SPEAKER, SPEAKER

Who are we underneath our facades? Inspired by the psychosis of Eyes Wide Shut with the complexity of being a deaf individual navigating a hearing world. Five characters emerge. Five shades of the self. Each spiraling internally into a collective disorder. Performances adapt to the spaces they are held in.

culture hub re-fest festival

dance.nyc disabled artist residency

brooklyn arts exchange cdi

 
four dancers in a line stack their upper limbs on top of each other. photo by carlos cardona.

four dancers stack their upper limbs reaching towards a high diagonal. photo by carlos cardona.

computer screens frame dancers far away in a black box studio. photo by carlos cardona.

computer screens frame dancers far away in a black box studio. photo by carlos cardona.

dancer on the floor lost in a sea of purple. photo by carlos cardona

row of three pairs of feet in demi point with hems of dresses showing, giving the illusion of dancers floating. photo by carlos cardona

naja faces herself. an image with long exposure creating three faces. a gold hair tie connects them all. photo by alice chacon.

nicole tilted with a hand on their chest and another delicately lifted. they smile with eyes closed. light refracted around them. photo by alice chacon.

elisa with a hand on her face with light refracted around her. photo by alice chacon.

tri looks at their self with a hand lifted, pointer finger pinching thumb. light refracted around them. photo by alice chacon.

kerry tri and elisa hold hands out making spokes. kerry looks directly out at the camera. photo by elyse mertz.

three dancers on the floor with hands clasped and extended. photo by elyse mertz.

elisa in a backbend on a pink stage peering through gold leaves. photo by elyse mertz.

tri dances downstage as four dancers waltz upstage.

tri dances downstage in a brightly lit studio as four dancers briefly waltz upstage. photo by elyse mertz.