Projects
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“What is Love?” is a performance art piece in created and performed by artists Joy Prendergast and Elik Gilad. The piece explores themes of love and intimacy over the course of time.
Is love different when there is less time available? Can love exist without hugs, kisses or sex?” Does fighting help love grow? Can you love without dependency? Joy Prendergast and Elik Gilad explore these questions and more in “What is Love?” A piece of life happening on stage.
Duet, 30 minutes
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An ongoing improvisational collaboration between myself and musician/poet Shoham Sakana Manela. We explore who is speaking, where is the music, and what are we fighting for?
Performances in NY, NM, CO
Photo Credit: Pat Berrett
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A collaboration between myself and Shoham Sakana Manela and the students at Colorado State University.
An exploration of placement, misplacement, exploitation, and cost fitting in at all costs.
A huge thank you to CSU and the dancers for their trust, wit,curiosity, dedication, stamina, humor and joy. Nothing is possible without you. You shine so bright. A lighthouse for all of us.
9 performers, 13 minutes
ARTIST STATEMENT
Joy creates improvisational and choreographed performances for both theater and site-specific settings, exploring the connection between music and dance. Her work investigates the intersection of personal and collective, using improvisation to navigate themes of memory, emotion, and cultural liminality. Grounded in collaboration, her practice reflects on displacement, otherness, and the tension between intimacy and alienation—particularly from a femme perspective. Dance becomes a bridge between the conscious and unconscious, with each environment offering a unique context. Rooted in wholeness, joy, and health, her work is both expressive and analytical, mapping the friction between self and society.
In Pieces
In Piece
Be Close to Me
All Works
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An ongoing improvisation performance and collaboration with musician Shoham Sakana Manela.
Performed at Keshet Arts NM, and Movement Research NYC
Duet, 12 minutes
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Performance collaboration with artist Elik Gilad.
Performed at Wolverine Farm Publick House, Fort Collins CO
Duet, 30 minutes
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Improvisation collaboration and performance with musician Bryce O’Tierney
Performed at Wolverine Farm Publick House, Fort Collins CO
Duet, 20 minutes
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Collaboration with musician Shoham Sakana Manela for Colorado State University. Performed by dancers Marge Nelson, Charva Jamison, Clair Forden, Emily Campbell, Isabelle Bihler, Jacqueline Urquidez, Kaitlyn Tayntor, Anna Harbert, Madeline Palacio
Performed at CSU in Fort Collins, CO
9 dancers, 15 minutes
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Commissioned by Canyon Concert Ballet Company.
Performed in Fort Collins, CO
4 dancers, 10 minutes
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Musical Collaboration with Shoham Sakana Manela, and dancers Dorin Amitzur, Tamar Binyamini, Ahinoam Sperling and Joy Prendergast
Performed at HaMiffal Art House in Jerusalem
4 dancers, 40 min
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Choreographic collaboration between Kelvin Vu and Joy Prendergast for the advanced students of Shira Ganor Dance School.
Performed in Tel Aviv
9 dancers, 12 minutes
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Created and performed by Joy Prendergast
Presented in IMAGE at Karnaf Theater in Jerusalem and Performa at Studio Naim Tel-Aviv, Israel
Sound score by Joy Prendergast
solo, 10 minutes
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Created and Performed by Joy Prendergast
Presented at Karnaf Theater in Jerusalem
Solo, 15 minutes
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Performance art collaboration with Musician Daniel Smith
Performed at Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
5 Musicians, 5 Dancers, 7 minutes
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Collaboration with Musician Daniel Talmor
Performed at JAMD, and Gertrude Stein Choreography Competition Jerusalem
Duet, 7 minutes
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Created in collaboration with Caitlin Hefer
Performed at JAMD
Duet, 15 minutes
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Choreographed by Joy Prendergast
Performed at JAMD
Duet, 10 minutes
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Concept by Joy Prendergast for the 1 year students at JAMD
Performed at the Hebrew University Campus in Jerusalem, Site specific piece
7 dancers, 10 min
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Created at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and various locations in San Francisco.
Performed at SFCD and Featured in the San Francisco Tiny Dance Film Festival
7 dancers, duration varies
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Choreographed as part of the RAW Residency
Performed at The Garage and SFCD Studio Performance, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance
3 dancers, 30 minutes
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Choreographed by Joy Prendergast as RAW Residency
Performed at The Garage (now SAFEhouseArts) and SFCD Studios San Francisco
Duet, 15 minutes
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Choreographed and Performed by Joy Prendergast
Premiered at Z Space as part of San Francisco Summer Dance Series, and performed at The Garage, San Francisco
Sound score by Joy Prendergast
solo, 50 min
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Created by Joy Prendergast at RAW Residency, The Garage (now SAFEhouseArts), San Francisco
3 dancers, 20 min