Kendra Epik

Continuing the exciting partnership between Dance Arts Institute and SummerWorks, three recent graduates present their choreographic work in an ambulatory performance cycle—each sharing a work in a unique site.

“Scratch a rock and a legend springs”

The title is borrowed from the poem, “A Scratch” belonging to Arun Kolatkar’s Jejuri. The raw and primal driving force emerges from thinking about “primitive” as an Indian musical categorization by Dr. Ashok Da Ranade. Sensations, progressions and body-percussion generate self-sufficiency that allows for practicing attention and scrutiny.

soft, open hand v2

soft, open hand v2 interrogates how relationships to physical space shape interpersonal relationships. While version one of the work explored the historical positionality of the performance venue, The Winchester Street Theatre, this iteration focuses on how physical characteristics of space resonate with the performers and refract onto their interactions with one another.

Wearing Contradiction

Wearing Contradiction is the embodiment of how the things we carry with us change us. Initially we looked at this through the layering of coats, each new layer shifting the movement. This lengthened version is an exploration in what we are without the things we carry.

“Scratch a rock and a legend springs”
Choreographer: Rohee Uberoi
Performers: Christopher Petersen, Emmett Bradshaw, Jules Vance, Osvaldo Barreda Buschmann, Rachana Joshi, Ranganathan Rajan & Wai Liu

soft, open hand v2
Choreographer: Joel Lawrence
Performers: Jules Vance, Liz South, Minuet Charron
Outside eye: Élodie Kyra Teoh

Wearing Contradiction
Choreographer: Janique Devine
Performer: Kalli Lavigne-Passaw