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1) Playland Skate CenterSkate! A Night at the Rink (Forklift Danceworks, 2008/2009) 

2) Austin Studios tarmacThe Trash Project (Forklift Danceworks, 2009/2011)
 

3) Austin Fire Department training towerIn Case of Fire (Forklift Danceworks, 2001)

4) Elisabet Ney MuseumThe Story Seekers (The Exchange Artists, 2011)

5) Hyde Park Marketplace storefrontDress Me Blue, Window Me Sky (Lisa D'Amour/Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre, 1998)

6) Eastwoods Park through Hyde Park neighborhoodfloodlines (Jaclyn Pryor, 2004-2010)

7) Eastwoods Park, Stacy Park, Old Settlers ParkThe Zoo Story (Secondhand Theatre, 2011)

8) Alley behind Winship Drama BuildingTransitional Spaces III (Cohen New Works Festival, 2011)

9) LBJ Library lawn and fountainStockpile (Cohen New Works Festival, 2011)

10) Belmont Hall racquetball courtCourt 6 (Sharir Dance Company, 1997/1998)

11) Waller CreekThe Shape of White (Cohen New Works Festival, 2009)

12) UT School of Architecture courtyardCymbeline (Spotlight Music Theatre Ensemble, 2006)

13) South Steps of the Texas state CapitolT Is for: Two Hundred Two-Steppers on the Steps of the Texas Capitol (Fusebox Festival, 2010), Body Count (Sally Jacques Productions, 1991-1995, 1997), Inside the Heart (Sally Jacques Productions, 1991)

14) West Ninth Street parking garageBodies in Urban Spaces (Fusebox Festival, 2009)

15) J.J. Pickle Federal BuildingImpermanence (Blue Lapis Light, 2009), Constellation (Blue Lapis Light, 2008)

16) BookPeople (formerly Whole Foods) parking garageThe Fever (Physical Plant Theater, 2004)

17) Intel shellRequiem (Blue Lapis Light, 2006)

18) Frost Bank Tower lobbyCourt Dance (Jose Luis Bustamante for First Night Austin, 2006)

19) Interior of City HallFabric of the Hour (Nicole Whiteside for First Night Austin, 2009)

20) Seaholm Power PlantIllumination (Blue Lapis Light, 2007)

21) 100 CongressLight in the New Year! (Ellen Bartel for First Night Austin, 2008)

22) West facade of the Radisson HotelAngels in Our Midst (Blue Lapis Light for First Night Austin, 2007)

23) Congress Avenue BridgeThe Bridge (margery segal/NERVE Dance Company, 1999), Body Count (Sally Jacques Productions, 1996)

24) Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge365 Days, 365 Plays: Week 1 (Zach Theatre, 2006), Play Me, I'm Yours (Art Alliance Austin/Fusebox Festival, 2011)

25) Auditorium ShoresStrollergirls (Allison Orr & Caroline Sutton Clark for Fusebox Festival, 2007)

26) Barton Springs PoolWaterworks (Dee McCandless/Gene Menger, 1978/1981/1985/1989/1991/1996/1997), Body Count (Sally Jacques Productions, 1998/1999)

27) Zilker ParkDances for Dogs and People Who Walk Them (Forklift Danceworks, 2000)

28) South Austin cement dumping groundProbe One: Impossible Destiny (Sally Jacques Productions, 1998)
29) Boggy Creek Masonic CemeteryHamlet (Black Swan Events, 2010)
30) A Capital Metro bus – Improv in Weird Places (Well Hung Jury, 2002)
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