this room this braid

fluid bodies

performance

2014

in collaboration with

devynn emory

direction and choreography

RJ Messineo

set design

Ryan MacDonald

sound mix

Aretha Aoki and devynn emory

performers

as a choreographer i am interested in building an environment and structure that begins as a very tight knit gridded map. this then becomes the foundation for a dialogue with the work. the piece reveals spaces where i then offer falling apart slippery images that may align or rebel from the container created.

i am interested in the multiplicity that occurs between two bodies, as our histories and currencies collide. i strive to reflect the self and the complexities of a fluid body back to the audience, by way of the dancers experiencing visceral and real-time connections. this delivers messages that are responses and invitations to engage with the disparate inputs of contemporary life.


this work was made possible by a year long residency at Issue Project Room, with support in development by the NewMoves festival in Pittsburg and a curation of the work by Marissa Perel at AUX in Philadelphia.

past

2014 | NYC | The Actors Fund

Press

Body Blog

About a Dance: crown uncovered

by Marissa Perel

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maybe i do, maybe i don't