omenThrice dance company

witchcraft, whimsy, and wonder

Conjured by Sydney Donovan

Based in Philadelphia, OmenThrice is a dance theater company founded by Sydney Donovan. Through collaboration the hope is to conjure movement as ritual, poetry, and lived memory. Rooted in a darkly whimsical aesthetic the company explores the liminal space between the conscious and subconscious mind. Through magical realism, durational improvisation, and spiritually embedded practice, OmenThrice strives to alchemize questions of the soul and the unknown into charged digestible dance works. Each performance becomes a coded ceremony where light and shadow overlap, and the body serves as both oracle and offering. OmenThrice is a vessel where movement is worship, imagination is material, and dance is the living proof of something beyond logic.

Jack| Jill & the Hill

'Jack|Jill & the Hill' reimagines the traditional cautionary tale of Jack and Jill as a meditation on consequence, responsibility, and the cycles that define our human experience. Where the nursery rhyme warns against carelessness, this project looks deeper toward the ways awareness of mortality can become a permission slip to live more fully, love more deeply, and embody the sacred act of becoming. Through a fusion of poetic writing, ritual process, and movement-based reflection, the work traces the meeting point between the divine feminine and masculine energies within us all. It explores the tension and harmony between grounded discipline and intuitive flow, action and stillness, control and surrender. The text of Jack and Jill functions as both a spiritual map and an artistic script. It speaks in the language of symbol, the act of climbing and falling to articulate the recurring journey of ascent, loss, and renewal. Infused with whimsy, wonder, and emotional truth, the piece becomes an ode to authenticity: a celebration of self-discovery, trust, and the beauty of imperfection. Ultimately, it asks how we can hold both the sweetness and the ache of living. How each fall might be a call back to our truest form of balance and light.

Presented by OmenThrice Dance Co | Produced by Philly PACK

Performed on March 6th-7th, 2026 at Philly PACK Garage Theater

Starring Sydney Donovan & Amanda Rattigan

Choreographed by Sydney Donovan in collaboration with Amanda Rattigan

Event Coordinator/ Stage Manager/Producer: Jess Noel

Props: The PACK student design team & Kat Caro

What-if-er: Paul Matteson

Music: Caterina Barbieri & Lyra Pramuk, Anna Von Hausswolff, Kali Malone, and Bob Chilcott

Text: Louisa May Alcott’s Jack and Jill from 1880

TEASER CLIP by Seven Tackes

PROGRAM

Promotional shoot by Niko Peralta & Sydney Donovan

TRINE

TRINE is a study of what it means to be a coven.

We invite you to experience the love and light we carry through this performance, while holding space for the emotional spilling that must release as a result. In this work, we blend three energies into one unit and use the charge of our connection to lighten the space energetically. We welcome the lightness of the unknown while remaining grounded in the present moment. The piece consists of two sections. The first being The Ritual which is precisely choreographed and performed with uncompromising focus. In the performance of this ritual, we honor the group movement agreement just as highly as our personal needs inside of the incantation. Through this we hope to not just connect to each other physically but to the spirits we carry with us “from the wisdom of many lifetimes''. In the following section The Ceremony, we have freedom to spill and stir our individual energy with support from the woven energy of the group. We surrender to our higher selves and our subconscious minds in order to shine light on the shadows within. We play inside the lore of our own imagination, believing every claim as true. The movements and images we bring to this work are channeled through spiritual practices and durational movement improvisation. Conjuring TRINE into existence has been heavily inspired by artists like Hilma Af Klint, Sara Teasdale, and Blondell Cummings who trusted and believed in the universe's unique way of speaking to their deepest being and made art from that place. That's what we are trying to do here and now. Here and now you are invited to sink into the most known part of yourself. Here and now we invite you to release what no longer serves you and join us in this shared experience.

Performed at The Deacon Phl on March 15-17, 2024

Choreographed by Sydney Donovan

Performed by Aleesha Polite, Lindsey Swyers, and Sydney Donovan

Costume Design by Megumi Oshikir

Rehearsal Eye: Paul Matteson

Event Coordinator: Elise Ritzel Miller

Music by Clara Rockmore, White Poppy, and Anna Von Hausswolff | Text: The Voice by Sara Teasdale 1919