Shingleton Dance Space
1PM
This work is intended to depict the levels of the ecological pyramid through structured and contact improv. Each dancer will showcase what they are, animal or plant, through improv and motifs randomly interjected into their improv. Through contact improv, I want to show the relationship between organisms, whether harmful, advantageous, or dependent. These relationships shown will be independent, codependent, and parasitic. The beginning section of the piece will showcase all of the dancers at a cellular level, and throughout the piece, they will morph into their assigned animals. This work will have solo, duet, trio, and group moments designed to show each animal’s relationship with the environment. The piece will culminate in one of the dancers showcasing how humans become the apex predators of any environment they inhabit.
15 minutes
Laniya Hodge, project leader
Alexa Boyles, lighting designer
Ian Sabatine, sound technician
Chance Morris, percussion
Rylie Barr
MJ Cossel
Layla Kurtz
Lauren Scott
Renny White
TT Williams