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h o r i z o n in-development
January 13th & 14th 7p Kestrels (188 6th Street, Brooklyn NY) performed by Stacy Lynn Smith, Shannon Yu, Vicky Shick, Mor Mendel, EmmaGrace Skove-Epes w/ Nora Alami in spirit sound design by Shamar Watt project lighting design by Shana Crawford directed by marion spencer tickets - seating is extremely limited, please reserve your spot ASAP! h o r i z o n in-development is the first public sharing of marion spencer & collaborators next interdisciplinary dance project. This work 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 evening will be a family affair. RSVP to reserve your spot - seating will be extremely limited. There is a requested donation of $5-15, and all proceeds will go towards collaborator fees. We will introduce & share 60 minutes of material from our developing work, followed by a casual gathering with provided drinks and snacks, where we would love to hear any thoughts, feedback, feelings and impressions. This work has been in process for just under 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