Visiting artists, Beth Graczyk and Leah Wilks from New York, bring their multi-textural new collaboration to Minneapolis with local luminary collaborators including Thomasina Petrus and Aaron Gabriel.
A Body (Un)Becoming is a dance duet with live musicians that explores the tension between decay and transformation. In this performance, the body meets disintegrating materials through acts of touch, labor, and experimentation. The piece investigates what new forms can emerge through pressure, heat, and attention which is also reflected in the kinetic sculptures made from eggshells. By animating overlooked materials—including an aging female-identified body—the work challenges fixed ideas of being and utility: fragile, reforming, and ongoing.
Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23 at 7:30pm
Location: Center for Performing Arts
Directed by Beth Graczyk
Performed by Leah Wilks and Beth Graczyk, Laura Sewell and Thomasina Petrus (Minnesota)
Music by Aaron Gabriel (Minnesota)
Lighting Design by Jeff Forbes (Portland), ILVS STRAUSS (Seattle), and Mike Grogan (Minneapolis)
Costumes by Asa Thornton
Biomaterial Sculptures by Beth Graczyk