Figure of Space
Figure of Space: There Must Be More Than Good and Evil is made of sensory practices that collapse distinctions between real and magic. Riding on the assumption that, even in the most mundane circumstances, there is always more to notice (always more than meets the eye, nose, ear, mouth, skin), the dancers attempt to use their senses to “feel” the space for its possibilities and invitations, rather than its appearance or assumed function. Likewise, they also practice reimagining how they might go about having and knowing a body in its unruly states of transformation and regeneration. These practices sit inside of the well-worn structure of a folktale, which offers blueprints for thinking about the unstable categories of Good and Evil, and the timing, effort, and stakes of transformation.
Created in collaboration with Darrian O'Reilly.
photo: Laura Bartczak