SOULSKINHighlights

Unpredictable Encounters

February 27 & 28, 2026 at Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theaters

June 12th, 2026 at The Aspen Fringe Festival

Unpredictable Encounters balances intimacy with unpredictability, capturing how we move in a fractured world. The work is set to a newly commissioned score that fuses lyrical echoes with electronic undertones, guiding audiences through the fragile yet transformative nature of human connection.

Choreographer: Adrianna Thompson | Music: Reuben Butchart | Costumes: Catherine Cooper | Lighting Design: Kathy Kaufmann

Performers: Leslie Plummer, Andrea Dusel, Barbara Koch, Sophia Rumasuglia, Lauren Slivosky

Blinded

February 27 & 28, 2026 at Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theaters

May 15 & 16, 2026 at The Joshua Tree Retreat Center

Blinded transforms the stage into a mirror of political unrest exposing the disillusionment of democracy.

Choreography: Adrianna Thompson | Music: Roxy Roller | Costumes: Catherine Cooper | Projection Designer: Jaco Strydom | Lighting Design: Kathy Kaufmann

Performers: Leslie Plummer, Andrea Dusel, Barbara Koch, Sophia Rumasuglia, Andy Santana, Kennyth Montes De Oca, Federico Garcia, RJ Carrier Duquette

Group of seven performers in dark costumes engaged in a dramatic dance or theatrical performance, with a dark blue background.

Beauty

September 27 & 28, 2024

Mark Morris Dance Center

A 45-minute narrative ballet, diving into the darkness of the human psyche. The fear of the unconscious. The perception of beauty. The addiction to social media, violence, and politics. Exposing the present duality in society. Society’s dictation of, and monitoring of, our behavior. Our distorted lens of what is beauty? Asking if its too late to find the divine power? To find truth in beauty? To bring light to the surface?

Choreography: Adrianna Thompson | Video Art design: Iwalani Kaluhiokalani | Costumes: Cathy Cooper | Original Score: Roxy Roller

Performers: Erika Hassan, Alexandra FitzGibbon, Sophia Rumasuglia, Federico Garcia, Robert "Buddy" Valdez, Kennyth Montes De Oca, Andrea Dusel-Foil, Leslie Plummer, Barbara Koch

Chasing The Light

May 11, 2024

Aspen Fringe Festival

Chasing the Light is a dance film and performance piece inspired by the natural environment in and around Joshua Tree National Park.

Humans historically have communed together using nature to tell stories, pass down knowledge, and explain the mysteries of life. Gathering together in nature is a thread that runs through every culture. This work explores the connection between nature and humanity.

The scale of this environment has an intense power, and puts our existence as humans into perspective. It invites us to contemplate our place in this vast universe.

Conceived, directed, filmed, and edited by Jaco Strydom. Choreography by Adrianna Thompson.

A woman with long blonde hair wearing a yellow tank top, with one arm raised and the other extended forward, outdoors near a large tree with green foliage.

Closer

Spring 2021

A dance film about reunion after isolation.

Choreographer: Adrianna Thompson | Film Design: Jaco Strydom

Dancers: Alejandra Preciado, Andrea McGinnis, ArveJon Jones, Margot Lena, Adonis Martin, Robert M. Valdez Jr., Barbara Koch, Sophia Rumasuglia

Watch "Closer" Here

A group of diverse people standing in a line, with their hands on each other's shoulders, forming a human chain in a dark room.

Hero

September 7, 2018

Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA

HERO is a politically themed ballet that poses the question: What defines a hero? When a young woman unexpectedly receives a message from faraway, a doorway mysteriously reveals itself. An odyssey of the individual merging with the universal ( and vice versa) is the parallel realm that envelops her, testing her fortitude through longing and love, struggle and salvation, loss and remembrance. At once mystical and mundane, HERO explores the multitude of roles the hero plays in our everyday, extra-ordinary lives.

Choreography: Adrianna Thompson | Music: Noh | Playwright: Lilly Bright

Dancers: Ryan Camou, Emanuel Colombo, Devon Chen, Delvis Savigne Frinon, Erika Hassan, ArVejon Jones, Barbara Koch, Margot Lena, Allie Papazian, and Adonis Damain Martin Quinones

Guest Artist: Sebastien Thill | Video Filming: Andy Mogg | Video Editing: Jaco Strydom

Watch "Hero" Here

A group of seven dancers in matching white shirts, black pants, and red shoes performing a synchronized dance routine on stage with dramatic lighting and shadows.

To Command

World Premiere: March 9, 2018

Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA

Inspired by the dystopian genre, SOULSKIN embarks on a daring new work that questions our sense of autonomy in a world dictated by technology. This piece, conceptualized by Adrianna Thompson and choreographed by Thompson and returning guest artist Dylan Elmore, utilizes dance, photography, and live music in a collaborative performance unlike any previous SOULSKIN project.

Choreography: Adrianna Thompson & Dylan Elmore, with divertissements by Jamielyn Duggan & Erika Hassan | Music: Dramatic Trailer by Audio 95 | Videography: Genevieve Hand | Video Editing: Genevieve Hand

Dancers: Paola Calliari, Ryan Camou, Jamielyn Duggan, Delvis Savigne Friñon, ArVejon Jones, Margot Lena, Julian Lopez, Adonis Martin, Allie Papazian

Watch "To Command" Here

SOULSKINGallery

Four people in black clothing dancing outdoors in a desert-like environment with trees and hills in the background during sunset.

Theatrical scene with eight actors, all women, dressed in dark and red costumes, with dramatic expressions and poses against a dark blue background.

A group of nine dancers wearing black torn costumes and blue eye masks standing on a stage with a dark background.

Three shirtless male dancers perform a synchronized leap on a dark stage, each with one arm raised and legs bent in mid-air.

A group of ballet dancers on stage wearing colorful tutus and black tops, performing a dance routine.

Ballet dancers on stage wearing colorful tutus in yellow, orange, and green performing against a black background.

A male and female dancer performing on stage with a beach scene projected in the background. The male dancer is behind the female, holding her in a dance pose. The female dancer is leaning forward with her hands on her hips, wearing a blue dress. The