U P C O M I N G
h o r i z o n in-development
March 10th 7p presented by Movement Research at Judson Memorial Church (55 Washington Square South, New York NY) performed by Stacy Lynn Smith, Shannon Yu & EmmaGrace Skove-Epes w/ Nora Alami, Vicky Shick & Mor Mendel in spirit sound design by Shamar Watt project lighting design by Shana Crawford directed by marion spencer more information / FREE, no RSVP required h o r i z o n calls upon movement, sound, light and materials to interrogate catastrophe, extinction and futurity. Inspired by biological anthropologist Adriana Petryna’s Horizon Work - a radical call to create a deliberative and expansive time and space amid onrushing climate disasters - we study the ensemble as an organism of futurity. Investigating mycorrhizal networks - the roots of fungi that connect tree roots to each other underground, creating a network that shares nutrients, water and resources between forest ecosystems - we ask: in a time of extinction, what can we learn from these ancient, non-human teachers that center collectivity, cooperation and curiosity? Through entangled ensemble dance practices, powerful solos, storytelling and worldbuilding with light and a massive golden net, this project proposes the wisdom of the dancer to ground into what we cannot see, but only feel, as the horizon to build and inhabit, together. This work has been in process for a year, and we are seeking Summer + Fall 2025 residency support, and production/premiere support for Fall 2025- Spring 2026 seasons. We hope to see you there! |
35mm photo of Nora Alami, Shannon Yu & EmmaGrace Skove-Epes by marion spencer
35mm photo of Vicky Shick by marion spencer
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the child of two Mesoamerican Archaeologists, I was raised understanding “work” as the intersection of physical labor, radical thinking, imagination and honoring those who lived before us. I identify as an interdisciplinary dance artist. I dance, I sing, I write, I draw, I build things. Through a collaging of movement, sound & design practices, I make performances that invite witnesses to wonder, feel and dream. My work finds kinship with the lineage of experimental artists, organizers and dreamers who create in feminine and feminist resistance to capitalism and white supremacy's urgency, hyperproductivity & disembodiment. In my process, I excavate the personal, the systemic, the unknown, the radical, the cellular and the beautiful. Embracing a creative process that centers experimentation, research, and intuition, I create both solo and ensemble works. In group processes, I direct spaces of multimedia, multiracial, multi gendered and multigenerational collaboration that prioritize human-centered art making. In working to do this, I understand that part of my process is risk and learning from both success and failure.
my work is asking how we transform this world together my work is understanding where i came from my work is listening from the back of the eyes and to the marrow inside my bones my work is constructing utopias from our current dystopia my work is unlearning my work is building relationships that will endure the revolution i make to make sense of the world and move towards the horizon of a better one. |
photo by Owen Burnham of SYMPHONY presented by NYU Tisch Dance May 2024