VOLTA Performance in The Abstract Future
MAMIE GREEN’S LONELINESS TRIPTYCH; A LINEAGE OF ABSTRACT ARTISTS IN LA
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE – Loneliness Triptych runs two times at Jeffrey Deitch:
● June 27, 2025 at 7 - 7:30pm
● June 27, 2025 8 - 8:30pm
Award-winning choreographer Mamie Green's latest work examines isolation in our hyperconnected world through abstract dance, text, and everyday objects.
Jeffrey Deitch presents choreographer Mamie Green’s acclaimed dance company Volta to activateThe Abstract Future, curated by Alia Dahl. Abstraction and live performance are some of few areas where authenticity cannot be copied, digitized, or optimized—and Green’s Loneliness Triptych embodies and examines that vanishing refuge.
The 30-minute piece transforms everyday objects—an inflatable mattress, a rug, a rolling office chair—into symbols of longing, alienation and connection.
“These vignettes play between the literal and the abstract, enabling audiences to find themselves between meaning and abstraction,” says director and choreographer Mamie Green, whose work with Volta was named in Fjord Review's Best of Dance 2023.
Green examines the many ways we avoid and long for intimacy, and how digital platforms simultaneously connect and isolate us.
The performance unfolds in three distinct scenes:
● The Doppelganger: A solitary woman escapes into cinematic fantasies while dancers embody her inner turmoil
● The Cam-girl: Two dancers investigate the line between sexuality and "digital intimacy" while separated by an inflatable mattress
● The Kid: Two dancers transform a rolling office chair into a playground of nostalgia and imagination
The production features a collaborative team including director/choreographer Mamie Green, writers Stephanie Wambugu, Lily Lady, and Sammy Loren, performed by Bella Allen, Cacia LaCount, Anne Kim, Ryan Ruiz, and Ryley Polak, with an original score by Patrick Shiroishi.
About Volta and Mamie Green
Mamie Green's work fuses physicality, theatricality, and multidisciplinary approaches to performance. Her work with Volta uses a variety of media — dance, poetry, theater, sculpture, and food — to break the boundaries of contemporary dance, creating multifaceted collaborations that engage diverse audiences. Green has toured and taught internationally as Volta's director and choreographer, with grants from the German Consulate General, the US Embassy, Community Engagement, Seattle Office of Art & Culture, and more. Named in Fjord Review's Best of Dance 2023, Volta has been commissioned and presented at the Laguna Art Museum, MAXXI National Museum Rome, Museum of Neon Art, Brand Library, Neutra House VDL, Loyola Marymount University, and Brooklyn Center Theatre Research, among others, with upcoming engagements at New Theater Hollywood, the Ace Hotel New York, and Skirball Cultural Center.
Patrick Shiroishi is a Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles who is perhaps best known for his extensive and incredibly intense work with the saxophone. Over the last decade he has established himself as one of the premier improvising musicians in Los Angeles, playing solo and in numerous collaborative projects. Shiroishi may well be considered a foundational player in the city’s vast musical expanse. Since the release of his 2013 solo debut black sun sutra, Shiroishi has produced a hefty handful of LPs. Sometimes, his work is sprawling and bizarre. At other times, it’s more subdued. But at the root of all of his endeavors lies strong musical partnerships, resulting in records that capture the freewheeling energy of all the musicians, collectively embracing spontaneity.
Sammy Loren's work has been published in Elle, Frieze, Nylon, Interview, and many others. He’s the Founding Editor of the art and literary tabloid On The Rag and curates the reading series Casual Encountersz.
Lily Lady is an artist and poet from New York City. Lady directed the film Sam’s World and their play Session is currently on tour.
Stephanie Wambugu lives in New York City. She was born in Mombasa, Kenya, and grew up in New England. Her debut novel Lonely Crowds will be published by Little, Brown in July 2025.