Welcome from the Directors

We are feeling immense gratitude that you have chosen to celebrate our 10 year anniversary with us by attending Fling! It has been a special process of looking back on the last ten years and seeing how this company has grown and changed alongside the SLC dance community. We started creating work together for school and for fun. In 2014, we could not have imagined the gift of still being in the studio together in 2024. This is for the over 25 fish (company members) who have collaborated; for our families who have attended all the shows; for our mentors; and for our audiences, our friends, our technical crew. We look forward to celebrating 10 more and being awestruck by it in 2034.

On behalf of all the fish past & present,
Cat Kamrath Monson, Daniel Do, & Megan O’Brien

Swims Our Blood (2014)

Choreographed by Cat Kamrath Monson, Original Cast, & Current Cast
Rehearsal Director: Megan O’Brien
Dancers: Bayley Banks, Samantha Matsukawa, Morgan Phillips, Masio Sangster, Alicia Trump
Music: RY X, Tycho, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

Before there were official fish names. Before the company was named. Before we knew we would still be making work together 10 years later. There was Swims Our Blood. Originally presented for the University of Utah’s Department of Modern Dance Graduate Salon in December 2014 and danced by Maddie Andersen, Marty Buhler, Daniel Do, Tori Duhaime, Luciana Johnson, and Megan O’Brien.

The 2024 reprise was rehearsal directed by Megan O’Brien and contains creative contributions by the new cast - Bayley as Maddie/Megan, Samantha as Tori, Morgan as Marty, Masio as Daniel, and Alicia as Luciana.

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Curtain Speech by the Directors

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a place for us to rest (2024)

Choreographer: Megan O’Brien in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers: Caleb Daly, Courtney Mazeika, Morgan Phillips
Music: Gia Margaret, Prm, Connor McCoy
Costumes: Caleb Daly

“I just want to look for the softest grass I can find, lay down in it and look at the sky for a very very very long time.”

For my mom, my dad, my sister, and my two brothers. For my friends and for my chronically ill companions. Last but not least, for 15 year old Megan.

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An extended pause.

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The Time Markers (2024)

Choreographer: Daniel Do in collaboration with dancers
Dancers: Kiya Green, Samantha Matsukawa, Fausto Rivera
Music: Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

I want to give my deepest gratitude to the dancers for their contributions, patience, and laughs that were shared during this special process.

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A short pause.

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Nomadic Cosmos (2024)

Choreographic Direction: Cat Kamrath Monson
Rehearsal Director: Daniel Do
Choreographic Contributors & Dancers:
- Sun Quartet: Bayley Banks, Jonathan Kim, Masio Sangster, Kellie St. Pierre
- Mars Duet: Jon & Kellie
- Mercury Duet: Bayley & Masio
- Moon Duet: Bayley & Kellie
- Venus Duet: Jon & Masio
- Jupiter Duet: Masio & Kellie
- Saturn Duet: Bayley & Jon
- Neptune Quartet: Bayley, Jon, Masio, & Kellie

Music: Quickening by malictusmusic; Sector Vector by Little Glass Men; Grace by Mr. Smith; Floating by Triple5 Here; Quirk by Mr. Smith; Ambient Truth by Komiku; Quirky Small Town Characters by Lee Rosevere; A Fine Orange Mist by Mr. Smith
Licensing provided by Free Music Archive.


Immense gratitude and love for these artists.
This work was made almost solely online with Cat in Laramie, the company in Salt Lake City, and Daniel interpreting Cat’s directions.