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Events are in New Orleans unless otherwise noted.

February 2023
February 11: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 9p-1a, no cover
February 18: Known Mass No. 4, “The Missalettes and Mxalettes,” fantasy dance team in the streets of the Marigny and Bywater. Public durational site-specific strolling dance performance. Free and unticketed.
February 25: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 9p-1a, no cover

January 2023
January 14: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 9p-1a, no cover
January 20: HEATWAVE! Sober Edition at the Domino, 9p-1a, no cover
January 28: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 9p-1a, no cover

December 2022
December 8: DJing the Lafitte Greenway Supernova. 5-6pm, on the Lafitte Greenway Plaza, free.
December 10: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 9p-1a, no cover
December 13: DJing the Sazerac House Holiday Sip & Shop, 6-8pm. free.
December 23: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 9p-1a, no cover
December 31: DJing NYE at Twelve Mile Limit, 10p-2a, no cover.

November 2022
November 5: DJing the New Orleans Ballet Theatre annual gala at the Shop at the CAC, 7-10pm
November 19: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 9-1, no cover
November 26: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 9-1, no cover

October 2022
October 2: DJing at the Sazerac House in honor of their third birthday, 1-4pm, free
October 8: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 9-1, no cover
October 14: DJing the New Orleans Botantical Gardens annual fundraiser, Magic in the Moonlight; afterparty set, 9:30-11p
October 22: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 9-1, no cover

September 2022
September 10: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 9-1, no cover
September 24: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 9-1, no cover

August 2022
August 13: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 9-1, no cover
August 27: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 9-1, no cover

July 2022
July 2: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 9-1, no cover
July 10-15: Teaching fiction to high school students at the Ohio State Young Writer’s Workshop (Columbus, OH)
July 23-27: Teaching improv and composition to ages 6 through high school at Parker Dance Academy Week of Dance (Parker, CO)
July 29: DJing at the Sazerac House for Tales of the Cocktail (Christmas in July!), 12:30-3:30pm
July 30: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 9-1, no cover

June 2022
June 11: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 9-1, no cover
June 18: Record Store Day set at Euclid Records, 11am, no cover
June 25: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 9-1, no cover
June 26: DJing at the Sazerac House for Sazerac Week, 1-4pm, no cover

May 2022
May 10: Teaching an Open Space movement class at CAC, 12pm-2pm, through the Beaubourg Free School.
May 14: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 9-1, no cover
May 17: Teaching an Open Space movement class at CAC, 12pm-2pm, through the Beaubourg Free School.
May 28: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 9-1, no cover

April 2022
April 1: Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans SweetArts annual gala; DJing the patron party, 7-8p
April 9: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 9-1, no cover
April 23: Record Store Day set at Euclid Records, 11am, no cover
April 23: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 9-1, no cover

March 2022
March 12: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 9-1, no cover
March 26: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 9-1, no cover

February 2022
February 12: HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 10-2, no cover
February 26: Known Mass No. 4, “The Missalettes and Mxalettes,” fantasy dance team in the streets of the Marigny and Bywater. Public durational site-specific strolling dance performance. Free and unticketed.
February 26: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 10-2, no cover

January 2022
January 6: King’s Day celebration at Sazerac House, 12p-5p
January 22: HEATWAVE! at Okay Bar, 10-2, no cover

December 2021
December 3: DJ set at the Chapel Club at Hotel St. Vincent (entry limited to hotel guests), 9p-midnight.
December 11: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10-2, no cover.
December 16: “The Small Dance” community conversation at Beaubourg, 8-9pm, free, part of the re:FRAME Community Dance Festival.
December 17: “The Small Dance” Movement Workshop for Every Body at Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, 3-5pm, free, advance registration required, part of the re:FRAME Community Dance Festival.
December 17: 01_fieldrecording duet dance film co-created with Chris Givens, New Orleans premiere, 9pm at Beaubourg, free, part of the re:FRAME Community Dance Festival.
December 18: DJ set for the closing party of the re:FRAME Community Dance Festival, free, 10pm at Beaubourg.
December 28, 29, 30, January 2: an animal dance solo performance test run at The Front, 7pm, free, extremely limited seating, advance registration required. part of re:FRAME Dance gallery exhibition of work-in-progress from the re:FRAME choreographic cohort, on view at The Front from December 11-January 2.
December 31: New Year’s Eve HEATWAVE! at Twelve Mile Limit, 10-2, no cover.

November 2021
November 13: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10-2, no cover.
November 27: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Okay Bar, 10-2, no cover.

October 2021
October 2: Sazerac House second anniversary party, 12-5pm, no cover.
October 9: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10-2, no cover.
October 14: Magic in the Moonlight gala benefitting the New Orleans Botanical Gardens.
October 23: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Okay Bar, 10-2, no cover.
October 29: Airlift Music Box set, 6:30-9:30pm, no cover. All ages. Outdoor venue, food & drink available on site, costumes encouraged.
October 31: HauntWAVE! Dance Party at the Domino on St. Claude, 8p-midnight, no cover. Costumes encouraged.

September 2021
September 18: HEATWAVE! Recovery / Party at the Domino to raise funds for Ida relief in the city and down the bayou.

July 2021
July 10: HEATWAVE! returns to Twelve Mile Limit. Celebrating New Year’s Eve, 10-2, countdown at midnight, no cover. See photos from the party.
July 17: Record Store Day part 2 at Euclid Records, noon set.
July 24: HEATWAVE! returns to Okay Bar. 10-2, no cover.

May 2021
May 28: HEATWAVE! Birthday Party Edition, celebrating everyone’s birthdays from March 2020 – present, including the 2nd birthday (and 1st birthday) of the Domino. 9:30p-1a, the Domino on St. Claude. 21+, masks requested indoors, dance party in the backyard. No cover. See photos from the party.

June 2021
June 12: Record Store Day part 1 at Euclid Records, noon set.

February 2021
February 6: “Involuntary Go,” backyard collaborative performance (scored improv for music and dance) and closing party for Shannon Stewart’s installation and solo performance, Involuntary Park, at the Front Gallery, 7-9pm.
February 14: Known Mass No. 4, “The Missalettes,” a Mardi Gras dance team parade fantasy. Durational site-specific strolling dance in the streets of the Marigny and Bywater, 2-3pm.

January 2021
January 23: DJ for closing party and dance-off (live Zoom set), Alabama Dance Festival / Alabama Dance Council, 8:45-9:45pm.

December 2020
December 3-6: Red Light One Acts. 7-9pm (6:30 doors). Directing a short piece written by Jamie Neumann; cast is Jamie, Christy Beshears, Mary Carol Chenet. Performance is socially distanced + masks required, in Jamie’s backyard in the Seventh Ward. $20 includes open bar. Extremely limited seating. RSVP and get address and other deets by emailing Jamie: redlightoneactsnola@gmail.com. [POSTPONED DUE TO COVID]
December 18: Ugly Sweaters & Heart-Warming Stories: A Bingo Night with 826 New Orleans. Live zoom set, 7:30-8pm.

November 2020
November 21: Saturday outdoor market at Okay Bar, 1-4pm (free)

October 2020
October 16: “Duet for Swimming Pool, with String Quartet,” with Shannon Stewart and the Lott Quartet. Performed at the SweetArts fundraiser dinner benefiting the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans.

September 2020
September 22: Fall equinox performance in City Park. Improvisation by an assortment of New Orleans musicians and dancers, facilitated by Shannon Stewart. Sunset. Free.

April 2020
April 11: HEATWAVE! House Party hosted by the Beaubourg Theatre/Free School. Doors at 8:30pm, set from 9-10pm. I’ll play “Madison Time” during the set; if you want to dance along, I taught a class on the Madison for you here. Zoom link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5046142020 / Meeting ID: 504 614 2020
April 30: DJing the Digital Get Down fundraiser for the New Orleans Abortion Fund. 6:30pm-8:30pm CDT, Zoom party. Sign up as a fundraiser, raise $25 or more, and get a ticket to what will incontrovertibly be this season’s best abortion funding dance party. Sign up at: fund.nnaf.org/NOAF2020 (P.S. You can sign up as a fundraiser even if you live elsewhere! The beauty of Zoom dance parties is unmatched!)

March 2020
March 7: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Okay Bar. 10pm-3am, no cover
March 13: DJing Lark in the Park at New Orleans City Park – CANCELED
March 14: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit. 10pm-2am, no cover – CANCELED
March 21: Queer Takeover hosts HEATWAVE! House Party (zoom party). 9-10pm.
March 22: Known Mass No. 4, Collective Intelligence. “Duet.” Ensemble devised movement. Music by Mike Wilkinson. Direction by Ann Glaviano. 6:30pm sharp. $5 at the door. Beaubourg Theatre (614 Gravier). Co-produced by the Free School at Beaubourg. More info here. – CANCELED
March 28: HEATWAVE! House Party – Feed the Frontlines edition (zoom party). Benefiting the Krewe of Red Beans drive to pay New Orleans restaurants to cook food delivered by New Orleans musicians to feed New Orleans hospital workers. With DJ Bob Greel. 8-10pm.

February 2020
February 8: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit. 10pm-2am, no cover
February 22: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Okay Bar. 10pm-2am, no cover

January 2020
January 4: Sober-friendly HEATWAVE! at the Domino on St. Claude, 10pm-2am, no cover; sponsored by Big Easy Bucha
January 7: Thirteenth Night kingcake party to benefit Congreso de Jornaleros, 5:30pm-8:30pm at Molly’s Rise and Shine (LGD). I’m DJing; fundraiser organized by Cantine via Sarah Town
January 11: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit. 10pm-2am, no cover
January 25: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Okay Bar. 10pm-2am, no cover

December 2019
December 6: DJing grand opening of WWII Museum Higgins Hotel (rooftop, 12:30-2pm)
December 11 and 12: Solo work-in-progress showings from a new cohort of choreographers in the re:FRAME residency at Art Klub. 6-8pm at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery (400A Julia St.). RSVP and more info here.
December 14: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit. 10pm-2am, no cover
December 28: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Okay Bar. 10pm-2am, no cover
December 31: NYE at Twelve Mile Limit. 10pm-2am, no cover.

November 2019
November 9: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit. 10pm-2am, no cover
November 19: Reading at Gathering of Sparks salon, 7pm
November 23: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Okay Bar. 10pm-2am, no cover

October 2019
October 4: March of Dimes “Signature Chefs” fundraiser
October 11: New Orleans Botanical Gardens “Magic in the Moonlight” fundraiser
October 12: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit. 10pm-2am, no cover
October 26: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Okay Bar. 10pm-2am, no cover
October 31: HAUNTWAVE! Dance Party: A Spirited Semi-Formal at The Domino (3044 St. Claude). Food pop-up by Third Wheel. Costumes/resurrected formalwear encouraged. Photos by Caitlyn Ridenour. 8pm-midnight, no cover.

September 2019
September 1: Dancing in the “Peep Show” opening for AnnieQuinn multi-disciplinary event series by choreographer Caroline Beach and media artist Ian Whalen. HOLE OF FAME, Königsbrücker Str. 39, 01099 Dresden, Germany, 8-10pm
September 7: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Okay Bar. 10pm-2am, no cover
September 11: DJ for the 2019 Association of Zoos & Aquariums and International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association Annual Conference at the Audubon Zoo, 8-10pm 
September 14: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit. 10pm-2am, no cover
September 28: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Okay Bar. 10pm-2am, no cover

November 2016
November 10: DJ for Victory Ball fundraiser at the National WWII Museum, 9pm
November 12: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
November 22: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

October 2016
October 8: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
October 16: DJ for New Orleans Film Festival VIP Lounge, Ace Hotel, 11am
October 19: DJ for New Orleans Film Festival VIP Lounge, Ace Hotel, 5pm
October 20: DJ for Big Class A Dark & Stormy Night, 7pm
October 22: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

September 2016
September 10: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
September 24: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm
September 30-October 1: Contact improv master class and Known Mass performance, part of the new Gulf Coast Dance Festival in Ocean Springs, MS

August 2016
August 5: Open contact improv fundamentals class and jam at Live Oak Dance, part of New Orleans Dance Network $5 class week, 6pm
August 13: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
August 27: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

July 2016
July 2: Known Mass No. 2: Out Music in Contact w/ Silo Homes (Matt Carney), music and contact improv at Art Klub, 9pm
July 9: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
July 23: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm
July 25, 27: Teaching contact improv for the Week of Dance at Parker Dance Academy (Parker, CO)
July 28: Guest DJ at Motown Thursdays, Pearl’s, 10pm

June 2016
June 8: Known Mass No. 2: Out Music in Contact w/ Jasper den Hartigh, music and contact improv at Art Klub, 9pm
June 9: Facilitating the Maple Street Book Club discussion of There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children Very Much, Until They Moved Back In by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya at the Maple Street Book Shop, 6pm
June 11: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
June 20, 24, 28, 30: Teaching contact improv for the Live Oak Dance 2016 Summer Intensive
June 25: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

May 2016
May 4, 5: The NOLA Project’s Don Quixote at the Besthoff Sculpture Garden (New Orleans Museum of Art), 7pm
May 7: DJ at Ace Hotel, lobby/bar set from 11p-2a
May 8, 11, 12, 13: The NOLA Project’s Don Quixote at the Besthoff Sculpture Garden (New Orleans Museum of Art), 7pm
May 14: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
May 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27: The NOLA Project’s Don Quixote at the Besthoff Sculpture Garden (New Orleans Museum of Art), 7pm
May 28: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

April 2016
April  9: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
April 15-16: Duet performance (choreographed by Jamie Neumann) for InFringe Fest at Reese Johanson’s new art space, 7 & 11pm Friday, 5 & 9pm Saturday
April 23: DJ at Ace Hotel, lobby/bar set from 6-9pm as part of #sixofsaturns line-up
April 23: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

March 2016
March 2, 9, 16, 23: Master classes at L. H. Ballet Classique: Introduction to Contact Improvisation (ages 10+), 6:45-7:45pm
March 12: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
March 19: DJ for John Besh Foundation fundraiser after-party
March 26: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

February 2016
February 13: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
February 14: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
February 19-20: Presentation & reading at the Louisville Conference
February 19: Guest DJ at Midnight Hour Soul Club, 9pm at Haymarket (Louisville)
February 27: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

January 2016
January 9: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
January 14-17: Performer in Drowning in Blue’s Red Light One Acts (“Visiting Hours”) at Playhouse NOLA, 8pm
January 23: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

December 2015
December 2: It’s New Orleans Happy Hour (podcast interview)
December 3: Io Féte Light & Art Festival Mid-City (dance and visual art collaboration with Catherine Nelson), 6-9pm
December 9: Fiction reading for the Blood Jet series at BJ’s in the Bywater, 8pm
December 12: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
December 13: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
December 18-19: Corps de ballet, New Orleans Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker at the Orpheum Theater
December 26: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm
December 27: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
December 31: DJ for New Year’s Eve at Twelve Mile Limit

November 2015
November 14: So Our Ghosts Can Find Us chapbook release party and reading with Anya Groner, Twelve Mile Limit, 8:30pm
November 14: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
November 20-22: FLOCK: The Stop Suffering Project (eDGe Fest & Faux/Real Fest) at Dancing Grounds, 7pm/9pm
November 28: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm
November 29: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
November 30: DJ for Less Than 100 closing reception, 7-10pm

October 2015
October 2: DJ for welcome party, Ohio State University Alumni Writers Extravaganza, 9pm (Columbus, OH)
October 3: Panel moderator, “The Alt-Ac Life (Writers Who Don’t Teach for a Living),” Ohio State University Alumni Writers Extravaganza, 1:15-2:45pm (Columbus, OH)
October 3: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Ace of Cups, 10pm (Columbus, OH)
October 10: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
October 16-17: Invited speaker to Connections Weekend, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts (Natchitoches, LA)
October 18: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
October 24: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

September 2015
September 5: HEATWAVE! Dance Party – Fourth Anniversary at Ace of Cups (Columbus, OH), 10pm
September 12: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
September 18: Reading/release party for the New Orleans Review Sci-Fi issue, Tubby Coo’s, 6-8pm
September 20: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
September 26: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

August 2015
August 22: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm
August 23: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm

July 2015
July 6: Guest DJ at Nashville’s Keep On Movin’ Monday night dance party at the Five Spot
July 11: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
July 12: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
July 25: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm
July 31: Intermediate/advanced ballet class at Live Oak Dance, 6-7:30pm

June 2015
June 12: The Bakkhai workshop production at Marigny Opera House, 8pm
June 13: The Bakkhai workshop production at Marigny Opera House, 8pm
June 13: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
June 14: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
June 27: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

May 2015
May 9: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
May 17: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
May 23: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm

April 2015
April 5: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
April 11: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Sidney’s Saloon, 10pm (Twelve Mile Limit closed for renovation)
April 19: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
April 23: HEATWAVE! Dance Party: Festival Edition with guest DJ Jonny Campos at Saint Street Inn (Lafayette, LA), 10pm

March 2015
March 1: DJ for book launch of Michelle Herman’s essay collection Like a Song at Ace of Cups (Columbus, OH), 6:30-10pm
March 2: Invited speaker at Ohio State Department of English to discuss grant writing with graduate students
March 7: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Ace of Cups (Columbus, OH), 9pm
March 8: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
March 14: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
March 22: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
March 28: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Bar Redux, 10pm

February 2015
February 7: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
February 8: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
February 22: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
February 27: HEATWAVE! Dance Party At Bar Redux, 10pm
February 27-March 1: Narcisse|Movement Project presents “The Agency” and “the many” at Dancing Grounds, 7:30pm

January 2015
January 10: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
January 11: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
January 17: FLESHmob at Exhibit BE, 3:20pm
January 24: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Bar Redux, 10pm
January 25: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
January 31-February 1: Narcisse|Movement Project at Southern Voices: Dance Out Loud, 8pm Saturday, 2pm Sunday

December 2014
December 5: “Ballerina” back-up dancer for Hannibal Buress at the Civic Theater, 8pm and 10pm
December 6: DJ for Press Street fundraiser at Allways Lounge, 9:30pm
December 13: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Twelve Mile Limit, 10pm
December 14: DJ for The Listening School fundraiser (Monica Mata Gilliam) at daMata Acupuncture, 7pm
December 19: DJ for Ugly Sweater Christmas Party at Bar Redux, 8pm
December 26: DJ for post-Christmas Christmas party at Hi-Ho Lounge, food and bands 8pm, vinyl at 10pm
December 27: HEATWAVE! Dance Party at Bar Redux, 10pm
December 28: Contact jam at Dancing Grounds, 6:30pm
December 31: DJ for New Year’s Eve at Twelve Mile Limit, 9pm