Gallery 3 — Rachel Lee Heinkel

As she folds

Choreographer and performer: Rachel Lee Heinkel

As She Folds is a contemporary dance theater work. She folds like origami, shaped and reshaped. After continuous folding and shaping into societal expectations, at some point, the paper begins to become thin along the fold lines, fragile and begins to tear. These tears allow experience of pleasure, pain, and confusion. A journey of the inevitable.

Developed as part of the Making Moves Dance Festival 2024 at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning

Melanie Martinez:

EVIL (Visualizer)

Directed by: Meanie Martinez and Elijah Diaz

Production Studio: 3BARS

Choreography and Dancer: Rachel Lee Heinkel

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Unity

A GLIMPSE INTO A PATH OF HEALING AND SELF-DISCOVERY THROUGH THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUL. EMBRACING THE MOVEMENT OF LIFE.

WE SPEND OUR LIVES RUNNING FROM OUR SHADOWS TOWARD THE UNDERSTANDING OF LIGHT. CHARGING FORWARD BLINDLY. HOWEVER, THE TRUE EXPERIENCE OF LIGHT AT ITS MOST RADIANT IS BIRTHED FROM THE EXPLORATION OF OUR DEEPEST SHADOWS. FIND BEAUTY IN THE SHADOW, FIND BEAUTY IN THE DEEPEST DEPTHS. NOW IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES OF IMMENSE BEAUTY IN THE LIGHT.

EMBRACING THE DIVINE FEMININE. EMBRACING THE DIVINE MASCULINE. TOGETHER IN BALANCE, IN HARMONY, EXPERIENCING LIFE THROUGH THE LIBERATION OF OUR SOULS. ACCEPTING, LOVING, AND WELCOMING EVERY OUNCE OF OUR SOUL. ONLY THROUGH THIS LOVE CAN WE TRULY EMBRACE OURSELVES AS THE DIVINE SOULS WE ARE.

DIRECTOR, PERFORMER, AND PRODUCER: RACHEL LEE HEINKEL

CINEMATOGRAPHER:JAVI ALVAREZ

-Film selected to be screened at the Dance on Camera Festival at the Linclon Center in Febuary 2024-

Below the Surface

CREATIVE DIRECTION AND PERFORMER: RACHEL LEE HEINKEL

PRODUCTION AND CINEMATOGRAPHY: ANTHONY MAGLIANO

CINEMATOGRAPHY: JEFF EVRARD

Now That we’re spinning

This work explores the complexities and beauty of intimacy in different spaces and relationships from the perspective of both a heterosexual and queer female-identifying artist experience.  The process of creation in this work derives from the idea that we are not limited to only movement as a means for expelling research, memories, and questions.

Created in collaboration with Madeline O’Donnell. Created and peformed in 2022.

sandflower

J. dyson

Background dance choreographer and dancer for musical artist Sandflower

Performed at multiple NYC venues and SXSW Festival 2023