Movement Series in September 2018

Written, Directed, and Edited by Nik Fackler

Director of Photography .................................................................................................................................................... Ben Drickey

Original Music by Graham Patrick Ulicny

Produced by Patty Dillon

Choreography by tbd. dance collective

Dancers in film: Ali Darr, Kyan Doubet, Kat Fackler, Kara Gillmore, Stephanie Huettner, Nichol Mason Lazenby, Allyson Pfortmiller, Alyssa Rivera, Annie Schenzel, Jessica Westerlin

Dancers in live performance: Kyan Doubet, Kat Fackler, Kara Gillmore, Stephanie Huettner, Jenn Nicholson, Phoebe Perry, Alyssa Rivera, Gayle Rocz, Kenzie Sawyer

Featuring live performances by Robin Putnam and Lauren Wichert as the pop star.

15 MINUTE INTERMISSION

ACT II

LIVE PERFORMANCE

STORM

This work is a metaphor for the seemingly endless chaos, confusion and crises that are dividing our country.

Premiered on May 4, 2025 at the 90th anniversary showcase of UNO’s The Moving Company

Choreographed by ...........................................................................................................Josie Metal-Corbin & Kyan Doubet

Dancer Kyan Doubet

Music................................................................................................................ Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, “Summer” 3, Presto

Music performed by Lucy Duke

FILM 3, 2021

HIDDEN PLACES

Starring Kyan Doubet

Length: 30 minutes

Hidden Places follows the path of a person searching for inspiration and purpose, set alongside a visual exploration of the KANEKO through movement.

Premiered at KANEKO as part of The Movement Series in June 2021.

Written, Directed, and Edited by Nik Fackler

Director of Photography Ben Drickey

Original Music by Graham Patrick Ulicny

Produced by ............................................................................................................................ Kat Fackler & Stephanie Huettner

Choreography by tbd. dance collective

Dancers: Kat Fackler, Kara Gillmore, Stephanie Huettner, Shaquire Jones, Alyssa Rivera, Annie Schenzel, Lauren Wichert

GLEAM BETWEEN WORLDS

2025 Commissioned Work

A secret magic shimmers through the work, tracing an untamed spirit forever balancing its freedom with the forces that seek to contain it.

Dancers: Kat Fackler, Stephanie Huettner, Jenn Nicholson, Phoebe Perry, Alyssa

Choreographed

Florian Lochner of FLOCK Music

“Glass” by Apparat & “Horses, Glossy on the Hill” by Mary Lattimore

Rivera, Gayle Rocz, Kenzie Sawyer, Lauren Wichert

ARTIST BIOS

NIK FACKLER

Nik Fackler is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning filmmaker, writer, and multidisciplinary artist. His debut feature film Lovely, Still (starring Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and earned him recognition as a bold new voice in independent cinema. His follow-up, the hallucinatory documentary Sick Birds Die Easy, combined vérité, scripted scenes, and psychedelic experimentation to chronicle a reckless search for truth in utopia in the African jungle — a fusion of fiction and reality that defied traditional documentary form. Beyond film, Fackler is a musician and creative collaborator, having worked with KANEKO and tbd. dance collective to create the experimental dance film series, Hidden Places. He is also co-founder of Match/ Cut Productions, where he develops and produces short form documentaries, branded content, social media campaigns, and national TV commercials for numerous commercial and nonprofit clients.

FLORIAN LOCHNER

Florian Lochner trained at Ballettschule Malsam in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, and the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim, where he was the recipient of the Birgit Keil Dance Foundation scholarship. Lochner earned his master’s degree in the performing arts and joined Gauthier Dance Company in Stuttgart in 2011. He received a “Best of the Season” nomination in Germany’s “Dance for You!” Magazine in September 2013. He joined Hubbard Street in August 2015, and in the Fall of 2017 was named a Hubbard Street Choreographic Fellow. In 2017 he created FLOCK with Alice Klock through which he continues to perform, teach, and create.

JOSIE METAL-CORBIN

During her 50+ year career as a scholar/artist/educator, Professor Josie Metal-Corbin has been a pioneer in integrating site-specific dance at The Joslyn Art Museum, The Durham Museum, Omaha Public Library, Holland Center, Lauritzen Botanical Gardens, Glacier Creek Prairie Preserve, Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge and Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium. She co-directed and directed UNO’s The Moving Company for 35 years. Josie has performed and given scholarly papers, workshops and presentations throughout the USA, in the United Kingdom, Canada, Jamaica, Portugal, France, Italy and China. As a proud board member of tbd., she is delighted to have co-choreographed a dance with Kyan Doubet with accompaniment by Lucy Duke.

LUCY DUKE

Lucy Duke is a violinist with the Omaha Symphony, and previously with the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra Iowa. She studied at Northwestern University where she earned her Master’s Degree in Violin Performance. When not playing violin, Lucy enjoys fishing, gardening, and hanging out with her dog, Chunk.