"the distance between: position/parts"

the distance between: position/parts

a dance/text exploration of disjunct, dialogue, and finding space for self elsewhere

The performance of my final Centennial Scholars project was on April 9th & 10th in Sulzberger Tower at Barnard College.

I can't post the actual card here, but below is the text from it. I hope it gives you a good idea.

a centennial scholars project by Tara A. Willis  examining the possibilities of dislocation, incongruity and miscommunication – and the renewal they can bring – based on travels and living in el cono sur of south america.  our bodies are the first landscape on which the jarring and delightful experience of being elsewhere or out of context enacts itself.  it is there that we often literally crash up against opposite elements, unknowns, and strangers on a busy street or in a packed nightclub.  the sense of loss and distance is also first felt on that terrain: even before it can be put into words.  language is the way in which we share these experiences with others, verbally bridging physical, cultural, linguistic, racial, and experiential gaps.  using tango, contact improvisation, contemporary dance, and both original and south american writings, this project seeks to examine those spaces between bodies and worlds where the light shines through.

features dancers Jules Bakshi, Emily Bock, Hadley Thomas Smith & Tara A. Willis