Tarren Johnson

Tarren Johnson is Agatha Falls second international resident choreographer, July 15 — August 4th.

Tarren Johnson is an American artist and choreographer from Southern California. Her performance practice incorporates systems and poetry to transpose contexts, allowing performance to exist in an incomplete and indeterminate state. Her work has been presented at institutions across Europe, including Volksbühne, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Les Urbaines, Sophiensæle, Festspielhaus Hellerau, and the Paris Internationale’s public program. Tarren has also performed at venues and festivals such as Festival d’Avignon, Festival d'Automne à Paris, Faurschou New York, Romaeuropa, Manifesta 11, and Art Basel.

During her residency at Agatha Falls, Tarren will continue her development of a new solo performance piece, "We Don’t Live Here Anymore." She starts her writing process focused on themes of the residual and the transient through a poetic framework.

Combining experimental sound, movement, and long-form poetry, she interrogates the nuances of impermanence and memory and explores various aspects of being between geographies.

Summer Soiree

Monday, July 15, 7-10pm
St. Agatha’s, 65 Abbott Rd., Buffalo, NY, 14220
(Enter around the corner on Good Street)

Please join us for an evening gathering to mark Tarren Johnson's arrival at Agatha Falls. Tarren will read passages from her current manuscript, We Don’t Live Here Any More.

Complimentary refreshments will be served.

The Blue Line with Tarren Johnson

Saturday July 20 & Sunday July 21, 9am — 1pm

Join us for The Blue Line, a two-day workshop led by Tarren Johnson. This workshop focuses on compositional strategies that blend creative writing and movement for performance.

Participants will start each day with a guided warm-up, preparing the body. The workshop includes exercises that integrate a range of techniques with physical movement, allowing participants to develop their own short performance pieces.

On the second day, participants will have the opportunity to present their work in a final showing.

*No experience needed for participation, pay what you can

Limited capacity, reserve a spot here