Solus
Becca Hoback
Featuring an original score by kaitlyn Raitz
Photo by Alper Aydin at Sis Residency, edited by Ben Hoback
Solus explores the aftermath of deconstructing a foundational belief system, and the loss and nihilism involved. Paired with an original score, Solus performance unfolds in evocative imagery: slowly peeling back layers of vulnerability as the exposing performance progresses. Through the piece, Hoback shares a haunting account of her struggles, trauma, and vulnerability by processing these emotional experiences physically. This reflective and autobiographical performance offers raw expression centerstage.
Solus consists of:
Fallout | Aftermath | Admission | Impact
Premiered AT OZ ARTS NASHVILLE
Fallout (film)
August 2023 - Ordu, Turkey: Sis REsidency
Runtime 9 minutes
Original score + film edit by Kaitlyn Raitz
Inspired by the history of ideologies and multi-layered geography of the Ordu region, Fallout explores the effects of the passage of time and changing ideologies.
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The original site, Cape Jason itself, is an example of the area’s intricate patchwork of mythologies and religions: the site is named after the Greek mythological figure, the building honoring the site was a Christian Greek Orthodox church, and many of the sightseers regularly present on the peninsula accept Islam as their guiding philosophy. This piece personalizes this subject matter by considering the representation of Jason’s first wife, Medea, while Hoback unpacks her own relationship to religion and her upbringing within Christian purity-culture. Paired with Alper Aydin’s “Post-Apocalyptic Narrative” sculptural works, which explore environmental deterioration and humans’ relationship to nature, the piece serves as a human reaction to what has been lost.
Aftermath
Fall 2025 - Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Original score by Kaitlyn Raitz
What do we do when we've crash-landed out of one worldview into a new state of being? Experience the uncertainty, grief, and struggle of giving up on a past life's dream. Aftermath unfolds in evocative imagery: slowly peeling back layers of vulnerability and exposing the soft underbelly of fear and loss.
Admission
Fall 2025 - Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Original score by Kaitlyn Raitz
Hoback shares a haunting account of her struggles, trauma, and vulnerability by processing these emotional experiences physically. This reflective and autobiographical performance offers raw expression centerstage as the body reveals what the she struggles to face.
Impact
Winter 2024 - Nashville, tennessee, usa
Runtime 8 minutes
Impact strategically highlights the most vulnerable parts of deconstructing a foundational belief system. It focuses on expressing and processing the emotional experience in the body.
Created For the Enactor Productions Incubator, showcase 2024
Sister work to “What lies between” - ensemble work created with MTSU Dance 2024
Summation serves as the epilogue for “The Sacral Series.”
Kaitlyn Raitz
Composer + Cellist
Originally from Long Island, Nashville-based multi-style cellist Kaitlyn Raitz discovered her love for music amidst a rich tapestry of genres that sparked her curiosity and fueled her creative fire at a young age. Now, equally at home playing the works of Schubert or Sondheim, immersing herself in a bluegrass jam or diving into the intricacies of a Beethoven string quartet, performing on stage at Carnegie Hall or the Grand Ole Opry, Kaitlyn's versatility as a musician knows no bounds.
Kaitlyn earned a Bachelor’s of Music degree and Performer’s Certificate at Purchase College before earning her Master's of Music degree at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.
Photo by Betsy Phillips
During her time in Montreal, Kaitlyn's passion for collaboration flourished. She embarked on musical adventures with experimental pop artist Thanya Iyer and the contemporary folk band The Bombadils. She co-founded the folk duo Bride & Groom with singer-songwriter Jesse Daniel Smith. Together, they embarked on extensive North American tours and recorded three albums. In 2015, Kaitlyn teamed up with JUNO-award-winning fiddler (now her husband) Ben Plotnick, giving birth to their “inspired collaboration,” (NPR) Oliver The Crow.
Since then, Kaitlyn has collaborated and shared the stage with world-renowned artists across diverse genres such as trumpeter/composer Frank London; country superstars Eric Church, Tyler Childers, and Brandy Clark; fiddler/songwriter Laura Cortese; pop singer-songwriters Jillette Johnson & Bre Kennedy; and tabla player Shawn Mativetsky. When not on the road, Kaitlyn records and performs in Nashville with artists such as Billy Strings, The Kitchen Dwellers, Ashley Cooke, Brett Young, Lucy Dacus, Brennen Leigh, Glüme, and Steve Wariner, among others.
In the pandemic isolation, Kaitlyn created her debut solo album, "Me, Myself, Myself, and I" (2021). Alongside her husband, Kaitlyn is the artistic director of the Atwood Quartet, a creative string quartet collective. They have collaborated with artists across all genres and have had their music featured in season 3 of the hit Netflix series Bridgerton.