Performer, Choreographer, Teacher
Choreography
Et Alia
Photo by Torian Ugworji
Performers: Lucia Biondi, India Gardner-Hunter, Will King, Jr., Megan Siepka, Alternates: Antoinette Watkins & Becca Gargiulo
Original music composed and performed by Chet Frierson, Collin Hopkins, & James Joyner
Lighting Designer: Gretta Daughtrey
Site specific work.
Et alia, a work choreographed by Danielle Simmons, delves into how to create trust and unity within a community. To develop trust and unity requires risk. Within a group, everyone must first take a chance on others and their ideas to see if the outcome is worth the risk. Simmons asks the dancers to take risks by using Merce Cunningham's "Chance Methods" to foster a true "in the moment" experience that has no pre-determined outcome. The audience will collaborate with the performers to determine the course of the work.