Dancing on the Edge

2017

Role: Actor, role of Isadora Duncan

Theatre Novi Most presents a new play, Dancing on the Edge, about American modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan and her lover, the Russian poet Sergei Esenin.

Both a poetic examination of Russian/American relations and a look at two remarkable historical figures, Dancing on the Edge begins with Duncan and Esenin’s first meeting in 1921 in Russia and through a mix of realism and fantasy, explores their stormy relationship, marriage, and disastrous tour of the US and Europe. The play is an unflinching look at a cross-cultural and complex couple who rode through the tumultuous birth of the USSR together with shared passion but no common spoken language. The play includes text in both Russian and English and has embedded within it several of Duncan’s dances and Esenin’s poems. Dancing on the Edge is written by Adam Kraar and was commissioned by Theatre Novi Most. It was in development from 2011-2017.

Written by Adam Kraar
Theatre Novi Most at the Southern Theatre
and McKenna Theatre, New Paltz NY

Nominated for Broadway World Best Actress in a Play,
Minnesota 2018

Lisa Channer — Isadora Duncan
Sasha Andreev — Sergei Esenin
Katya Stepanov — Ensemble
Sergey Nagorny — Ensemble
Vladimir Rovinsky — Director
Jeanne Bresciani — Duncan Consultant And Primary Choreographer
Michael Burden — Scenic Designer
Maxwell Collyard — Projection Designer
Dan Dukich — Sound Designer
Heidi Eckwall — Lighting Designer
Deb Ervin — Stage Manager
Andrea Gross — Costume Designer
Zeb Hults — Technical Director
Elizabeth Larsen — Props Designer
Sharon Picasso — Movement Consultant
Wendy Weckwerth — Dramaturg