Open Ended // Empress Archer
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Multiple dates between May 3 - May 5, various times
BodyVox Dance Center
Northwest Portland (Portland)
This is an in-person event
$20 - $45
All Ages
The following description comes from the event organizer.
Open Space and BodyVox present Open Ended // Empress ArcherEmpress Archer digests the input of 12 choreographers, 10 years, 8 cities, 4 global upheavals, 3 weddings, 2 pregnancies, and an infinite grasping for humanity into a dance show about one relationship. Ariel Freedman and Meredith Webster join forces from opposite corners of the world (Israel/Palestine and San Francisco, respectively) to witness each other, survive motherhood and loss, goof around, and achieve something together that can't be done alone.
Open Space will open the performance with Squeezing Honey from a Stone (excerpt), a world premiere by Canadian New York-based choreographer, Elijah Labay. Labay describes his work as "a reflection of self and how we present ourselves to the world....we explore the dichotomy of a hard exterior to protect ourselves and forms of inner softness, which we reserve for our relationships or self love."