Sleep Nod is an arts project and a person — dance, film, video, music and writing, usually made in the same room and often at the same time. Seattle 2010–2018, New York 2018–2023, San Francisco now. → [[Works]] ## About Dylan R.F. Ward works under the artist name **SLEEP NOD**. **Seattle, 2010–2018.** Self-produced performance and dance film: solos, duets and ensemble pieces built in the room with the performers, nearly always carrying their own original sound design. The work ran at Velocity Dance Center, On the Boards, Men in Dance, Gay City Arts and BASE Art Space, where they directed and produced the inaugural production residency. Sleep Nod video direction for other artists' live work. Camera, direction and edit for stage productions, trailers, promos and rehearsal capture, for choreographers, theater directors and touring companies. **New York, 2018–2023.** Video direction and production, plus large-scale immersive event work: producing exhibits and events with Future Colossal, including the acclaimed installation promoting awareness of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. **San Francisco, 2023–.** Writing, music released under two names, and hands-on build and kitchen operations for large collective projects. Collaborators over the years include choreographers **Petra Zanki**, **Dayna Hanson**, **Alice Gosti** and **Cherdonna (Jody Kuehner)**, director **Jeffry Frace**, **zoe|juniper**, **Jessica Jobaris / General Magic**, **Joshua L. Peugh / Dark Circles Contemporary Dance**, and **Lars Jan / Early Morning Opera**. ## Mission Sleep Nod believes in performance's capacity to allow for healing and rest — in its design, its rehearsal, and its exhibition. The work regards labor-for-self, rest, revelry, and the visions of a new world emerging from this cycle. --- Video: [vimeo.com/dfw](https://vimeo.com/dfw) Music: [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3PC1rlD58rhkVWrjNw7ZbJ) · [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dylan-ward/1611048240) Writing: [sleepnod.substack.com](https://sleepnod.substack.com) %% Contact line intentionally left out — add your email or a contact link here if you want one public. %%