What is the body’s form and how does it come to be that way? Into which containers do we try to fit —socially, spiritually, physically? These questions inform this dance-literature thesis production—an exploration of the efficacy of rigorous movement, touch, and stillness in conjunction with the poetry of Carl Phillips and Kim Hyesoon. Highlighting each unique mover, each audience member, each poem’s lines, we exploit the grotesque as a means of finding and examining the engrained and yet elusive forms of our physical, sensational living.
Poems/ Order of Show:
Onion: Kim Hyesoon
Brocade: Carl Phillips
The Kill: Carl Phillips
The Way Mommy Bear Eats a Swarm of Fire Ants: Kim Hyesoon
Performers: Ian Connelley, Hannah MacKenzie Marguiles, Grace Poetzinger, MacKenzie Schuller
Readers: Katrina Bastian (english) Jeanie Lee (korean)
Choreography: Katrina E. Bastian in collaboration with Ian Connelly, Jeanie Lee, Hannah MacKenzie Margulies, Grace Poetzinger, MacKenzie Schuller & Austin
Set Design: Rennie Meyers
Sound Operator: Fiona Wiedermann
Light Operator: Claire Thomforde-Garner
Stage Manager: Rose Gonoud
