Dancers perform against a wall

Shadows Across Our Eyes

2018


 

Shadows Across Our Eyes continues themes of independent trajectories between mover and viewer that intertwine and entangle. Neon lines in tension cut the space, iconic stand-offs back away and move into active self-bindings, outwardly focused mind states morph into inward unknowable personas. With no clearly defined performance area viewers experience the performance from inside and out, edging around a suspect center trapped and entangled across a divide. Bodies squatting, lunging, suspended, assessing; hover, scrimmage, quiver, scurry; shaking, shuddering, molt, trip and drag. Eyes closed—anti-heroes and limited views shut down, worn down, torn shut. Narrative fragments unblended, side by side, false oppositions and mythic fluidities, one marking the edge of another.

Featured Artists: Michelle Kranicke, David Sundry, Molly Strom, Richard Norwood, Amanda Lee Franck