Performances
UPCOMING: Ann Glaviano performs an animal dance. New Marigny Theatre, July 22-25, 2026. Advance tickets required.
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POSTPONED: Known Mass No. 5, Collective Intelligence – “Duet”
a relic from the pandemic that will be revisited eventually
Twenty people from the New Orleans community, including a baker, a poet, an enthusiast, a classical dancer, and a museum archivist, will perform “duet” for one hour. Sunday, March 22, 2020, at 6:30pm sharp POSTPONED
Beaubourg Theatre (614 Gravier St.)
Sound/music by Mike Wilkinson
Direction by Ann Glaviano
Co-produced by the Free School at Beaubourg
an animal dance
Ann Glaviano performs an animal dance. The audience will turn off and on the stage lights, among other things.
Known Mass No. 6, SPACE
Ann will perform SPACE at 6pm and 8pm daily for an audience of two people.
Known Mass No. 4, “The Missalettes” (2022)
Take yourself on a walk in, with, or alongside a fantasy Mardi Gras dance team.
KNOWN MASS NO. 4, “The Missalettes” (2021)
Take yourself on a walk in, with, or alongside a fantasy Mardi Gras dance team.
Known Mass No. 3, “St. Maurice” (2019 production)
A live performance In which six women reconstruct a deconsecrated church using a sheet, a bathtub, their voices, & their bodies. At the end of the performance, the church disappears.
Known Mass, “Secret Beach”
Performance installation in collaboration with visual artist Catherine Nelson for her exhibit A TUSSLE WITH THE GENIUS LOCI.
Known Mass / Bach Around the Clock
Scored 18-minute improv with a musical collaboration from Andy Gibbs (Thou), Melissa Guion (MJ Guider), and Mike Wilkinson (Marker).
KNOWN MASS NO. 3, “St. Maurice” (2018 Workshop)
Ten women will reconstruct St. Maurice Church in Art Klub–marking, occupying, and activating, with their bodies and their memories, key sites of physical objects and personal narratives.
Known Mass: Ocean Springs COAST DANCEfest 2016
Scored improv with cellist Maria Widmer at the inaugural COAST DANCEfest, curated by Summer Baldwin.
Known Mass No. 2: Out Music in Contact w/ Matt Carney
45 minutes of scored improv meet 45 minutes of new music.
Known Mass No. 2: Out Music in Contact w/ Jasper den Hartigh
45 minutes of scored improv meet 45 minutes of new music.
Known Mass No. 1
A collaborative project between local musicians and dancers, KNOWN MASS is a non-narrative work exploring the dynamics of sound and movement and celebrating gravity: the force of attraction that exists between all physical bodies. New music composed by Jasper den Hartigh.
Preview performance and fundraiser
Two sets of scored improv to music by Matt Carney (Silo Homes) and Jasper den Hartigh.
KNOWN MASS 