NOTHINGBEING

NOTHINGBEING is a project initiated by choreographer Takahiro Yamamoto, and developed in collaboration with Samita Sinha, David Thomson, and Anna Martine Whitehead. This work investigates ways to embody the presence of nothingness and "being," breathing spaces that we could easily dismiss and consider possibilities for the unfiltered self.

STAR POWER HOUR: The Cast of The Shipment

Artistic Director Rachel Cook sits down with the creative collaborators of "THE SHIPMENT" to talk about what went into the piece.

Watch "THE SHIPMENT" on ontheboards.tv!

This segment aired during the 2021 ontheboads.tv fundraiser in March 2021.

STAR POWER HOUR: Rachel Mars, Michelle Ellsworth, and Jenny Peterson

Artistic Director Rachel Cook sits down with artists Rachel Mars, Michelle Ellsworth, and Jenny Peterson to talk about their favorite performance objects, previous pieces—and to briefly introduce their pets to the world.

Watch Michelle Ellsworth's "Phone Homer" on ontheboards.tv!

This segment aired during the 2021 ontheboads.tv fundraiser in March 2021.

STAR POWER HOUR: Bebe Miller and Dayna Hanson

Artistic Director Rachel Cook sits down with contemporary performance legends Bebe Miller and Dayna Hanson.

Watch Bebe Miller's "In a Rhythm" and Dayna Hanson's "Gloria's Cause" on ontheboards.tv!

This segment aired during the 2021 ontheboads.tv fundraiser in March 2021.

Timothy White Eagle in Space!

Timothy is commissioned by Artistic Director Rachel Cook for a residency on the planet Mars and sets off for the stars, discovering DANGERS, ALIEN FAUNA, and LONELINESS at a level never before experienced by humankind! Watch him experimentally and "contemporary-ly" perform his way THROUGH SPACE.  

Originally aired live on May 20th, 2021 as part of On the Boards’s annual Virtually Spectacular:  MARS | PERSEVERANCE. Mission: Seeking signs of ancient and future life and bringing forth new worlds

Awaiting Oblivion

Blurring the lines between fiction and reality, Awaiting Oblivion... follows the story of AO, an anonymous street artist who has tasked Emmy and Jeffrey with the creation of a performance as a way to share AO’s “temporary solutions” for existing within our collapsing empire. Inspired by creative processes developed by the '60s Fluxus art movement, each “temporary solution” is a visual/textual poem contained in a Flux-kit (a cigar box collaged with stenciled imagery and typewritten letters).

Betroffenheit - available through March 1, 2026

The award-winning "Betroffenheit" is a boundary-stretching hybrid of theatre and dance that explores the psychological states of trauma, grief and addiction. Available on OtB.tv through March 1, 2026.

Black Bois

Enter a world where Black bodies tell their own stories. Where Black love and Black expression prevail. A world where Black stories heal, grow, and transform the lives they touch. Featuring live music, collaboration with a large cast of local artists/performers, and installations, this performance project celebrates Black bodies in space and an emotional engagement with movement. Black Bois is a love letter to Black bodies, minds, and spirits.

M _ _ _ ER

Combining improvisation with sculpture, sound, and lights, M _ _ _ ER taps into the tangled relationships we have with familiar people and things to examine the shifting dynamics of intimacy between audience members' senses of self, others, and objects. The title suggests various interpretations of its missing letters; the performance itself addresses ideas such as “mother,” “murder,” and “matter,” while still leaving room for ambiguity. M _ _ _ ER is a nonlinear, scenic examination of entanglements, from mothers to matter.

Paradisiacal Rites

Paradisiacal Rites is the realization and completion of the “Aesthetic Declarations” Transports of Delirium: Aesthetic Ascesis in 4 Acts. Conceived, written, and directed by Derrick Ryan Claude Mitchell. These Aesthetic Declarations showcased elements of ballet, symphony, installation, modern dance, ritual, site specific installation, and experimental theatrical performance.