HELLO!?


Description

Inspired by the architecture of Gould Hall at The University of Washington, D. Chase Angier and Jennifer Salk created a poetic site-specific performance exploring the difficulties of finding love in a time of complicated lifestyles, technological distraction and diminishing public spaces. During the performance, the audience was brought to various vantage points throughout the four-story atrium to watch a man and woman’s struggle to come together. This central story was complimented by other dances being performed by a large cast of dancers, and duets performed on staircases. Powerfully contrasting experiences of proximity and distance—between performers, and between performers and their audience— within the open concrete and glass environment made for a visually striking and emotionally resonant dance work.

credits

Co-Created by D. Chase Angier & Jennifer Salk
in collaboration with the performers.

Music:    Ryan Adams, The Mamas and the Papas

Hello Man:   Wilson Mendieta
Hello Woman:   Brenna Monroe-Cook
Stair Man:   Dylan Ward
Stair Woman:   Hallie Scott

Cast:  Caitlin Bennett
       Maddie Mae Bennet
       Mike Feng
       Imana Gunawan
       Shi Li
       Austin Nguyen
       Holly Miligan
       Mackenzie Miller
       Hannah Old
       Hanul Seo
       Jeremy Sok Won Kim
       Sophia Wu
       Alice Yunjung Woo