Relevé—A poetry and dance collaboration

jointly hosted by

Christine Chernoff and the Atrocious Poets.

When you pair poets and dancers together strange and wonderful things happen. For this collaboration, we paired one dancer with one poet and gave them one concept as an inspiration: relevé. Relevé is a classical ballet term that means to be raised or to rise. We have five poet/dancer pairs and they’ve created some amazing pieces. Visit each youtube link for the full-length video and complete poem text.

Rewired Reflexes

Dancer: Nicole Chelini Ozment

Poet: Mike Chernoff

Perfect Illusion

Dancer: Christine Chernoff

Poet: Michelle Engel

Take My Cape

Dancer: Lamaiya Lancaster

Poet: Isabella Brodzinski

R.I.P.

Dancer: Frances Girdaukas

Poet: Ryan Myers

Breathe, girl

Dancer: Becka Nieder

Poet: Chasity Gunn