Performance - Kendra Portier/Bandportier

"That our lives are shifted by one another, subtly and profoundly, is the big concern of “All Tomorrow’s Parties” (working title). Through abstract considerations of color theory and design, seven dancers weave distinctly charged movement frequencies into an ever-shifting elliptical landscape. From start to finish, finely crafted patterns of nuanced physicality pulsate through the space with evocative complexity, leaving the audience bathed in a residual kinesthetic watercolor of saturation, tone, line, and vibration. Color plays an extensive role in Portier’s current body of work. Through the rhythm, speed, and intensity of movement, “All Tomorrow’s Parties” draws each dancer’s individual contributions  and stories into the overall meaning of the piece. There is no urgency to read anything specific, but more profoundly you feel led down a path by authoritative poets, following something mysterious as it moves through the landscape of thought. The rhythms and their modulations set forth a proclamation only to be sidetracked by a nuanced new moment that infiltrates and becomes the dynamic center of the next. The movement is inventive and expressive – saturated and brimming with color. Featuring collaborating performers Daniel Miramontes, Rebecca Steinberg, MK Ford, Brit Falcon, Bree Breeden, Jessie Young, and Emilia Bruno and sound collage by Kendra Portier with original contributions from Adam Crawley aka DJ Plié, Sam Crawford, and Joe Westerlund.

This work is supported by the Dance Place Co-Presentation Series."