Generic Specific

Red Eye Theater

A Red Eye Production by Emily Gastineau with with Valerie Oliveiro, Anna Marie Shogren, and J H Shuǐ Xiān

What a mess. The smell of dust, burnt plastic, a slight rot. The room is thick with symbols and sentiment. Everything is rubbing up on everything else. I want this, I need this, this exact thing, it’s irreplaceable, oh god, I’m so embarrassed. Ring! Someone is calling on the banana phone. Hello?! Every prop tells you how to pick it up. Wallet, phone, keys, a match. The generic is something so pervasive that we become unable to see it. A concept is cheap. Break the bookshelf, chew on the splinters, spit it out. How will we know whose garbage to take home? You wrote me a love letter but you said it wasn’t personal. I don’t remember getting a script but I keep talking. Dance means it’s stolen. Dance means it’s right now. Recycling means it will be used. Recycling means it will come back around. We want to start over and start over and start over but there is no getting out. Generic Specific is a contemporary dance work that examines affective economies through the lens of the generic and the personal. The piece explores how feelings circulate, how value is produced through proximity, and how normativity is constructed through repetition. 		generic (noun): something so pervasive that we become unable to see its specificity. Ex: brand (of cola), a tool (a traffic cone), a dance movement (the step-touch), an expression (a smile), or an idea (the good life). The objects and ideas that saturate a culture until they become standard, ostensibly unmarked, even invisible—as we remain implicated, attached, choreographed by them.

COVID POLICY Red Eye requires either proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR documentation of a negative PCR or proctored Rapid Antigen test taken within 72 hours of the event for all audience members who enter the space.<ul><li>Attendees may present a physical vaccination record card, printout of test results with name and date clearly visible, or a digital document on a mobile device (such as a photo image of a vaccination record card or digital test results.) Documents must match the ticket holder’s ID. Note: showing your rapid test cartridge or picture of cartridge will not qualify as proof.</li></ul><ul><li>For faster screening, ticket holders are encouraged to send digital vaccine or negative test proof to covidsafety@redeyetheater.org in advnace of attending an event.</li></ul>High-quality masks are required to be worn by audience at all times.All artists participating in Red Eye programs are required to be vaccinated and boosted as eligible.If you have questions about this policy, or concerns related to accessibility, please contact the Red Eye Artistic Directors with as much advance notice as possible at staff@redeyetheater.org. Please note that this policy is subject to change.ACCESS SERVICESRed Eye's performance space is fully wheelchair-accessible. To request ASL interpretation, audio description, large-print programs, or other accessibility-related accommodations for any event, please contact us at least two weeks prior to the event. staff@redeyetheater.org | 612.870.7531Note: There is a dog in the performance. Please contact staff@redeyetheater.org with any questions or concerns.

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