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As if giving birth to a new universe, the world unfolds as visual tapestry. The genesis of the divine feminine is depicted through a sequence of images that the dancers create with their bodies. As the piece evolves, the focus subtly shifts from the collective portrayal of the divine feminine to the individual. Each dancer becomes a vessel where a distinct archetype takes form. Once ingrained within their beings, the dancers capture how the archetypes bring influence to their interactions with one another.

The creation of Welcome Suite began with a few pieces of writing orbiting themes of yearning for connection, the contradictory nature of desire, and the navigation of uncertainty. In the studio, relatable human moments collided with virtuosic and expressive movement; we found moments of solace in addition to moments of humor, failure, impossibility, questioning, and messiness. I am excited by how the body can hold all of these truths and how these ideas can be expanded and warped into something wild and mundane simultaneously.

In Welcome Suite dance trios bleed into monologues bleed into tender touches bleed into wacky and whimsical games the dancers play to make sense of this world they are building. Let’s imagine the room is as much a container for this world as this world is a support holding up the walls, holding up the ceiling. Let’s imagine that, even if it doesn’t seem like it, there is a lot going on. That while we are doing this, the sun is shining somewhere. There’s always a sun somewhere.

I am endlessly grateful to these dancers for their imagination and willingness to go berserk.

Special thanks to Jane Cracovaner for her invaluable contributions to this process and to Alexa for traveling across the country to support my creative endeavors.

A special thank you to the dancers for their boundless generosity, trust and creativity, to Paula and Barry for hosting me in their beautiful home, and to Rives for always making music that inspires me to keep on dreaming.