premiere performance at Links Hall
may 3-4 at 7:00pm | May 5 at 3:00pm
w/ a post-show party on May 4 until 10pm
credits
PREMIERE: Links Hall - Chicago, IL, May 2024
CONCEPT + DIRECTION: Melinda Jean Myers
PRESENTER: Lucky Plush Productions
COMPOSER + MUSICIAN: Lex Leto
DEVISED IN COLLABORATION + PERFORMANCE: Kara Brody, Kim Goldman, Isabella Limosnero, Jacinda Ratcliffe, Melinda Jean Myers, Meghann Wilkinson
ABOUT
Created by Melinda Jean Myers in collaboration with Lucky Plush ensemble members and composer/musician Lex Leto. This new dance-theater work explores how the body holds opposing states of motivation and apathy, abundance and loss, and hope and despair during a climate crisis. Through visual storytelling and shared choreographies, the ensemble seeks a roadmap for greater awareness and collective action.
past performance
This performance was made possible with generous support of Lucky Plush Productions’ Embodied Research Project, University of Iowa’s Office of the Vice President for Research and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa’s Department of Dance, and University of Illinois
Special thanks to Extensions Dance Center, Links Hall, and bim bom studios for studio space, University of Iowa Dance Company 2022-2023, University of Iowa Production Unit for costume and set support