About alter idem

It is easy to get lost, to lose sight of oneself and wander. One has to feel her way around, wading through thought and sensation. Is the second self a trusted friend or an altered state? Whether the view is intimate, obstructed or distant, the armature is evident, coiling around itself as she slips in and out of view. Is there a way out or in? Which one is the true self?

About Kim Karpanty

Kim Karpanty (Director/Lead Editor, alter idem) is the Artistic Director of Travesty Dance Group (Ohio, USA) and an international dance artist. She performed and choreographed professionally in New York City for over a decade and has been an invited guest artist at numerous universities and dance festivals globally. Karpanty was a Professor of Dance at Kent State University for 25 years and is a nationally certified Pilates teacher (NCPT). She has created over 60 original works in modern dance, dance theatre, concert jazz and screen dance genres that are socially aware and interdisciplinary in collaboration with visual artists, media artists, actors, poets, musicians, composers and dancers.

alter idem was created with choreographer/performer Joan Meggitt and composer Greg D’Alessio; it has been screened in juried film festivals in the United States, Brazil, Dubai, Germany, Italy, Macao, Mexico, Portugal and Sweden.