Daring Nashville artists transform OZ Arts into a laboratory for the creation and premiere of new works and works-in-progress. Encouraging multimedia experimentation and collaboration across disciplines, the lab creates a safe space for high-risk artistic adventures. Celebrate local innovation and creativity with an evening of four performance pieces featuring a bold mix of dance, theater, and music.
FEATURING
a new dance work from
LENIN FERNANDEZ
With evocative and high velocity movement, choreographer Lenin Fernandez works with standout dancers Kristen Carrara, Becca Hoback, Emma Morrison, and Joi Ware to create a theatrical new work. Together, they use evocative choreography to interrogate the multidimensional archetypes in our personalities, blurring the lines between reality and the imagined world.
a multimedia-music hybrid from
GARDENING, NOT ARCHITECTURE
Sublime, multi-projector imagery sets the stage for composer/performer Sarah Saturday’s new Gardening, Not Architecture collaboration — featuring live music by Sarah, films by Dycee Wildman (Defy Film Festival), and movement by choreographer Joi Ware. Performing three original songs from her forthcoming Gardening, Not Architecture album, Sarah confronts the many facets of her personal identity and negotiates living with her Inner Critic on the path to becoming whole.
a theatrical performance art creation by
JENNIFER WHITCOMB-OLIVA
Conjuring an otherworldly environment that evokes a journey under the sea, riveting performer and writer Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva leads the audience on an adventure inspired by Afrofuturism and its roots in diasporic mythos. Creating a fusion of original poetry, rich soundscape, and staged movement, Jennifer utilizes her arresting stage presence to confront her own origin story and fantastical future.
a self-choreographed solo dance work by
