Ten performers cling to a revolving platform, surrounded on all sides by a rapt audience witnessing the careening and awe-inspiring kinetic sculpture of vulnerable human bodies. Choreographer and director Faye Driscoll describes her latest work, Weathering, as a “multi-sensory flesh sculpture,” and a “morphing tableau vivant on a mobile raft-like stage surging through the Anthropocene.”
“One of the most interesting and dynamic presentations of locally grown talent.”
– Nashville Scene
Celebrate local innovation and creativity with a bold evening of entirely original short-form performances by Nashville artists. This year’s program features a new dance work inspired by the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch, a collaboration exploring the interplay between gumboot and step dance, a trippy live music and multimedia experience, and a fresh Hip-hop dance creation.
Artist Reception: Saturday, April 26th from 5pm-7pm
(before the closing performance of Faye Driscoll’s Weathering)
Striking a balance of the playful and the provocative, Sai Clayton’s work uses traditional iconography and heightened theatricality to reflect the absurdity of negotiating two cultures and races. Combining her Japanese heritage and Southern upbringing, this collection delves into the dichotomies of masculinity and sensitivity, spectatorship and performance, and the inner and outer self.