RigorMortis
Elyse Fahey and Madrone Matysiak began dancing together in 2016, and founded their collaborative production company, RigorMortis, in 2022. Their projects include site-specific dance installations, dance and technology collaborations with Drew Trujillo and Sarah Bennett Davidson, contemporary dance concerts featuring nationally and internationally recognized choreographers, and ABQ Fringe - an experimental dance theater festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Elyse and Madrone also choreograph individually as freelancers, and dance regularly in each others’ work.
‘DECTEN’
created and performed by Elyse Fahey and Madrone Matysiak
premiered: Studio Sway 2023
restaged: ABQ Fringe Festival 2026
‘CONTRA_FORMA’
featuring Yjastros principal dancer Kayla Lyall
master improvisor and internationally renowned choreographer Donna Jewell
National Institute of Flamenco founder Eva Encinias
visionary cellist and vocalist Caitlin Fahey Crow
co-artistic directors and creators, Elyse Fahey and Madrone Matysiak
premiered: The X Theatre in Albuquerque, January 2025
restaged: by invitation from Festival Flamenco ‘38 to headline the inaugural ABQ Fringe Festival in June 2025
an excerpt ‘CONTRA_FORMA’ was also invited to SOLOCOREOGRAFICO 2025 in Lyon, France, where it won the Audience Award
