OPEN TIME
Premiere: September 27-29, 2024
Z Space, San Francisco
Five women—four dancers and an actor—move through the four rooms and passageways of this installation fusing dance, text, architectural environment, and sound score; they pass through the audience as they move to different rooms; the audience watches from the passageways and periphery. Sharing the space, the audience creates a silent dialogue and an immediacy through their attention and rhythms.
Open Time came after a year of profound change. The stillness, suspense and resurgence I experienced during this time became the foundation of the work. As I was looking for movement and words, I came across an interview with poet Louise Glück talking about her time between writing projects. She described waiting, not knowing, mining the world around for new ideas. Her words struck me, anchored my ideas. The piece that’s evolved surprises me. It’s about how we frame our perceptions and our lives; how we live in our imagination and the world.
Woven into the work are the stories and perspectives of all the artists—my own, the dancers, actor, installation designer, composer, and costume designer.
VIDEO TRAILER
Choreography: Liss Fain
Music: Dan Wool
Installation Design: Matthew Antaky
Text: Louise Glück
Voiceover: Florentina Mocanu
Costume Design: Mary Domenico
Performers / Collaborators: Livanna Maislen, Elena Martins, Katherine Neumann, and Isabel Rosentstock