LEYNA MARIKA PAPACH
b. New York City
EDUCATION
MFA, Music/Sound and Interdisciplinary Study, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, 2014
Masters of Arts, Theater and Dance studies at DasArts, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2005
Certificate of Dance Studies, L’ecole Des Sables, directed by Germaine Acogny, Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, 2003
Private Study of violin with Ivan Straus, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (AMU), Prague, Czech Republic, 98~00
Undergraduate degree, Violin Performance, Conservatory in the University of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC)
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS
Artist Space Grant from the Brooklyn Arts Exchange 2020
Music Creator Award from the American Composers Forum/Jerome Foundation MN, 2020
HARP Residency, HERE Arts Center, NYC, 2011~13
Fellowship from the Japan/US friendship commission funded by the NEA for a six-month musical research in Japan, 2009
Travel/Research Grant from the Exploration Fund, Arts International, 2003
Two year grant for musical research in the Czech Republic from the Frank Huntington Beebe Fund, 1999~2000
Fellowship to attend Das Theater, Masters of Theater, Netherlands, 2000~03
SELECTED ORIGINAL THEATER/DANCE WORK (2004~Current)
Creation of ‘Mina at Night’, a short opera film, produced by the Minnesota Opera, responsible for music/libretto/directing/staging. Produced by the Minnesota Opera, 2021
Composition of ‘Passage’ for ‘SWELL’, an online/live performance of songs about the immigration experience. Produced by Melisa Tien, Presented by HERE Arts Center, NYC, 2021
Kagegoto Retrospective (duo with dancer, Chikako Bando) Direction/Composition/Choreography. Performance at Hunter College, NYC, March, 2019
Creation/Performance of ‘Tanking’ with Kagegoto/duet with dancer, Chikako Bando, Urbanguild, July, Kyoto, Japan, 2019
Creation of opera, “SONG”, Script/Composition/Direction/Choreography/Set Design/Costumes. Premiere at the HERE Arts Center, NYC. June/July 2016
Creation of “Glass Mouth two: “Tale of a Lost Heart...”
Direction/Script/Composition/Choreography/Set Design. HERE Arts Center, NYC, 2014
Creation of dance theater-opera, “The mother and I and I”Direction/Composition/Writing/Choreography/Set design, HERE Arts Center, NYC. Feb, 2013
Creation and performance of composition ‘What Stays Shall Stay’ at the``International, House in Tokyo, The Garden, Kyoto, Japan. The Tank, Galapagos Arts SpaceNYC, 2009~2010.
Creation of dance theater-opera, “The mother and I and I”Direction/Composition/Writing/Choreography/Set design, HERE Arts Center, NYC. Feb, 2013
Creation and performance of composition ‘What Stays Shall Stay’ at the``International, House in Tokyo, The Garden, Kyoto, Japan. The Tank, Galapagos Arts SpaceNYC. Year of 2009~2010.
Creation of ‘...Time for test/Time for Rest” Direction/music/choreography/design. Gasthuis Theater, Amsterdam, Alfred Ve Dvore theater in Prague, 2004.
SELECTED COLLABORATIONS AS A SOUND DESIGNER (2002~Current)
Sound Design for film by painter, Nitin Mukul. Video with electronics and violin piece ‘CRATOR’ performed at the Queens Museum as part of “Queens International” NYC, 2013
Sound Design for Greyson Hong’s Installation ‘Family time’, Artspace, New Haven, CT, 2009
Sound Design for choreographer Emily Faulkner, ‘Wind-Up Dances’, Here Arts Center, NY, 2009
Sound Design for choreographer, Karl Anderson, ‘Retrospectacle’, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Sound Design for “Sack” by choreographer, Michel Kouakou. Dance Theater Workshop (2007), BRIC Studios, NYC, and Danse Afrique Dance festival in Tunisia and Paris (2006)
Sound Design for theater production of “The Little Prince”, directed by Eric Ting. Roundhouse Theater, Washington DC, 2007
Video Design for theater artist, Clarinda Mac Low, ‘Murder is a habit that remorse can’t cure’, Performed in lower Manhattan, NYC, 2007
Sound Design for ‘Step In’, for Michel Kouakou and Anani Dodji Sanouvi, Duncan Center, Prague, Czech Republic, 2006
Sound Design for dancer, Antonie Svobodova for 4 productions over the years 2001~2005, Prague, Czech Republic
Sound Design for ‘Angel Files’ for Daniela Vorackova and Helene Kvint, Alfred Ve Dvore Theater, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005
Sound Design for ‘The Arc’, a group dance-theater piece by students of L’Ecole Des Sables, Toubab Dialaw Senegal, 2003
Sound Design for choreographer, Sandrine Harris, ‘Skin and Hour’, Prague Castle, Czech Republic, 2002
WORK AS A VIOLINIST/COMPOSER/IMPROVISOR
SELECTED RECENT ORIGINAL WORK (2017~current)
Commission for the Tesla Quartet as part of ‘Alternating Currents’ project, Presented by National Sawdust, NYC, 2021
Performance of composition for solo violin, What stays shall Stay, produced by Amplify art, 2021, University of Minnesota/online
Solo performance at MONA (museum of old and new) Tasmania, Australia, 2019
Solo performance at the New School/Women between the Arts, Outpost/Fire over Heaven series, NYC
Performance for violin, viola and electronics. Performed at: Superdeluxe, Tokyo, Urbanguild, Kyoto, Del Vaz Projects, Los Angeles, Swiss institute, NY,
INTERPERATIVE VIOLIN WORK(Overview)
Performances with Taylor Mac, J.G.Thirwell’s Monerexia (performed with Bang on a Can/River to river festival), Carla Bozulich, DowTown Trio, and many others.
Studio/Arrangement work for J.G.Thirwell/Tzadik, The Walkmen, August Wells, Sugarlife, Mattea Baim, Sondra Sun-Odeon. Commercial work such as: Narcos soundtrack(Netflix) and others.
Performances of North Indian Classical Music with vocalist Dada Tapan Baidya, Firehouse Museum, Silent Barn, Chandayang, NY and more.
Violinist in band, Geraldine Fibbers (with Carla Bozulich and Nels Cline). 2 US and 1European tours. Virgin Records, 1998-2000
Performance Experience/venues (Overview)
Original or interpretive work performed at venues such as: BAM, MoMA, The Stone, Le Poisson Rouge, Issue project room, Abrons Arts Center, Beacon Theater, Galapagos Arts Space, St.Anne’s Warehouse, Whitney Museum, Queens Museum, CBGB’s, ABC NoRio and Zebulon (NY), El Rey theater (LA), Xebec Hall (Japan), and many venues across the united states and Europe.
Festivals: Unlimited Festival (Austria), The HAU (Berlin), Festival Alternativa (Prague), All Tomorrow’s Parties (NJ), Alternativa Festival (Prague) Summer Stage at the Prospect Park Bandshell, River to River Festival, and others. Classical: Aspen Music festival, Spring in the Mountains, Performance with Tokyo Ensemble/Tokyo Bunkakaikan and others.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS / PERFORMANCES / DISCUSSIONS
Artist Equity Summit/American Composers Forum/Solo performance, Saint Paul, MN, 2021
Asian American Arts Alliance/Web Panel: Intimate Conversations with Asian Immigrants and Children of Asian Immigrants Who Turned Their Stories Into Song, NYC, NY, 2021
MoMA-Museum of Modern Art Judson Dance Theater: A collective Speculation, Performance/presentation, NYC, NY, 2019
Creative Cognition/ACM conference, Solo presentation, "In Running", Singapore, 2017
United Nations / Autism Awareness conference, Musical performance with, Dada Tapan Kanti Baiya, NYC, 2016
Difference and Media Project Conference and Workshops /Bard College 2018
Presentation "Bridging cultures through sound" and solo performance, 2016
UNESCO ITI (International Theater Conference) Presentation of Borges Project: a 10-country theater collaboration, representing Japan, Manilla, Philippines, 2006
SELECTED WORK AS A VIDEO ARTIST /FILM COMPOSER
‘Seedless Grapes’ Video/Sound installation, Ragis Center of Art, University of Minnesota, 2022
Soundtrack for Sancia Nash’s film, ‘retro’, Bard College, NY 2020
Performance of video piece “There is a Place” at the art space 21 Grand, Oakland, CA, 2010
Video pieces “Japan”, and "Flowers" shown at the Space15, Los Angeles, and Monkeytown, NY 2019
Video “Ise Hands” Exhibited at International House, Tokyo, 2009
Video work for choreographer Clarinda Mac Low's piece "Murder" Supported by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC 2006.
Filming/editing/sound design for documentary, ‘Stuck’, Senegal, 2003
Music composition for Documentary film “Will to Dance” Directed by Joshua Faudem, Prague, Czech Republic 2003
Music/Sound Design/Acting for Animation film “Pyramided” Directed by Ras Guarapo, Prague, Czech Republic, 2004