Company Repertory

”Donna Scro Gentile’s Freespace Dance is a captivating experience in movement and music with striking partnering and choreography articulating ideas that can be felt only through movement.” (Theater Scene.net)

ConTain-Me-iN-iT (2007)
23 minutes / 6 dancers
Original music by Matt Meyer
Costume design by Julissa Carranza
This piece consists of an intricate set of various sizes and shapes of containers, video projection, dramaturgy, and original live music exploring the many and vast ideas of containment. Donna has worked with a team of collaborators on this significant work. This is a contemplative piece that opens up the possibility of dialogue and conversation about the thoughts of containment, both in its necessity and in its peril.
“ConTainMEiNiT, is filled with numerous moments of theatrical invention… surprises and
unexpected tension.” (Dancing World .com)

In Grace (2007)
7:30 minutes / 1 dancer
Original music by Matt Meyer
Inspired by a photo shoot with photographer Lois Greenfield, costume designer Julissa Carranza, and yards of black fabric a solo emerged based on the incredible images that were created by photo image, fabric and dancer. The choreographic intent of this piece is based on revealment and concealment and the play of consciousness.
“fabulous”(Star Ledger)

This Moment (2007)
4:30 minutes / 2 dancers
Music by Michel Camilo
This Moment is collaboration with Guest Artist Peter Kalivas and Artistic Director Donna Scro Gentile. Peter and Donna danced together with the Sean Curran Company for seven years and have come together to create a new work together. This piece delves into the complexities of a mature relationship and showcases the complementary qualities of these two seasoned dancers.

Tantrix (2006)
10 minutes / 6 dancers
Original music by Matt Meyer
Costume design by Julissa Carranza
This dynamic new work juxtaposes the individual within the universal, weaving them together. Propelling dancers through the air, "Tantrix" combines high energy partnering with tenacious dancing.
" an intriguing and playful scheme"(Star Leger)

Human Walls (2006)
24 minutes / 26 dancers
Original music by Glen Fittin
This featured piece fills the stage with 26 eclectic performers including 20 community participants. Mirroring the boundaries and walls we create as a society and as individuals, "Human Walls" uses pedestrian movement and intricate formations to reveal deep rooted human emotion in this breathtaking, significant work.
"Promise and intrigue" (Theater Scene.net)

Reciprocal Motion (2005)
15 minutes / 3 dancers
Music by Peter Jones
Reciprocal Motion features a threesome entangled in conflict and inner turmoil. Using a set of furniture to highlight bold and aggressive movement, this energetic dance grabs the audience, leaving them free to create their own interpretation of this fresh and modern work.
“The most captivating piece of the evening.” (Dance Brooklyn)

Lounge Life (2005)
15 minutes / 6 dancers
Music by Michael Lawson
Lounge Life uses five sections to explore the cultural aspects of a lounge. It is a sensual piece using lounge furniture to create a true-to-life effect.
"A picture of harmony" (Star Ledger)

Namaste (2005)
6 minutes / 2 dancers
Music by Shelia Chandra
Costume design by Omni Kitts
Namaste is a display of the true feminine power through physical precision of advanced yoga asana (poses). This duet for two women evokes beauty and strength.
"A fondness for sculptural shapes and an affinity for yoga" (Star Ledger)

Desires (2004)
18 minutes / 6 dancers
Music by Daniel Bernard Roumain
Costume design by Joshua Bennett
Desires explores all aspects of attraction from the pure innocence of human touch to the experience of raw physical passion. This signature work is a captivating journey of emotional attachment displayed through stunning partnering.
"It is a hauntingly beautiful look at the sensuality and animal drives behind human desires." (Theater Scene.net)

Real (2004)
6 minutes / 3 dancers
Original music by Travis Love
Real is a piece about a relationship in the winter of its intimacy and the journey in rediscovering the song.
"Wonderfully integrated" (Star Ledger)

Images (2004)
18 minutes / 6 dancers
Music by Satie, Rubinstein, Liszt, Poulenc
Images encapsulates glimpses of humanity. It is a reflection on relationships and a celebration of the arch of life. This touching piece is beautifully engaging in its clarity of movement.
"In Images, sandwiched between two attractively organized group numbers, Scro Gentile, has created three stunning duets." (Star Ledger)

Terpsichore (2004)
14:30 minutes / 4 dancers
Music by Robert S. Cohen
Costume Design by Ingrid Proos
Terpsichore is a piece for four women celebrating femininity and grace, as well as the strength and power of women.

A Supported Moment (2003)
4:30 minutes / 4 dancers
Music by Yann Tierson
A Supported Moment is a quartet about the support and comfort offered and received during a difficult moment in life. It is a tender piece about the need for another's support.
"Graceful symmetries" (Star Ledger)

In Shape and Space (2003)
16 minutes / 6 dancers
Original music by Daniel McBride
Costume design by Noel Hingston
In Shape and Space is a piece that uses four life size geometrical shapes. The piece is about the exploration of the different shapes and spaces that we inhabit.
"In the style of the late Alwin Nikolais, 'In Shape and Space' is a gorgeous dance." (Star Ledger)

Chrysalis (2003)
14 minutes / 6 dancers
Original music by Oliver Lyons
"Chrysalis" is a piece about birth, development, and transformation. It is a piece for 4 men and 2 women using two six-foot pieces of material to create a magical and surreal piece. *Made in collaboration with Gaspard Louis of Pilobolus Dance Theater.
"Delightfully weird from sci-fi mystery to light eroticism" (Star Ledger)

Innercurrent (2002)
20 minutes / 6 dancers
Music arranged by Instrumental Acoustek
Costume design by Amanda Paige
Innercurrent is a piece about spatial relationships and relationships in space. In five sections it explores the idea of simplistic strength and innate beauty. *Made in collaboration with Gaspard Louis of Pilobolus Dance Theater.
"Active embraces created beautiful formal patterns." (Star Ledger)

Paso (2002)
8 minutes / 4 dancers
Music Inlakesh
Paso is a playful piece using athletic vocabulary of strength and agility. *Made in collaboration with Gaspard Louis of Pilobolus Dance Theater.
"An athletic tour de force." (Dance Insider)

Deux (2001)
8:30 minutes / 2 dancers
Music by Fax Compilation
Deux is a striking and sensual duet for a man and a woman. *Made in collaboration with Gaspard Louis of Pilobolus Dance Theater.
"Magnificent!" (Houston Chronicle)