Hands Dances grew from a process of wanting to situate myself and my work in a world that is often defined by polarizing and divisive perspectives. This series of vignettes serves to acknowledge that a single idea can be interpreted in a multitude of ways, and that every thought, belief, and action, exists within a full spectrum of ideas. To merely contest the existence of an idea is pointless; the value is in figuring out how to operate within ideological tension. Emerged from, and serves as an extension of this dance video work: A Calm Place at Sea.
Premiered October 2015.
Performances
+ November 17, 2016 — Sans Limites Dance Fall Season @ Hudson Guild Theater, New York, NY
+ November 4 & 6, 2016 — REVERBdance Festival @ Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, NY; audience-voted 3rd place winner
+ October 22, 2016 — Mouthfull produced by Of Bones || Hollye Bynum @ Center For Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY
July 14, 2016 — Dance & Movement Workshop for Educators: Artist-in-Residence & Teaching Artists Dance Concert @ Chapman University Memorial Hall, Orange, CA
April 1, 2016 — Hands Up…Dance in Dire Times @ Scripps College Richardson Dance Studio, Claremont, CA
February 19-20, 2016 — Point by Point: Rooted America presented by Suchi Branfman @ Miles Memorial Playhouse, Santa Monica, CA
November 21, 2015 — SALTA is THE MARXIST LIBRARY @ Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, Oakland, CA
October 9, 2015 — ArtNight Pasadena @ ARC Pasadena, Pasadena, CA
+ festivals and showcases that made up the Hands Dances 2016 New York Festival Tour, supported in various ways by Becky Delventhal & Miles Hang, Vicky Koenig, Sarah Leddy, Sue Matsu, John Pennington & ARC Pasadena, Hsiu-Hui Tseng, Steph Wu, and audience donations from the premiere of Personal Persona Person.