Co-directors/founders: Taryn Lavery & Alex MillerSPORTSTAR (2019, collaboration with make-up artist/photographer, Jackson Montgomery Schwartz)
OFFBEAT SERIES: BLiPSWiTCH's Offbeat series has brought over 150 multidisciplinary artists together in locally-sponsored community venues.
Offbeat I (2016)Offbeat II (2016)
Offbeat III (2017)Offbeat VI (2018)
Offbeat VIII (2019)Offbeat IX (Film Edition, 2020)
Offbeat X (2021)Offbeat X (2021)
DANCE CLASSES: BLiPSWiTCH proudly offers the most financially accessible weekly contemporary dance class in Austin (2018-present). We've hosted almost 20 guest teachers, including two workshops: - "Unconventional Dance" with NYC artists Hollis Bartlett & Nattie Trogdon - Jesse Zaritt & Michael Wall, co-hosted with filmmaker Maggie Bailey for the documentary Moving Together (released in 2022 and now playing on PBS).
EVENING LENGTH WORKS: 1. Diet Fizz Radio(2017) - Nominated in the 2017 Austin Critics Table Awards: choreography, sound, lighting, and dancer. 2. Roheline(2017) - Developed as artist in residence for the eighth installment of the Eleven Eleven project. 3. Shoestring(2017) - A portion of ticket sales benefitted the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians. 4. hone \ rile(2018) - Through community voting, BLiPSWiTCH was awarded a grant to support this work. 5. On the Skids(2019) 6. Dear V,(2021) 7. Gentle our Driftless Caravan(2022, commissioned by En Route Productions) - Listed as one of the Seven Performance Highlights of 2022 by SIGHTLINES Magazine 8. A Hair Can Split the Difference(2023) 9. Unstill Life (2024) - A culmination of our Still Life movement installation series.
BLiPSWiTCH has been presented by Austin Dance Festival, San Antonio Dance Festival, Wizard Rodeo, Revolve: A Movement Display, Dislocate (Santa Barbara, CA), Ready/Set/Go! Dance, and First Street Studio. Our work has also been commissioned by Louisiana's Acadiana Center for the Arts (K.C. Jones & Friends, 2024), Performa/Dance (Hyperbaton, 2024), visual artist Elizabeth Chapin (Dancing with Trees, 2024), photographer Frank Curry (Insecta, 2022), and Mendocino College (2019).
Foreign Phone Number (2016, for Austin Dance Festival)Still Life 375° (2016, for Revolve: A Movement Display)
Still Life III: Bathhouse (2019)Clubhouse (2015)
oblique (2017, for Revolve: A Movement Display)Still Life II: A Study of the Study (2018, for Revolve: A Movement Display)
KUTX presents A Kate Bush Bash - a benefit for Free Lunch (2022)Wizard Rodeo Music Festival (2023)
Dancing with Trees (2024, for Elizabeth Chapin)Hyperbaton (2024, for Performa/Dance)
UPCOMING:
Site-Specific Sponsorship program-- a new artist support initiative we launched this year-- will be presenting our first awardees' show in November.
The 10th(!) year of BLiPSWiTCH begins on October 10th! We will be kicking it off with a Ten for Ten fundraising campaign and community celebration event.
We will be returning to Wizard Rodeo music festival for the fourth year.
A new evening length work and Offbeat XI to come in 2026.
