Photo: A.L. Steiner
Formal and stark, 3 Dancers, 4 Chairs, 26 Words unravels the language of movement, symbols and words. Growing out of just 26 words, the piece asks if a dance with text can retain the open and direct nature of pure movement. Can words be abstract? How do choreographic structures change sentences and sounds? How does grammar affect movement? How do words move? Finally, what are those aspects of human experience that cannot be pinned down and named?
Choreographed by Aynsley Vandenbroucke in close collaboration with performers Djamila Moore, K. Tanzer, and Kristen Warnick
Lighting Design by Nelson R. Downend, Jr
Costume Design by Liz Sargent
"The work of this talented young choreographer has invited comparisons to Cunningham and Butoh, but it more boldly recalls the very beginnings of modern dance." —The New Yorker