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Drill, Dash, Dream

We start to see it for what it is: an exhausting relay, an impossible attempt to keep up.
September 20, 2016
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Every Woman

Half off, your shirt smothers your head...and you are faceless, everywoman, and an uncanny double of Abu Ghraib prisoners.
September 20, 2016
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Contact and Chaos: duende's music and dance quartet

Their spines are sinewy and roiling, their necks crane towards the ceiling, and their eyes roll upwards... this is a dance of skin and sensation.
September 18, 2016
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Trapped Between

In Fore-ign/Fore-out, four choreographers explore states of liminality—of how to be between things.
September 18, 2016
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Fast, Poetic, Electromagnetic

One narrator posits that miracles may not be possible, but this lo-fi, rickety cart-stage and its ingenious human operators offer a small exhibit to the contrary.
September 18, 2016
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Power from the Past

A work like Mary Wigman’s Hexentanz provides a jolting reminder of the power and intensity of early modern dance.
September 18, 2016
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Sliding Into the Light

Individuals began confronting one another in primal, circular patterns. A fight for change has begun.
September 17, 2016
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Through the Café Glass: Leah Stein’s Portal

Stein’s dancers were joined by eight community performers of various ages and backgrounds, a fine choice for Frieda's Café.
September 16, 2016
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