I DIDN'T COME TO STAY

Choreography by Leonardo Sandoval, with improvisation by the dancers
Original music by Gregory Richardson, with Leonardo Sandoval, José Cruzata, Jennifer Vincent, Noé Kains
Lighting design by Kathy Kaufmann
Costume design by Dede Ayite
Cast 8 dancers, 5-piece band
Duration 57-60 minutes

Premiere April 12, 2021 at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Dancers: Naomi Funaki, Orlando Hernández, Roxy King, Gerson Lanza, Leonardo Sandoval, Lucas Santana, Gisele Silva, Ana Tomioshi,
Band: Gregory Richardson, José Carlos Cruzata Revé, Josh Davis, Jennifer Vincent
Previously Performed at
Guggenheim Museum | April 2022
Jacob's Pillow | July 2022
Fall for Dance - New York City Center | September 2022
Paul Mellon Arts Center | October 2022
National Dance Institute | October 2022
APAP showcase at Guggenheim Museum | Jan 2023
Summerstage | July 2023
Wave Hill | July 2023
The Yard | July 2023
Vail Dance Festival | July 2023
DanceCleveland | August 2023
Rowan University | November 2023
Boston Celebrity Series | January 2024
Joyce Theater | February 2024
The Clarice/UMD | February 2024
White Bird | March 2024
Utah Presents | March 2024
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao | August 2024
Mass MoCA | October 2024
Whitaker Center | September 2024
Newman Center | January 2025
Moore Theatre - Seattle Theater Group | January 2025
I Didn’t Come to Stay is a commission from Works & Process at the Guggenheim and was created with the support of a summer 2020 Works & Process bubble residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, as well as residency support in March 2021 from The Yard, an April 2021 Pillow Lab residency at Jacob’s Pillow, a February 2022 Creative residency at Chelsea Factory, and a March 2022 Works & Process LaunchPAD “Process as Destination” residency at Catskill Mountain Foundation. Additional rehearsal support was provided by the American Tap Dance Foundation.

I Didn’t Come to Stay was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This project is funded, in part, through a Seed Fund for Dance grant from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation, thanks to the support of the Mertz Gilmore Foundation. The piece’s creation was also supported by a 2022 grant from the O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation, and a 2022 APAP ArtsForward grant. Music From The Sole is supported by Dance/NYC’s Dance Advancement Fund, made possible by the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Ford Foundation, and by the New York State Council on the Arts.
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CREDITS
Photos by Titus Ogilvie-Laing