Leap Into Spring

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LEAP INTO SPRING



Contents Seeds of the Project About Project Brief Inspirations & References Dancers & Fittings Tear Sheets Photo Shoot Style Guides Event Invites Leap Day Event Credits Bibliography

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Seeds of the Project Chicago Academy of Music, organized a benefit in November 2015 where the musicians from the academy had a concert and to make it more dynamic, they asked various creative people to show their work like Sandro Miller and Lucy Slivinski. The orchestra was conducted by Kahil El’Zabar. Katrin Schnabl was part of this creative event, where she showed pieces from her collection. Parks Dene, who is on the board of DanceWorks, was a major part of the event from Katrin’s team.

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DanceWorks

Katrin Schnabl

DanceWorks Chicago is committed to building a foundation for early career artists by providing a laboratory from which dancers and choreographers propel themselves and the art form to a new level of artistry through training, collaboration, mentorship, and performance. Unique to Chicago’s cultural landscape, DWC’s efforts to nurture and convene the next generation of artists, audience, and dance citizens, inspires, empowers, and contributes to a sustainable future for dance.

Katrin Schnabl strives to empower women by creating clothes that reflect their dynamic lives, while enhancing their personal sense of style. A trained dancer and skilled pattern-maker, Schnabl fuses her two passions to create sophisticated and modern clothes that move sensuously on the body. The designer is known for combining luxurious fabrics, unique color combinations, and unexpected details to create collections that transcend trends and seasons. It is part of a unique vision to re-think the meaning of luxury, by nurturing a direct link between the designer and the women who wear her clothes.

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Jersey Collection

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Project Brief A collaboration between the Katrin Schnabl Collection and DanceWorks Chicago, the project is an unconventional way for a fashion studio and a dance company to mutually support each other’s visions. The process highlights the role of research in the collaboration – looking at inspirational styling, cohesiveness of the group, style guides, fittings and as well as stepping stones like photo shoot, live studio event and future touring of Europe.

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Inspirations & References Alwin Nikolais - Pages 14 -15 Dore Hoyer - Pages 12 - 13 Ingmar Bergman - Page 14 Martha Graham - Page 15 Pilobolus - Pages 16 -17 Richard Avedon - Page 13 William Forsythe - Page 17

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Credits The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Center for Research and Collaboration: For givng Saumitra Chandratreya an opportunity to work with Katrin Schnabl Collection on this exciting Collaborative project.

Jimi Loc Nguyen Julian Valme Teresa Marsala

Katrin Schnabl Collection:

Grace Duval, For capturing the dance of light with the photographs at the Elevation for Katrin Schnabl Collection.

Katrin Schnabl, For being the brains and the creative powerhouse behind this project.. Birgit Rohm, For handling the business side of the things robustly. Kimberly, Mariya and Rachel, For your help with various events. Alex Aubry, For doing the first invite setting a very graphic format for it. DanceWorks: Julie Nakagawa and Andreas Boettcher, For being the creative duo behind DanceWorks and giving young dancers a platform and grooming them into professionals. Parke Dene, For making this Collaboration happen. The Dancers Ginny Ngo Imani English James Gowan

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Photography:

Matthew Reese, For the photographs of the Jersey Collection for Katrin Schnabl Collection. Vin, For capturing the exciting energy behind the silhouettes of the Katrin Schnabl collection and the amazing energy of the DanceWorks’ dancers. Julie Nakagawa and Katrin Schnabl for the various process pictures throughout the book. Cover Photo, Vin. Cover Artwork, Saumitra Chandratreya.


Bibliography Morgan, Barbara Brooks. Martha Graham, Sixteen Dances In Photographs. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Morgan & Morgan, 1980. Print. Deane, John.Cano, Nan Deane.Acts Of Light: Martha Graham In The Twenty-first Century. Gainesville, FL : University Press Of Florida, 2006. Print. Franko, Mark. Martha Graham In Love And War: The Life In The Work. New York : Oxford University Press, op. 2012. Print. Avedon, Richard., Holm, Michael Juul.Crenzien, Helle. Richard Avedon: Photographs, 1946-2004. HumlebĂŚk, Denmark : Louisiana Museum Of Modern Art ; 2007. Print. Avedon, Richard.Arbus, Doon.The Sixties. New York : Random House ; 1999. Print. Forsythe, William.Weisbeck, Markus.William Forsythe: Suspense. ZĂźrich, Switzerland : JRP Ringier ; 2008. Print.

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