Current Repertory

Inexplicable Space • Rip Tide • Dandia • Chiquita Chiquita • Twilight • Thread • Kin • Underground • The Shedding • Naked Heart • Echo of a Trace • Loss and Desire • Splash • Weapons of Time • Right Now • Wild Kingdom

Naked Heart

Naked Heart is a collaboration between Valerie Green and Montreal artist, Mariko Tanabe, is a passionate work seeking to reveal the mysteries of the inner landscape of a woman.  The evocative movement conjures up and expresses the stormy depths of a woman’s memories, journeying from this fiery yet contained darkness towards the empowerment that she finds in the fullness and quietude of her own heart.  
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"This work grew out of my wish to delve into movement, which comes from the inner depths of my experiences.  This also includes my desire to undertake the intimate process of having my personal boundaries challenged.  Having felt Mariko’s past work resonate within me, I was inspired to have her work with me, and trusted her to direct me on this adventure.  Facilitating this collaboration is our shared dance heritage and interest in how various cultures can influence our art". – Valerie Green

Directed by Mariko Tanabe
Choreography by
Mariko Tanabe in collaboration with Valerie Green 
Performed by Valerie Green
Music by Penner Mackay, additional samples Rainer Wiens
Sound Editing by Dino Giancola, James Maresca
Length: 18 min.

This work has been made possible in part by the generous support of Le Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec, David & Veva Zimmerman, The Wellspring Project, and  Mariko Tanabe Danse.

Performance History

• Green Space Blooms Festival 2008
• University of Wisconsin 80th Anniversary Alumni Concert April 2007
• Field Day, Sheffield,Vermont  Sept. 2005
• Movement Research at Judson Church Jan. 2005
• Premiered at Cunningham Studio as part of Dance Entropy NYC season “Naked-Desire” Jan. 2005