In 2003 husband and wife team choreographer Paula Mann and media artist Steve Paul formed Time Track Productions. As successful independent artists for over twenty years, Steve and Paula bring a wealth of information and experience to the formation of this exciting new company. Through the unique paring of these artistic mediums we continue to expand our ambitious artistic agenda. Over the years, our work has received support from prestigious funding organizations including The Jerome, Bush, and McKnight Foundations, and has been presented by numerous venues in New York and the Twin Cities including Dance Theater Workshop, The Women of Substance Series at the O'Shaughnessy Auditorium, The Southern Theater and The Walker Art Center. Time Tracks’ recent performances received accolades from both public and critics alike. We have been respected members of the arts community working as educators, mentors for emerging artists and producers in the Twin Cities for the last fifteen years.
The Mission
Time Track Production’s mission is to explore the relationship between media and humanity using movement and live performance as a foundation. Working from a historical perspective we seek to blend ideas about the past, present and future through the lens of contemporary technology and performance.
Time Track’s collaborative work is unique because it combines dance movement/ physical theater with animation/new media, gathering inspiration from seemingly diverse sources blending them into a reconstructed whole.
As co-artistic directors of Time Track Productions, we have made the conscious decision to select projects with content we care deeply about on a personal level, but also have the potential for universal appeal. Our artistic challenge is embedded in the fundamental nature of our work, which is one of interdisciplinary collaboration. The creative process requires us to examine the strengths and limitations of any of the given disciplines and to orchestrate their unique parts into a coherent whole. We unite visions of our collective history, asking the audience to examine this history through a contemporary lens. We merge astute social commentary with visual and movement metaphors.