COMPASS

COMPASS

a score that measures, builds, destroys and conjures continuously shifting topography 

the wild stepchild of the full length work, Nothing There There (Topography)

a practice that sprung from another dance

The bodies at play are at once human and construct; flesh and land, river, mountain range, roadway. Made in response to my field research through Yiddishland (present-day Belarus & Poland) and in collaboration with the performers, COMPASS places us on the map where borders change, land masses shift and permanence is an illusion.  

Concept and Direction: Alexx Shilling
Brought to life by: Madison Clark, Carol McDowell, Pedro Jimenez, Daniel Miramontes, Justin Morris and Alexx Shilling
Composer: Zaq Kenefick
Costumes: Maria Garcia

Thank you Betsy Medvedovksy, Rebecca Bryant, Asylum Arts and Yiddishkayt

Photo Credit: Charles Han