Solo Work
Investigating the body's ability to retain and trigger memory, Sadie Yarrington’s Muscle Memory was developed in 2019 via Show Box LA/we live in space and Rosanna Gamson/World Wide Terra Nova Choreographic residencies. Early presentations include: MashUp Contemporary Dance Company’s 2019 “Balance for Better” showcase at the Bootleg Theater, REDCAT Studio Spring 2019 session, and the 2019 BlakTinx Dance Festival.
Ensemble Work
Since 2018 Sadie has created work with Bodies in Play, a rotating roster of Los Angeles based artists founded by Andrew Pearson. In October of 2022 Sadie co-creative directed and performed in the group’s Works in Progress Showing. Hoping to create a more equitable experience for all collaborators, the group experimented with new structures for the creative process. Read more about the process and performance in this LA Dance Chronicle article.
Photo credit: Winnie Mu
Yarrington has spearheaded and contributed to multiple evening length projects. Key credits include: Director/Choreographer of the avant-garde, techno/house music inspired, visual experience of [PRESS PLAY], Choreographer of 1140 Productions’ of Romeo & Juliet at Live Arts LA, and musical productions at New Roads School in Santa Monica (see below).
Evening Length Work
Music Videos
Yarrington choreographed two breakout videos for Diplomacy, a music collaboration between Jack Falahee (How to Get Away with Murder) and Tim Wu (also known as Elephante). She movement directed and choreographed “Undertow” to feature Falahee navigating, singing, and moving through a car wash, referencing the emotional current of the song. And in, Diplomacy’s “Silver Lake Queen,” Yarrington choreographed and performed in the music video, which was then featured in Billboard Magazine.
Yarrington choreographed and performed in Jacque Hammond’s “Shadows”.
Site-Specific
Nearly immediately upon arrival in Los Angeles, Yarrington was featured in Stephan Koplowitz’s “Red Line Time” in 2013. This innovative, durational site-specific dance performance occurred along the LACMTA Red Line with scenes occurring at key train stations. With this project setting the tone, Yarrington has found herself involved in many productions outside the traditional proscenium stage. Additional credits include: Sleepless: The Music Center After Dark with Invertigo Dance Theater and Andrew Pearson’s “Ballad of Lady M” at Ruby Street in Highland Park.
Musical Theatre
While at the University of Michigan, Sadie choreographed several campus productions in addition to directing shows at Pioneer High School. Since 2016 Sadie has directed/choreographed the following mainstage productions at New Roads School; Spelling Bee, Once on This Island, Shrek, Footloose and Into the Woods, The Wiz, The Addams Family, Matilda and Urinetown. During the 20/21 school year, she daringly mounted two virtual productions, High School Musical and Spring Awakening, where the students rehearsed & filmed the entire show from home.