BRITTANY A. NETTLES
On Stage Works
4 U
Inspired by Britney Spears' battle with her conservatorship, "4 U" is a movement duet between a woman and an inanimate object. Holding her back, chaining her down, keeping her from freedom, until finally, she destroys the game all together.
Presented by: Texture Contemporary Ballet's Choreographer Project 2025
Dancer: Elaina Stutula
Music: Original Track by Brittany Nettles featuring "I'm a Slave 4 U" by Britney Spears
Abundant Heart, Fluorescent Body
"Abundant Heart, Fluorescent Body" features two queer characters meeting each other as they question their identities, dancing in an inflatable ball pit. Moving among the neon plastic balls, they walk each other home at the end of the night.
Presented by: Texture Contemporary Ballet's Choreography Project 2024
Dancers: Brittany Nettles, Madisyn Montgomerey
Music: Original Track by Eric Boyd
I Feel Love 12"
"I Feel Love 12" " is a celebration! A party on the dance floor, featuring contemporary floorwork performed by cast of fierce women in sparkly jumpsuits. In times of hardship, how can we find community and embrace our unique identities.
Presented by: Shana Simmons Dance "MishMosh" 2024
Dancers: Brittany Nettles, Mina Willis, Shana Simmons, Nicole Rae Jones, Madisyn Montgomery
Music: 'I Feel Love' by Donna Summer
Costume Design: Brittany Nettles
Rose Quartz
"Rose Quartz" explores an intersection of queerness and feminity using contemporary movement a unique prop. As the dancer goes on this journey, beads, rose petals, rocks, and more fall from the folds in their clothes. Leaving a trail behind and creating an improvisational sound score.
Presented by: inter-pgh (2023) and Shana Simmons Dance (2024)
Dancer: Brittany Nettles
Music: Anna Clyne
Aphrodite
"Aphrodite" renders the struggle of walking through the world in a feminine body, with all its anxieties born of heteronormativity and misogyny, and translates them into a choreopoem.
Presented by: PearlArts (2022), NachMO PGH (2023), Pittsburgh Ballet Theater's Open Air Festival (2023)
Dancer: Brittany Nettles
Voiceover: Selene Phillips
Costume Design: Brittany Nettles