Katherine Longstreth in “RECURSIVE DANCE (a prequel).”

Solo performance created during the New Expressive Works Residency, Premiere December 2024, New Expressive Works, Portland OR.

Focusing on the idea of transparency, Katherine Longtreth’s solo, Recursive Dance, sheds light on opaque contracts, the challenge of originality, the impossibly ephemeral nature of dance and the role of play and self doubt in the creative process. While Longstreth’s alter ego, Dr. Kate Long, tries to access her authentic choreographic voice, the tech company, Evolve, tries to hack her creative process in order to further develop their generative AI programs. 

“...throughout the solo, Longstreth navigates her artistic practice under careful watch of tech company Evolve, which seeks to capture data on her process to further its generative AI products. Recursive dance is a multi-layered, carefully curated work, at times delightfully human and at others ominous, with the sensation that you’re watching a specimen in a petri dish.” 

Elizabeth Whelan, December 9, 2024, Oregon Arts Watch Review