Hesperides, a New Dance by Douglas Dunn on 5/02

By Douglas Dunn + Dancers

May 2  |  Culture

DOUGLAS DUNN + DANCERS PRESENTS HESPERIDES

Saturday, May 2

Show starts at 8 PM

Have you ever looked into one of Joseph Cornell’s boxes and imagined its contents coming to life? Here’s your chance. Lauren Parrish makes and lights the box. Douglas Dunn and Jacob Burckhardt collaborate on the music, classical and contemporary, mixed with sounds of nature. Dancers appear, costumed by Mimi Gross. They’re not a group. Individuals wander in with separate agendas, deciding as they go how to pass mythical time. Why aren’t they relating more? Is there strength, will, determination and courage present enough among them to overcome somnolent decadence and activate the scene? Are these people trapped in a make-believe world of aesthetic pleasure and beauty, or, however dreamily, are they preparing to go to work to correct the high percentage of human failure?

Choreography: Douglas Dunn
Costume Design, Set Collaboration (painted surfaces): Mimi Gross
Lighting, Scenery Production and Installation: Lauren Parrish, Parrish Productions LLC
Video and Sound Design: Jacob Burckhardt
Dancers: Cove Barton, Alexandra Berger, Janet Charleston, Grazia Della-Terza, Douglas Dunn, Vanessa Knouse, Kieran McBride, Emily Pope, Deniz Sancak, Jin Ju Song-Begin, Dongri Suh, Timothy Ward

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