Selected works, 2014–present. Newest first. %% Editing: each entry is a bullet + an embedded player where one exists, followed by a plain Vimeo link. To remove an embed, delete its <iframe> line. To remove a work, delete its whole block. %% ## Live Stage work, theater pieces, immersive exhibits and events — everything made to happen in a room with people in it. Choreography and direction are Sleep Nod's own unless another author is named. **Wild Inclinations — BAAAHS Campout** (2023) — Food Director. Feeding a full desert campout for BAAAHS. **BAAAHS — Artcar Build** (2023) — Build Operations. Fabrication and build crew for the BAAAHS artcar, Burning Man. **ArtPG** (2022) — Choreographer + Sound Design. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/697981021" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/697981021](https://vimeo.com/697981021) **The Arctic Refuge Experience** (2019) — Event Producer. A walk-in immersive exhibit replicating the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, produced with Future Colossal. **Megatrends** (2018) — Event Producer. Large-format experiential event with Future Colossal. **No One Will Ever Love You More Than You Are Capable of Handling** (2018) — Performer. Written and directed by Petra Zanki. Performed in Seattle and New York. **The Lesser Evils** (2017) — Director + Producer. The inaugural production residency at BASE Art Space, Seattle. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/202340237" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/202340237](https://vimeo.com/202340237) **Chimera** (2016) — Choreographer + Sound Design. Men in Dance 2016, Seattle. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/189684560" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/189684560](https://vimeo.com/189684560) **Sophia** (2016) — Choreographer + Sound Design. NW New Works, On the Boards. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/174725930" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/174725930](https://vimeo.com/174725930) **Dogged** (2016) — Choreographer + Performer. Gay City Arts, Seattle. **Medicine: A Fundraiser** (2016) — Event Director. Benefit event produced with 10 Degrees. **MELODY NELSON** (2015) — Producer + Choreographer. A 65-minute theater piece at Velocity Dance Center, Seattle. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/112599962" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/112599962](https://vimeo.com/112599962) **WORK (or Magic Thinking)** (2015) — Producer + Choreographer, in collaboration with the performers: Jim Kent, Alex Pham, Devin McDermott and Dylan Ward. Lighting by Evan Anderson. Velocity Dance Center. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/157255132" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/157255132](https://vimeo.com/157255132) **Eat the Heart (Waltzes for People Who Sometimes Do Bad Things)** (2015) — Choreographer + Sound Design. A solo made for the Bridge Project, co-presented by the UW Department of Dance and Velocity Dance Center. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1149091504" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/1149091504](https://vimeo.com/1149091504) **Hard Hearts** (2015) — Choreographer + Sound Design. Men in Dance, Seattle. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/143517257" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/143517257](https://vimeo.com/143517257) **Imagine Foods** — Photography Director. ## Dance for Film Dance made for the camera rather than the room — released under the **Sleepknot** label. Unrushed, grand, and built for the internet. **No Haiku** (2020) — Choreographer + Producer. Made with Anima Productions, New York. **Untitled Alley Dancing** (2017) — Choreographer + Performer. A short screen test with Shane Donohue. Cinematography by Anthony Hoopes; original music by Christopher Jones. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/220242448" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/220242448](https://vimeo.com/220242448) **A Better Way** (2017) — Director / AC. Shot at BASE Art Space, Seattle. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/238112298" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/238112298](https://vimeo.com/238112298) **Gripped** (2015) — Direction / Edit / Photography. Featuring Jim Kent. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/145772400" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/145772400](https://vimeo.com/145772400) **Exit** (2015) — Co-Director / Edit / Photography. With Justin Reiter and Alex Pham. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/135427778" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/135427778](https://vimeo.com/135427778) **Empty Gifts** (2015) — Director + Performer. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/137790331" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/137790331](https://vimeo.com/137790331) **A Gift For Lindsey** (2015) — Director. A short work starring Patrick Kilbane. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/131849532" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/131849532](https://vimeo.com/131849532) **Cold Light Day** (2014) — Sound Designer + Performer. Dance-for-film with Dayna Hanson. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/138280044" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/138280044](https://vimeo.com/138280044) **brtny** — Director of Photography. Made for Kim Lusk. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1149082502" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/1149082502](https://vimeo.com/1149082502) ## Video Direction Camera and video direction for other artists' live work — stage capture, film versions and rehearsal documentation. The performances belong to their authors; the credit below is for the video. **A Rehearsal for 13 Problems** (2025) — Video Director. Rehearsal capture for Dayna Hanson. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1149096106" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/1149096106](https://vimeo.com/1149096106) **Material Deviance in Contemporary American Culture** (2018) — Video Director. Work by Alice Gosti, On the Boards. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/283162811" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/283162811](https://vimeo.com/283162811) **The Institute of Memory (TIM)e** (2017) — Video Director. Work by Lars Jan / Early Morning Opera, On the Boards. **A Great Hunger** (2017) — Director of Photography, film version. Performance work by Jessica Jobaris / General Magic, On the Boards. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/227174434" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/227174434](https://vimeo.com/227174434) **As You Like It** (2017) — Video Director. Directed for the stage by Jeffry Frace. **Clear and Sweet** (2016) — Video Director. Work by zoe|juniper, On the Boards. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/200286236" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/200286236](https://vimeo.com/200286236) **It's a Boy!** (2015) — Video Director + Editor. Choreography by Joshua L. Peugh, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, Dallas. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/139273989" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/139273989](https://vimeo.com/139273989) **Dark Circles Contemporary Dance (NYC)** — Video Director. ## Film & Video Short films, music videos and one-off pieces outside the dance frame. **A Sense of Reality** (2018) <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/298234819" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/298234819](https://vimeo.com/298234819) **Aimless Young Man** (2018) <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/296904711" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/296904711](https://vimeo.com/296904711) **Battle With the Minion of Sadness** (2018) — Director. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/296902036" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/296902036](https://vimeo.com/296902036) **Leftovers** (2017) <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/220642437" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/220642437](https://vimeo.com/220642437) **Ikea** (2017) — Director. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/217724840" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/217724840](https://vimeo.com/217724840) **Petra 4K** (2017) — Director. With Petra Zanki. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/218842117" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/218842117](https://vimeo.com/218842117) **Identify — Fuzzy Math** (2017) — Director. Music video for the band Fuzzy Math; music by Fuzzy Math. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/199385586" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/199385586](https://vimeo.com/199385586) **Erin's Marimba** (2017) — Director. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/199243832" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/199243832](https://vimeo.com/199243832) **Five** (2015) — Director / Maker. <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/141649539" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> [vimeo.com/141649539](https://vimeo.com/141649539) ## Music & Sound Releases appear under two names — **Sleep Nod** and **Dylan Ward** . Spotify: [Sleep Nod](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3PC1rlD58rhkVWrjNw7ZbJ) · [Dylan Ward](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7CNRE1jmBz3Jp4dEUOt7Fu) **Responsibilities** (2025) — Album, Sleep Nod. Six tracks; Aaron Sarles features on "Anthem." <iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/7llkoKa8HcqWqZKqzeNyqG" width="640" height="152" frameborder="0" allow="encrypted-media" loading="lazy" style="border-radius:12px"></iframe> [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/7llkoKa8HcqWqZKqzeNyqG) **Whyers** (2022) — Album, Dylan Ward & Aaron Sarles. Electronic. <iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0cceRPmzecj0Wl85PINjFs" width="640" height="152" frameborder="0" allow="encrypted-media" loading="lazy" style="border-radius:12px"></iframe> [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/0cceRPmzecj0Wl85PINjFs) · [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/whyers/1618853132) · [TIDAL](https://listen.tidal.com/album/332568793) **Talking to Myself** (2022) — EP, Dylan Ward. <iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4Ox2fUaE3sjX6b1bAd4QTy" width="640" height="152" frameborder="0" allow="encrypted-media" loading="lazy" style="border-radius:12px"></iframe> [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4Ox2fUaE3sjX6b1bAd4QTy) · [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/talking-to-myself-ep/1627394760) **I Am A Very Sexy And Forlorn Robot Person** (2022) — Single, Sleep Nod. <iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0aDfNK5tOaVrpSiOYGhmMM" width="640" height="152" frameborder="0" allow="encrypted-media" loading="lazy" style="border-radius:12px"></iframe> [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/0aDfNK5tOaVrpSiOYGhmMM) **Cat Magic** (2022) — Single, Sleep Nod. <iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/7rG9kfSGOrDmm3mXNMEJXI" width="640" height="152" frameborder="0" allow="encrypted-media" loading="lazy" style="border-radius:12px"></iframe> [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/7rG9kfSGOrDmm3mXNMEJXI) **Worth My Salt** (2014) — Sound Designer. For Cherdonna (Jody Kuehner). %% The earlier note that these releases weren't on Spotify is out of date — both artist pages are live as of August 2026. Apple Music / TIDAL links kept where they exist. %% ## Promos, Trailers & Reels Commissioned and self-promotional work. - **Anna** (2018) — Director. [vimeo.com/296906967](https://vimeo.com/296906967) - **Sleep Nod Video Reel** (2018) — Director / Editor. [vimeo.com/282444722](https://vimeo.com/282444722) - **TWOWORKS Trailer** (2018) — Director. [vimeo.com/273534316](https://vimeo.com/273534316) - **Countertechnique** (2017) — Director. [vimeo.com/238484505](https://vimeo.com/238484505) - **Giant Robot / Giant Things** — [vimeo.com/1149096178](https://vimeo.com/1149096178) - **MULTI Sessions** — [vimeo.com/1149092006](https://vimeo.com/1149092006)