MEET ME AT THE WATERS EDGE

Three friends meet for a day at the lake. At the edge of the water, the three go through individual journeys of confronting the parts of themselves they despise and have to learn to let go of.

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morgaine, a white dancer with long brown hair stares hopelessly into the foreground. red blazer on their shoulders. strand of hair clings to their face.

morgaine, a white dancer with long brown hair stares hopelessly into the foreground. red blazer on their shoulders. strand of hair clings to their face. photo by elyse mertz.

elisa in a backbend with the red blazer covering her face. two bystanders stare. the stage is littered with roses. photo by elyse mertz.

a dancer seated on the black ground holds roses out to morgaine in a red blazer. the lighting creates holes on the image like wounds. a thin shimmer of purple light creates a vague water edge in the background.

a dancer seated on the black ground holds roses out towards morgaine in a red blazer. the lighting creates holes on the image like wounds. a thin shimmer of purple light rests on the background creating a vague illusion of an edge.photo by elyse mertz.

elisa partially visible in a high vertical jump over a sea of roses and the purple lighting creating an illusion of an edge. photo by elyse mertz.

two dancers in nude undergarments

morgaine and anna in mid action wearing nude undergarments. anna is falling backwards away from morgaine as morgaine pulls anna back up. a bystander stares in the background. photo by elyse mertz.

morgaine and anna mid action as a line of bystanders look over with roses swinging from their limbs.

morgaine and anna vertical with heads together and hands locked in front of a line of bystanders look over at them with roses swinging from their limbs. photo by elyse mertz.

 

Made possible with support from Rutgers University Integration Lab Jan 2023.