top of page

Vanilla Extract

A performer in a gray tank top and black athletic pants leans forward with an open-mouthed smile, holding an expressive pose onstage. A microphone headset is visible, with a decorative metal screen and architectural details in the background.

Vanilla Extract is a solo dance theater work about the messy, exhilarating process of becoming more fully yourself. Conversational, character-driven, and rooted in improvisation, the piece explores what it means to be seen, to take up space, and to reckon with the many selves we carry. The work moves between private internal dialogue and public performance, exploring secrecy, euphoria, fear, humor, and the unruly energy of becoming, as it slowly peels back the layers of what we reveal, what we protect, and what we are willing to share.

Choreographed and Performed by Julie Crothers

Originally created for Bates Dance Festival New Works Showcase 2019 in Lewiston, ME and was later presented at RAWDance CONCEPT Series 27 at the Green Room at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, January 2020.

bottom of page