This work is the third iteration in a series that explores relationships, consent, power dynamics, and vulnerability using light to represent the gaze of others. How do we witness the people we love? What does it feel like to be seen? Who gets to choose what is revealed?
Performers: Liv Beck, Meagan Bertelsen, Frankie Henderson, Grace Smith, Taylor Tumminia, Olivia Willden
Program Note: Show me your fear, show me your grief, show me your rage, show me your softness. Show me what you don’t want me to see, show me what you are proud of, show me what you need to be held. Show me what I think I know, show me what I haven’t seen, show me what I didn’t know to look for.
“The piece lucidly translated into movement the organic emotional dynamics in an evolving relationship of what we decide to reveal about ourselves to each other and when we feel comfortable and confident enough to do so. The idea of dance as a tangible, practical language fluent in meaning and imagery is well evidenced here. “ Review by The Utah Review
“’Show Me All of It’ was an intricate dance of light and shadow, featuring a dancer holding a flashlight to cleverly illuminate solos and duets on the stage. The overall theme—the vulnerability of showing oneself and allowing oneself to be seen —was captured in both the movement of the flashlight beams and through a repeating motif of exaggerated breath and heartbeat. The choreography—twisting, turning, and visually arresting— spoke to something primal and human, an expert example of dance having the capacity to do things that words cannot.” Review by Fjord Review
Kara Komarnitsky 