Risking Ruination: #OpenWiderPlease
Risking Ruination is the second phase of a project that began to take from in September of 2013 with Undoing:gniodunU a dance and visual art presentation of 4 distinct evenings at Archway Gallery in response to donna e. perkins Coming Undone: Paintings; Photos; Performances. The work referenced the 4 year collaborative life between visual artist donna e. perkins and choreographer jhon r. stronks. The evening sparked the birth and continued development of two duets as well as a choreographic system that has come to be known as #openwiderplease. Risking Ruination features performances by dancers Jonnesha Hawkins-Minter, Nicole McNeil and choreographer jhon r. stronks. The set for Undoing:gniodunU was a series of paper floors that came undone over the 4 nights of performance and was deconstructed in collaboration with visual artist and performer Alonso Tapia-Benitez. Risking Ruination distills these elements into a singular performance experience that examines the crossing , blending, and sometimes evaporation of boundaries/lines and the risk associated with opening beyond what is conventionally safe into the spaces between. Show dates and time; Friday and Saturday October 17th and 18th @ 7:30pm Rice University Dance Theater @ The Barbara and David Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center For directions and parking information please visit http://recreation.rice.edu/directions/ The event is Pay what you can at the door, cash only please. The evening is a hybrid Gallery/Theater experience and is designed to be viewed on three sides. The audience is encouraged to make themselves comfortable and move around as desired. Doors open at 7:00pm attendees will be greeted, corralled and detained in the foyer of The Barbara and David Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center until 7:30 at which point the performers will ferry attendees to the Dance Theater. http://recreation.rice.edu/directions/shapeimage_3_link_0
Friday and Saturday October 17th and 18th 2014 Rice University Dance Theater 7:30pm
Photo Credit: Neiman Cately
Photo Credit: Neiman Cately
Photo Credit: Neiman Cately
Photo Credit: Preetika Rajgariah
Photo Credit: Preetika Rajgariah