“…they crammed so much inventiveness, wittiness, and youthful energy into their hour-long dance-music-video show, “convenience,” that we can’t wait to see them back in New York soon.”
— GUS SOLOMONS JR., GAY CITY NEWS

convenience is a dance/music/video work that explores and presents different ways of looking at products and concepts that appear to make life easier. Velcro, wheels, a mini warrior that fights your battles for you, cute underwear, and a dart that renders annoying people unconscious are subjects for hilarious situations on screen and on stage. convenience is a darkly comic satire of the human desire to use the external as a vehicle to get what we want.

Concept and Dircetion: Zeke Keeble and Amy O’Neal
Performers and movement collaborators: Amy O’Neal, Zeke Keeble, Ellie Sandstrom, Troy Miszklevitz, and Gabriel Baron
Choreography and video: Amy O’Neal
Music and video: Zeke Keeble
Lighting Design: Julie Keenan
Tech Director: Ben Zamora
Fashion Design: Macks Leger

Premiere: January 2005, On the Boards, Seattle WA
Tour: Fall 2005- Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out, Becket, MA, The Myrna Loy, Helena, MT, T:BA Festival Portland, OR , and Joyce Soho New York, NY

convenience is funded by 4 Culture, Art Patch, and the National Dance Project.

Video from convenience…

This excerpt is from locust's 2005 evening length work "convenience" performed at PICA's TBA Festival. This duet is performed by locust choreographer Amy O'Neal and composer Zeke Keeble. The video projection is live feed from an off stage room of dancer Ellie Sandstrom. "convenience" originally premiered at On the Boards in Seattle in 2005
"convenience" is a dance/music/video performance created by locust (Amy O'Neal and Zeke Keeble). This show first premiered in 2005 at On the Boards in Seattle. "convenience" toured to the Jacob's Pillow Inside/Out, TBA Festival, the Myrna Loy Center, and Joyce Soyho NYC. Concept and direction: Amy O'Neal and Zeke Keeble Choreography: Amy O'Neal Music: Zeke Keeble Projected Video shot and edited by: Amy O'Neal Performers in this excerpt: Amy O'Neal, Ellie Sandtrom, Gabriel Baron, and Zeke Keeble
From locust's evening length dance/music/video performance work, "convenience", premiere at On the Boards in Seattle in 2005. Concept and direction: Zeke Keeble and Amy O'Neal Choreography: Amy O'Neal Music: Zeke Keeble Projected video shot and edited by: Amy O'Neal Performers in this excerpt: Ellie Sandstrom, Zeke Keeble, Troy Miszklevitz, Amy O'Neal, and Gabriel Baron

Below are videos that were projected as part of the arc of the live show…

This short dance film is part of the evening length dance/music/video performance "convenience" by locust. The evening length performance work "convenience" originally premiered at On the Boards in Seattle, then toured to TBA Festival, Jacob's Pillow Inside/Out, Joyce Soho NYC, and the Myrna Loy Center. This short has screened on it's own in Seattle and Tokyo and is available to purchase on IndieFlix. Choreography: Amy O'Neal Music: Zeke Keeble
This vid is from locust's dance/music video performance called "convenience". It was shot in the bottom of a stairwell at On the Boards in Seattle. Zeke had made this fresh track in a waltz. We were rehearsing one day at On the Boards in Seattle and past the bottom of this stairwell and saw these triangles of light inside. So I jumped in and starting making a stepping pattern around them. The video grew from there. For lighting we used one work like and a flash light that we took turns shining on each other.
This short is from locust's dance/music/video show "convenience" which premiered in January 2005 and toured the following fall. Voice over by Reggie Watts. locustsucka.com

Press for convenience

“..they crammed so much inventiveness, wittiness, and youthful energy into their hour-long dance-music-video show, convenience, that we can’t wait to see them back in New York soon.” -Gus Solomons Jr, Gay City News, 2005

“..infused with humor, freshness, and surprise, deftly performed with unmannered grace and gutsy abandon.”- Gus Solomons Jr, Gay City News, 2005

“ it (convenience) was like a delicate mix of the everyday harsh reality of life, those strange dreams you have right before you wake up, and Saturday Night Live with beat boxing. Halleluiah! It was great!”  – TBA Blog, Catie O’Keefe, Portland, OR

“…one of the most effective uses of video in dance.” – Jime Demetre, Seattle PI 2005

“..an absurd, witty powerhouse of a work.” -Queen City News, Helena, MT 2005

“locust’s convenience was textured, dynamic, and full of wit and succeeded at revealing our unconscious through a combination of humor  and social critique…The piece may be comic in nature, but we laugh because it is a compelling work of art.”  –  Jim Demetre, Seattle PI, 2005

“(convenience) was mischievous, capricious, exuberant, and above all playful. locust’s cast of five dancers was strong, practiced, and highly energetic and from the opening sequence, I was enchanted.”  –  Beth Brooks, On the Boards blog