Content Warning: Depiction of death

Choreographer
Michelle Pearson and Dancers

Music
Ryoji Ikeda, Wax Tailor,
Felix Laband, Nadine Shah

Text
excerpts from Donna Ashworth’s
You Don’t Just Lose Someone Once

Set Design
Jennifer Sherrod

Lighting Design
David Ferri

Dancers
Payton Chopp, Kayla Collette, Kate Gupton,
Emily Horowitz, Alfredo Hurtado, Natalie Morton,
Steven James Rodriguez-Velez, Liz Sanford,
Lauren Scott, Allison Waddell, Chania Wilson

Program Note

Dipsao—(Greek) to painfully feel want of, and eagerly long for, those things of which the soul thirsts.

Lately, I’ve been asked to lead workshops and dance events with the thought of resiliency in mind. Don’t get me wrong, I want to be resilient. I want to thrive. But what happens before that? Or if getting over something never happens? Thirst is a body word, a visceral state of being deprived of what is essential to survival. Thirst invites the audience into a space of longing and of loss. A space that unapologetically refuses to let go of those things that the soul needs.