Paracosm Dance

Paracosm Dance ~multimedia dance company creating temporary realities through fierce movement~

PRESALE DISCOUNT: MAY 1st - May 17th {$25 ALL SEATS*}MASQUE OF THE RED DEATHParacosm brings its dance theatre madness ba...
05/03/2026

PRESALE DISCOUNT: MAY 1st - May 17th {$25 ALL SEATS*}

MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

Paracosm brings its dance theatre madness back to the Orpheum Theatre - Phoenix this fall with a phenomenally surreal, wild west movement adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death.

Created by Founder + Artistic Director Alyssa Johnson, MASQUE emerges from the dust- and drought-ridden ghost town of a forgotten dimension where POE meets PARACOSM meets PHX.

A true collision of literary horror, dance, and the mirages of Arizona’s landscape, you’ve got ONE CHANCE to witness the unraveling.

TICKETS: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/74392502/masque-of-the-red-death-phoenix-orpheum-theatre-phoenix
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Paracosm Dance is a multimedia dance theatre company creating temporary realities through fierce movement.

“A motley crew of highly-articulate, gorgeous dancers.” – Kyra Laubacher, Editor at Dance Magazine, Words on Dance

“A dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, Johnson doesn’t just choreograph bodies – she orchestrates experiences…She’s built a kaleidoscope world where movement is the first and final word, and where story, sound, and spectacle collide in gloriously messy, emotionally raw, and defiantly q***r expressions of the human condition.” – Josafath Reynoso, Chief Editor at Skene

Not suitable for individuals under the age of 13

*$25 base ticket before Etix fees!

Beyond excited to share the stage with the incredible artists of CONDER/dance! We're bringing a first look into the worl...
04/18/2026

Beyond excited to share the stage with the incredible artists of CONDER/dance! We're bringing a first look into the world of MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, our latest upcoming evening length show ✨

We'll see you next month at DARK ARCHIVE!

Tickets: https://purchase.tempecenterforthearts.com/EventAvailability?EventId=46401

Announcing: DARK ARCHIVE. May 15 at TCA.

We are proud to unveil Dark Archive, a new evening-length work by CONDER/dance.

Exploring our relationship to time—how we carry the past while imagining the future—this work illuminates the hopes, fears, and questions that live in between. Through striking physicality and layered movement landscapes, Dark Archive invites reflection and discovery, offering moments that resonate long after the performance ends.

• May 15
• 7:30 PM
• Tempe Center for the Arts
• One night only

Featuring the choreographic voices of Carley Conder, Keith Johnson, Alyssa Johnson, Camarin Tenorio and Jordan Daniels.

Guest performances by Paracosm Dance and Camarin Tenorio and dancers. 

Tickets at the link in bio.

UPDATE🔥Our next evening length work at the Orpheum Theatre - Phoenix is on the way! October 2nd, 2026MASQUE OF THE RED D...
03/23/2026

UPDATE🔥

Our next evening length work at the Orpheum Theatre - Phoenix is on the way! October 2nd, 2026

MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

Presale tickets go on sale this month! Get exclusive access by signing up to our newsletter (it's worth it, we promise): https://www.paracosmdance.com/paracosmdance

FROM THE DTPHX WEEKLY INSIDER | 1.16.26 “Get ready for a night of post-apocalyptic dance theatre madness as Paracosm Dan...
03/22/2026

FROM THE DTPHX WEEKLY INSIDER | 1.16.26

“Get ready for a night of post-apocalyptic dance theatre madness as Paracosm Dance debuts VISITORS at the historic Orpheum Theatre next Friday, January 23, at 7:30 p.m. for a one-night-only performance.

Ahead of the show, we caught up with Paracosm’s Founder and Artistic Director, Alyssa Johnson, to talk about what makes this show so special.”

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Missed VISITORS? That’s alright! This summer, you’ll have a chance to see it on the big screen, thanks to our incredible cinema team, Ri Lindegren, Reid Jarvi, Spencer Tuttrup, Destiny Acevedo, and Alyssa Johnson 🎥

Not enough? Craving the live performance? October 2nd, Paracosm Dance returns to the with MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH 🔥

Don’t miss the minute tickets go on sale for both events! Join the DTPHX Weekly Insider and Paracosm Dance mailing lists to stay fully in the PHX arts + culture loop!


VISITORS

—Created by
—Performed by .nascimentocastro .w .motion .loxtercamp .r .irma.dancer .aaron
—Score by SEMIQUAVER
—Sound Design by
—Technical Direction + Set by
—Lighting Design by +
—Costumes by
—Head Carpenter: Roger L Quinte III
—House Electrician: David Durocher
—House Audio: Michael Good
—Audio Engineering by
—Cinema Team: .being
—Performed at the
—Production Coordinators: Michaela Wooldridge + Jabari Barton

—Slide 1
Reel Credits
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Edit + Color:
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—Slide 2
📸: Screenshots from footage by , .being

—Slides 3 + 4
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—Slide 5
📸: Screenshot from footage by .being

“Both together and on their own the main trio of humans (Alyssa Johnson, Alicia Nascimento Castro, and Rayshawn Watkins)...
03/20/2026

“Both together and on their own the main trio of humans (Alyssa Johnson, Alicia Nascimento Castro, and Rayshawn Watkins) moved like violent water, or wind, as they flung, tugged, slid. Nowhere was there a moment of hesitation.” - Kyra Laubacher | Editor, Dance Magazine, for WORDS ON DANCE reviewing VISITORS at the Orpheum Theatre 📺

This trio of 🔥 humans hits the stage multiple times in the coming months, both inside and outside of Paracosm Dance 🥳 GO SEE LIVE PERFORMANCES, PHX!


1) April 3rd | presents “the world is ending…” at Estrella Mountain Community College, ft .w

2) April 25th | .nascimentocastro presents “Ancestral” for the Inaugural Homegrown Choreographer’s Showcase at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

3) May 7th | and .nascimentocastro debut “RED DUST” in Tempe’s -Arts in the Parks- at Daumler Park

4) May 15th | The trio brings a preview of “MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH” to ’s season finale “Dark Archive” at the Tempe Center for the Arts

So much incredible dance coming your way, PHX 🖤 Don’t miss a second of it!!


🎥: Screen grabs from footage by , .being, , , the greatest cinema team on the god damn planet 🔥

Thank you again, , for the most incredible, thoughtful VISITORS review ✨ It means so much that you came to witness the madness!

⬆️ Read the full article at the link in our bio, y’all 🥳

Incredible capture from last year's Tiny Dances at TCA! Don't miss the next round, April 10th 🔥 Thank you CONDER/dance f...
03/17/2026

Incredible capture from last year's Tiny Dances at TCA! Don't miss the next round, April 10th 🔥 Thank you CONDER/dance for bringing such amazing opportunities to the PHX dance scene!

Integrations of the Inner, performed by Alyssa Johnson | Costume design by Dustyn Shehane and original score by Behnam Arzaghi

www.paracosmdance.com

02/14/2026

Happy Love Day! May all your relationships be as healthy as these ones 😌 (threat)

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VISITORS

—Created by
—Performed by .nascimentocastro .w .motion .loxtercamp .r .irma.dancer .aaron
—Score by SEMIQUAVER
—Sound Design by
—Technical Direction + Set by
—Lighting Design by +
—Costumes by
—Head Carpenter: Roger L Quinte III
—House Electrician: David Durocher
—House Audio: Michael Good
—Audio Engineering by
—Cinema Team: .being
—Performed at the
—Production Coordinators: Michaela Wooldridge + Jabari Barton

Reel Credits
🎥:
Edit + Color:

FIRST LOOK | VISITORSA preview of the epic moments captured by  for .dance’s debut at the  last month 📺There truly aren’...
02/04/2026

FIRST LOOK | VISITORS

A preview of the epic moments captured by for .dance’s debut at the last month 📺

There truly aren’t words for how unbelievable this creative process was, start to finish. Stay tuned for all the behind the scenes footage and updates on how you can watch VISITORS (because it’s coming back 😈)

—Created by
—Performed by .nascimentocastro .w .motion .loxtercamp .r .irma.dancer .aaron
—Score by SEMIQUAVER and
—Technical Direction + Set by
—Lighting Design by and
—Costumes by
—Audio Engineering by
—Cinema Team: .being

WORKSHOP | TOMORROW 🔥Last chance to train with .motion before he heads back to New York! If you’ve been watching VISITOR...
01/30/2026

WORKSHOP | TOMORROW 🔥

Last chance to train with .motion before he heads back to New York!

If you’ve been watching VISITORS content, you’ve seen the crazy contact improv at work. Tomorrow, we’ll be exploring how to get deeply in flow with another dancer and how awareness, redirection, and boundaries lead to wild patterns up in the air ✨

A day rooted in awareness, dance, and martial arts, his workshop will leave you feeling more empowered in your body, all in the spirit of play:

—January 31st, 2026
—10:00AM - 2:30PM
—9831 S 51st St, D129, Phoenix, AZ 85044

Featuring techniques from:

—The Feldenkrais Method®️
—Contact Improvisation
—Martial Arts

Come move with us in our new home studio!🥳✨

~Register at the link in our bio~

(You can also schedule one-on-one sessions with Jeremy before he leaves!)

See you in the studio🔥

We have no words. (So we’ll let  - editor for , , author behind WORDS ON DANCE, to name just a few of her incredible end...
01/27/2026

We have no words. (So we’ll let - editor for , , author behind WORDS ON DANCE, to name just a few of her incredible endeavors - take over🔥)

Read the full review at the link in our bio and enjoy the entire WORDS ON DANCE archive!


PHX, thank you 🏜️ You met us at the and dove into our darkness. Thank you for your support, your theories, your questions, and your spoken desire to have us back.

//More madness is on the way - we promise//

👀 VISITORS was filmed by our epic cinema team, , , , and .being

…IF YOU MISSED IT, stay tuned. VISITORS for the silver screen is coming later this year. Stay in our loop and we’ll let you know when tickets go on sale. And more than that, we’ll let you know when VISITORS comes back to the stage. Because it will (that’s a threat 😈)

To the remarkable cast, design team, and crew: you’re everything. Thank you to every single one of you for leaving it all (and more) on the stage 🖤

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