Place ReImagined

(a dance piece)

cast: 6-10 dancers
run time: 5-7 mins
available for performance

Recent presentations
• 3-6 June 2009, at the World Financial Center, New York, NY (produced by the Women's Project, an Off-Broadway theater, as part of a group of site specific pieces, this project was also part of the 2009 River-to-River Festival)

More about the show:
The audience walks out into a garden, some members of the audience are those already in the garden space, or passing by. A young woman at the edge of the garden begins playing with a ball, a percussionist plays his drum along with her. She then enters the garden, continuing to play, running around a table where a different young woman is trying to enjoy her lunch in peace. In another section of the garden three people on cell phones notice one another as they each say the same thing to the person on the other end of the line. They begin to move together. In another section of the garden two women trying to avoid one another begin to move away from another, but in tandem, a duet emerges. The young woman has enticed the woman at lunch into her game, and the two then move through the space. Over time all those in the space are enticed by the young woman with the ball, they begin to move and dance and play, including a businessman who had refused to join for some time. At the height of the piece all are moving freely in the garden, but soon after life calls them back, and one by one they leave the space or return to what they were doing before. Only the businessman remains, dancing atop a bench and interacting with the percussionist. Evenutally he realizes the others have gone, and he steps down and returns to his work. The percussion fades and the space returns to its normal state.

The June 2009 presentation was co-directed with choreographer Elizabeth Montgomery, and featured the following dancers: Casey Boyle, Laura Gilbert, Sarah Hillmon, Russel Stuart Lilie, Bryony Lucas, Allie Pfeffer, and Phoebe Rose Sandford. Percussion was provided by the wonderful Angel R. Rodriguez.