“This is how modern dance should be: beautiful and edgy all at once” – Dance Informa

Founded in 2003, DOUBLE VISION creates experimental performances for dance, music, and video that embody the changing landscape of contemporary culture.

Under the direction of Sean Clute and Pauline Jennings, the company has distinguished itself both nationally and internationally. In 2008, DOUBLE VISION celebrated its fifth year by embarking upon an ambitious U.S. tour, the 4×60 Tour. The company gave 17 performances throughout the U.S. in San Diego, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Boulder, Columbus, Chicago and Brooklyn. Following the success of the 4×60 Tour, Clute and Jennings travelled to Europe where they were in residence at the Museumsquartier. During the residence, they performed and lectured at the University of Applied Arts (Vienna), the Museumsquartier Wien (Vienna), Pécsi Tudományegyetem Muvészeti Kar (Péc), Institut Intermédií (Prague), and CST Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology + Tanz Akademie Zürich (Zurich). The performance, Six Donuts, at the Museumsquartier boasted five dance and audiovisual world premieres.

In 2009, DOUBLE VISION was awarded grants by the Zellerbach Family Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to support the development of Hysteresis, a full-evening dance informed by contemporary dance in Vienna. The work, a New York Times Pick-of-the-Week, had its San Francisco premiere at Dance Mission Theater in April 2010 and its New York City premiere at the Merce Cunningham Studio in July 2010 and was met with rave reviews in both cities. The company was in residence this past spring at the SILO (DanceNOW NYC), and the Montpelier Contemporary Dance Center. This summer, the company is embarking upon a 6-week tour through Europe, the Recession Special Tour, that includes performances and residencies at the Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture (Greece), Primo Piano LivinGallery’s Eye of the Storm Festival (Lecce), ProARTS International Choreography Festival (Brno), Moving House Foundation’s Florian Workshop (Budapest), and OZU (Italy). In the fall of 2011, DOUBLE VISION’s work will be featured in Dance New Amsterdam’s WIP Series, the 2011 DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL, and the 6th annual WAVE RISING SERIES, both in New York City.

Nationally, DOUBLE VISION has presented work at the Merce Cunningham Studio, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and ODC Theater. The company has participated in U.S. artist residencies at Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts: School of Dance, the University of New Mexico’s ARTSLab, N4th Theater (Albuquerque), and the University of Arizona. Clute and Jennings have also lectured and led master classes at the University of California at Berkeley, Mills College, College of Santa Fe, and the University of Brighton (UK).