the continental rise is an underwater environment found between the continental slope & the abyssal plain. Composed of all the accumulated and deposited sediments & runoff from the continent, it is the final threshold, the liminal space between the continents & the deepest part of the ocean. Here lies the detritus, the sludge, the muck from Earth-

in the detritus, 
in the marrow,
in the compost pile,
arrives to love the rise/pt.1-

this is a solo examining ambition, growth mania, conscious femininity, liminal space and transformation, set against the reality of global capitalism, its need for relentless growth, and the resulting toll that takes on the physical body. Through movement, materials, text and sound, I posit how artists must be cyborgs- part human, part machine- to achieve and succeed amidst an oppressive capitalist system. The piece considers feminist poet Yrsa Daley-Ward's work 'Bone,’ offering lessons in decay, renewal and regrowth, and calls upon late pop star Prince's talent, ambition, work ethic, magic and mysterious distance from society. This process is an ode to artist burnout & exhaustion, to many systemic problems but, also, a call for change and an invitation to dream.