My collaboration with Dancer/Choreographer Laura Ward emerged from our shared interest in complex relationships, both in our art and personal lives.    LeXXXichoreography: Dances for the Goddess premiered in October, 2001, just three weeks after 9-11.  My sculptural installation ‘Smoke Rings’ was a response to watching from my studio window the never-ending smoke as it rose and drifted across the horizon.  

The almost compulsive way in which I consciously twisted and wrapped the coils helped me to work away the anguish I felt and memory of watching the Towers fall that bright September morning.   ‘Smoke Rings’, for me, represents the spirit of the souls who perished. 

Three years later, I collaborated with Laura Ward on ‘Endredaderas: Entanglements’.   My challenge was to create a sculptural environment and objects through which the dancers move and interact.  Stretched, knotted, and webbed nylon pantyhose represented the entanglement and drama of our daily lives, and caught by the dream catcher to seed our subconscious intent.
JUDY THOMAS
Octavia Cup  Dance Theatre
Judy Thomas
‘Shadow Maker’, 2001
nylon
site specific installation
for Octavia Cup
Judy Thomas
‘Smoke Ring, Moon’,2001
nylon, plastic lathe
private collection
  1. Octavia Cup Dance Theatre LeXXXichoreography: Dances for the Goddess, World Premiere, 2001
  2. Williamsburg Art Nexus (WAX)  Brooklyn, NY
  1. Octavia Cup Dance Theatre LeXXXichoreography: Dances for the Goddess, World Premiere, 2001
  2. Williamsburg Art Nexus (WAX)  Brooklyn, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre LeXXXichoreography: Dances for the Goddess, World Premiere, 2001 
Williamsburg Art Nexus (WAX)  Brooklyn, NY
  1. Octavia Cup Dance Theatre LeXXXichoreography: Dances for the Goddess, World Premiere, 2001
  2. Williamsburg Art Nexus (WAX)  Brooklyn, NY
  1. Octavia Cup Dance Theatre LeXXXichoreography: Dances for the Goddess, World Premiere, 2001
  2. Williamsburg Art Nexus (WAX)  Brooklyn, NY
  1. Octavia Cup Dance Theatre LeXXXichoreography: Dances for the Goddess, World Premiere, 2001
  2. Williamsburg Art Nexus (WAX)  Brooklyn, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Enredaderas: Entanglements World Premiere, 2004
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
Judy Thomas for Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Sets for Enredaderas: Entanglements , 2004
Mixed Media, detail
Judy Thomas for Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Sets for Enredaderas: Entanglements , 2004
Mixed Media