Current:

Rachel's research in the two year masters program in Stockholm circles around themes of mobility and territoriality. It fuses dance choreography with design by developing shared practices and working methods between choreographer, designer, and dancers.

In the fall of 2012, designer/craftsman Gian Monti (currently a student in the BI program at Konstfack) and Rachel will construct a mobile environment as the culmination of her research. The environment is intentionally designed as an ongoing project to be exhibited for audiences in galleries, museums, theaters, exhibition halls and unused urban spaces. They are interested in exploring the possibilities of the mobile room as the setting for an evening-length dance performance, an art object generated from a choreographic process, and a platform for the continued investigation of interdisciplinary arts practice. Stay tuned for updates on this project in August.

Past:

The Stravinsky Project, commissioned by Oregon Ballet Theatre in collaboration with Michael Mazzola, Keller Auditorium March, 2011

RE/ACTIVATE, a month long residency and collaboration with visual artist Damien Gilley, Jordan Tull, and composer Thomas Thorson, Wieden + Kennedy, March 2011

Once A Fool, solo danced and choreographed for Breeze Block Gallery, December 2011

Always, Always/Never, Never, a duet created by Isaac Spencer and Rachel Tess, Conduit Dance, August 2010

RESA, an evening-length work based on written correspondences between the dancers over half a year, lighting designer Michael Mazzola, Disjecta/August 2009

RESA from rachel tess on Vimeo.

RESA Improvisation Evening, a five hour improvisation performance at the Cleaner's Space at the Ace Hotel in collaboration with Cielo Home, August 2009

Exquisite Corpse, a duet commissioned with support from the Regional Arts and Culture Council and Reed College/2009

Into the Fold, an evening length collaboration with sculptor KC Madsen, and lighting designer Michael Mazzola, Pinnacle Pavilion/July 2008

Details of a Couple, an evening-length duet created in collaboration with architectural model-maker Robert Petty, Pinnacle Pavilion/November 2007