BARYSHNIKOV ARTS JOURNAL
Kelly Ashton Todd
Endangered Species
Set in the near future where today’s most recognizable and plentiful creatures are now sharing ecosystems and fighting for financial aid to protect their kind, an extravagant competition is created by a host who is trying to stay relevant while she gives the community (i.e. the audience) the power to make life-altering decisions. "Endangered Species" will tell the story of three threatened species: a Rambouillet Sheep, North American Raven and a Pilot Whale.
SAXYN Dance Works
SEOLH
The piece I am developing entitled “seolh” is based on the myth of the "selkies", mythic sea creatures, half woman, half seal, that I believe embody the human quest for freedom. The work investigates the ties that bind us both natural and constructed and the often painful journey of discovery that brings to light our true identity, full of resilience and freedom. Further inspired by the seductive power of the songs associated with folklore creatures, the piece will include live and recorded music, composed and sung by Bre Short. Half of the piece is completed.
Tushrik Fredericks + Rebecca Margolick
to begin with no end
Using spirituality as a vessel of connection and the common denominator between two different yet similar religions, empathy, trust and intimacy is shared withinside the multitudes of relationships that we embody with each other. To release into the complexities gives us access to be with each other and to see from the other side.
Constance Jaquay Strickland
Medea Refracted
A Meditation
A Mental health investigation
A Physical Play on Women’s Mental Health
A Healing experiment using the Black Woman’s body as the primary vehicle.
Esmé Boyce Dance
THE HUMBLING OR CHAPTER OF MAMA: PART 1
During the BAC residency I am beginning a rambunctious, meticulously choreographed dance for four dancers including myself, that coexists in the same stage as my toddler and husband. If my son runs across the space, the dance will stop or swerve. If he needs me, I will carry him and continue the dance to the best of my ability. If he needs his diaper changed, that too will be part of the dance. The mundane tasks of parenthood will be enveloped into the work.
CHILD
1-800-3592-113592
1-800-359-2183592 is an experimental, interdisciplinary performance work by 14-member performance group CHILD. Tired of empty manufacturers' promises of value and authenticity, S (spelled $ without the line), who works at her family-owned jewelry franchise DiFrederico’s at the Willow Grove Mall, decides to get out and find something more….um…. but the local news station reporting on the event confuses it with an incident of “exposing oneself to the sun.” A nearby herd of Zebras are ripping on guitars and as the shredding intensifies (earplugs provided) the jewelry store is dug out from inside a cake, offering sticky, ruined product to the audience to try and buy their brand loyalty.
Eric Marlin + Ilana Khanin
Shot List
A mother publishes a harrowing wartime memoir. Her daughter tries to reconcile the recollections. A stranger enters their lives. And somewhere else, two actors make a movie. A new play about adapting humanity’s most horrific stories.