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Susan Marshall & Company
Music by David Lang
In an electric guitar-fueled evening of postmodern
dance-theater, Susan Marshall couples her intimate, structured
choreography with the seductiveness of pop culture to explore our
complex relationship to the media we consume.
Marshall’s choreography adds nuance to the high-gloss aesthetic
and sleek production values of popular music videos while stripping
away its context, rendering it both more austere and profound. A
commissioned score by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David
Lang—performed live by members of guitar quartet Dither and Mantra
Percussion—animates this dialogue between the real and the virtual,
in which bodies hover somewhere in between.
Costume design by Diana Broussard
Lighting design by Eric Southern
Video design and cinematography by William Cusick
Set design by Andreea Mincic
Dancer and rehearsal director Kristen Hollinsworth guides participants through Susan Marshall & Company’s unique improvisatory and partnering techniques.
Susan Marshall & Company performs regularly in New York City.
The 2013 Next Wave Festival showcases the very best in contemporary performance, plus artist talks, storytelling, visual art, and film.