Name: CRAWL: Chapter 7
Start: 2017-03-17T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2017-03-18T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Industry City Distillery

CRAWL: Chapter 7

The People Movers is a dance and production collaborative led by choreographer & producer Kate Ladenheim. We create ambitious dance performances that sit at the nexus of feminism, technology, and activism.www.thepeoplemovers.co

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<H2>CRAWL: Chapter 7</H2>
<H3>Three artists tackle aspects of queerness, gender stereotypes, and isolation:</H3>
<P>Nir Arieli fills the space with subtle, ethereal images centered around contemporary male identity. Dante Brown|Warehouse Dance presents an elegant parody of gender norms in the bromance inspired <EM>Package.</EM> And Brendan Drake Choreography shows us  the paradox of isolation and depression in the midst of boisterous self-expression.</P>
<H3>What's it all about?</H3>
<P>Nir, Dante, and Brendan differ in tone and approach, but they share a nuanced perception of multi-layered identity. Their work in Chapter 7 reveals the insufficiency of stereotype, and its resulting psychological impact.</P>
<H2>WHAT YOU'LL SEE</H2>
<H3>Brendan Drake Choreography: The Big Finish</H3>
<P><EM>The Big Finish</EM> exploits camp, humor and the american musical theater songbook to speculate what might happen if we actually “let our freak flags fly.” Incorporating text and movement framed by thoughts on queerness, vanity, isolation and suicide, <EM>The Big Finish</EM> examines the thin veneer of public decency and an unraveling of sanity.</P>
<H3>Dante Brown|Warehouse Dance: Package</H3>
<P><EM>Package</EM> began as a male trio that explored the term “bromance” and its association with masculinity and the straight male aversion towards potential homoerotic encounters. It applauded bromance, shedding light on the small range in which male bodies are depicted in popular culture, and simultaneously demonstrated the absurdity of the term itself. Now, four years after its premiere, <EM>Package</EM> has developed into an arena for eight multi-gendered bodies, demonstrating the ambiguity of the physical acts we associate with masculinity and femininity.</P>
<H3>Photography by Nir Arieli</H3>
<P>Nir Arieli presents intimate portraits of male dancers, layered on top of each other and collaged with images of their eyes. The different physical, actual, and optical perspectives of the dancer in each image exposes an internal dialog; a bridge between pain and process to liberation and beauty.</P>
<P>Arieli’s images allude to identity formation, mirroring the physical and mental demands of dance training. Wrapped up in in this identity formation are questions around masculinity, sexuality, intimacy, extroversion, and performance. Each image describes both the painful inner process and a redemptive outward resolution of this conflict.</P>

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