Artistic works

Beyond its core programs, The Sunflower Project also supports the development of professional artists of all disciplines. Explore this inspiring gallery of Sunflower Project supported works that showcase the resiliency of Survivors.

Bittersweet

Choreographer: Leah Zeiger

Co-Directors: Alexandra Velasco + Leah Zeiger

Dancers: Sierra Henry, Amanda Sun, Amina Yufanyi

Producer: Leah Zeiger

Musical composition: Max Berlin

Created in partnership with the National Domestic Violence Hotline

Once It All Ends

Choreography: Leah Zeiger

Performers: Amanda Boike, Anna Rodimsteva, Leah Zeiger

Camera: Lucinda Harstrick

Editing: Alexandra Velasco

Music: “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” La Santa Cecilia, En Vivo'; “Trust in Me” Etta James; “This Bitter Earth” Dinah Washington

Festivals: Watson Dance Choreo Fest 2020

Relatively In Touch

Choreographer + Performer: Leah Zeiger

Music: You've Really Got a Hold On Me by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

Sound Design: Charlie Curtis-Beard

Lighting: Here Perkowitz

Mentor: Peter Carpenter

Columbia College Chicago, 2017

Prescribed Burn

Choreographer & Performer: Leah Zeiger

Sound Design and Composition: Cassandra Kaczor

Original poem written and performed by: Leah Zeiger

Awakenings Foundation, Songs of Survival, 2016