God and His Gun (Malynda Hale Music Video featuring Iris Company), 2022
Nominated for Video of the Year at the 2022 Josie Awards
Directed by Michael Schwartz
Produced by Boat Ashore Productions and JMV Entertainment
Performed by Malynda Hale
Written by Malynda Hale and Ian Felchlin
Produced by Komica Purnell
Shot by Nathan Kim
Choreographed by Sophia Stoller
Edited by Peter Amodeo Gould
Featuring Iris Company
Cody Brunelle-Potter
Jamal Wade
Joan Fricke
Mallory Fabian
Screaming Shapes (Film), 2019-2020
After screening across the country in the festival circuit, concluding with Dance Camera West in our own city of Los Angeles, we are excited to release this film online. Screaming Shapes was originally developed as a stage piece in collaboration with composer Peter S. Shin, an exploration of music and movement existing as one entity. In 2018, we turned the piece into a film, in collaboration with Amodeo Creative.
Director: Sophia Stoller
Choreography: Sophia Stoller and the Dancers
Director of Photography: Peter Amodeo Gould
Editors: Peter Amodeo Gould & Sophia Stoller
Performers: Bryanna Brock, Hyosun Choi, Cat Cogliandro, Casey Gonzalez, Kristen Holleyman, Amanda MacLeod, Joan H. Padeo, Shane Raiford, Jamal Wade
Composer: Peter S. Shin
Music Performance: Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra
Musicians: Mehrdad Gholami, Benjamin Mitchell, Benjamin Hoffman, Clement Chow
Costumes: Amanda MacLeod, Cody Brunelle-Potter
Production Assistants: Jessica Salans, Stacy Gaspard
Breath + Body Teaser, 2019
A collaboration between C3LA: Contemporary Choral Collective of Los Angeles and Iris Company.
Choreography: Sophia Stoller with Cody Brunelle-Potter, Bryanna Brock, Casey Gonzalez, Joan H. Padeo, Carissa Songhorian
Performers: Paige Amicon, Bryanna Brock, Hyosun Choi, Casey Gonzalez, Joan H. Padeo, Shane Raiford, Madison Shelpuk, Carissa Songhorian, Jamal Wade
Music: Marcus Carline, Drew Corey, Saunder Choi, Lucy McKnight, Jaco Wong
Music performed by: C3LA
Lighting: R.S. Buck
Cinematography: Peter Amodeo Gould
Video Editing: Sophia Stoller & Peter Amodeo Gould
Coexist, Los Angeles Dance Festival 2019
Choreography: Sophia Stoller
Performers: Bryanna Brock, Cody Brunelle-Potter, Hyosun Choi, Shane Raiford, Carissa Songhorian, Jamal Wade
Music: "Seaborne (Entrée)", "Drifted", "Limbic", "Braid of Light", "Afterimage (Coda)"
Courtesy of Overcoast Music & Sound
Original music by Child Actor
Written and performed by Max Heath and Natalie Plaza
Produced by Travis Tucker
Lighting: Josephine Wang
Based on a a duet created for film under the direction of Jamie Peterson.
Iris Company Reel, 2017-2018
Choreography: Sophia Stoller
Performers: Bryanna Brock, Cody Brunelle-Potter, Hyosun Choi, Cat Cogliandro, Alexey Dmitrenko,
Casey Gonzalez, Samad Raheem Guerra, Joan Holly, Kristen Holleyman, Kadek Ika, Kayla Johnson, Amanda MacLeod, Cynn Marie, Shane Raiford, Jamal Wade
Cinematography: Peter Amodeo Gould
Video Editing: Sophia Stoller
BOUQUET (teaser), 2017
Choreography: Sophia Stoller, Bryanna Brock, Hyosun Choi, Cody Potter
Music: Drew Corey, Sean Hayward, Kim Townsend Justin Scheid
Performers: Bryanna Brock, Cody Brunelle-Potter, Hyosun Choi, Casey Gonzalez, Amanda MacLeod, Joan Holly Padeo, Shane Raiford, Jamal Wade
Lighting: Darius Gangei
Cinematography: Peter Amodeo Gould
Video Editing: Sophia Stoller
Screaming Shapes, 2017-2018
Los Angeles Dance Festival
Choreography: Sophia Stoller
Music: Peter S. Shin
Performers: Bryanna Brock, Cody Brunelle-Potter, Hyosun Choi, Casey Gonzalez, Amanda MacLeod, Shane Raiford, Jamal Wade
Siren, 2015
With the differing facets of an individual character performed by more than one person, his internal struggles become an external dance between the conscious and the subconscious mind… all the while being lured toward something irresistible.
Choreography: Sophia Stoller
Music: Justin Scheid
Lighting Design: Aron Altmark
Costumes: Yonit Olshan
Performers: Rebecca Green, Yvonne Lacombe, Dina Lasso, Tariq Mitri, Andrew Pearson
Lock & Key Excerpt, 2015
MFA Thesis created at CalArts
Lock & Key is a multimedia dance performance exploring the multi-layered theme of cages. Trapped in a space together by an unseen external force, six individuals are forced to interact with one another, causing power struggles to break out and alliances to form. As tensions build and power dynamics intensify, a question begins to unfold: “Who holds the keys?”
Choreography/Direction: Sophia Stoller
Music: Justin Scheid
Video: Jesse Garrison
Lighting: Aron Altmark
Set: Stevie Nemazee
Costumes: Christine Bald
Technical Director: Jon Stoner
Stage Manager: Rita Santos
Performers: Brance William Souza, Elizabeth Houlton, Jake Harkey, Jenna Eady, Manuel Meza, Tariq Mitri
Illuminations, 2014
With projection onto bodies and screens and use of shadow play, Illuminations explores the many layers of self that can be both visible and invisible in an individual.
Choreography: Sophia Stoller
Music: Jeronimo Rajchenberg
Video Design: Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh
Lighting Design: Darius Gangei & Lauren Sego
Performers: Elizabeth Houlton, Isa Musni, & Tariq Mitri
Chrysalis Promo, 2013
Chrysalis is an evening length interactive dance theater performance exploring the theme of being on the brink. This is a collaborative piece choreographed by Soul Lab Dance Project, seamlessly weaving dance, spoken word, singing, and interaction with the audience.
Choreography and performance: Alli Gray, Marina Magalhaes, Kristin Killacky, Lauren Gould, Sophia Stoller
Trailer:
Cinematography: Jourdan Biziou and Marcelino Newquist
Video Editing: Sophia Stoller
Liminality, 2013
A work investigating the uncertainty and questioning that takes place during a transition.
Chreography: Sophia Stoller
Music Edit: Sophia Stoller
Lighting: Dan Norman
Performed by: Amy Chihara, Cailtin Adams, Kayla Johnson, Mallory Fabian, Rebecca Green
Elegant Decay, 2016
Shot at Maison Vitry, Treme, New Orleans, La
Editors: Sophia Stoller, Peter Amodeo Gould
Performance Director: Michael Schwartz
Cinematography: Peter Amodeo Gould
Performers: Lexie Papedo Gasparini, Lauren Gould, Jena McRae, Michael Schwartz, Emma Rose Shelton, Sophia Stoller
Set Design: Will Germain
Sound Design: Sophia Stoller, Peter Amodeo Gould
Music: waelandanna
Excess Nothing (film), 2014
Created at CalArts
Direction and Choreography: Sophia Stoller
Cinematography: Peter Gould
Editor: Sophia Stoller
Performers: Jenna Eady, Elizabeth Houlton, Kelsey Lanceta, Dina Lasso, Brance Souza