go.co is interested in shifting the roles of audience and performer, giving both more agency in affecting the dance.

Infused with an exhibit-like quality that encourages engagement and interpretation, go.co provides the audience with groundwork information and an opportunity through action or inaction to have a unique experience as a witness. They are invited in by the movement itself with incorporation of gesture work, breath, and a conscious variability in movement dynamic.

The performers are also given agency in the creation and performance of the work. Through open artistic communication between the choreographer and the dancers and scored improvisation, the dancers are empowered to influence the finished product and interact with the audience.

By giving both dancers and audience members the ability to affect the finished work, go.co hope to establish an enthusiastic, confident give and take relationship out of what is classically a passive exchange of art and ideas.

THAT SHOW

December 14th @Index

Premiering go.co’s new work: Poll Dance. Details TBA *kissy face*

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Light Switch: Trio –

A continuation of Light Switch(see below). As a group work now, dancers can also be potential observers, collaborators, and performers. When a dancer says ‘open your eyes’ or ‘close them’ this now applies to their fellow dancers. It will affect how they move, and can be interacted with. Some parts of the dance you may never see unless you decide to keep your eyes open once you’ve been asked to close them. And then, what the artist(s) choose to share is their individualized version of this dance, and is shared graciously with the viewer. A new dance each time.

Thank you to Clean Cut Kid, Alva Noto, and Kate Bush for the music. Thank you to McCall McClellan for the video. Thank you to the dancers:

Natalia Fernandez (she/her), Courtney Holbrook (she/they), Maddie Musgraves (she/her)

POCKET DIMENSION –

A fast-paced, light-hearted reflection of imaginative play; taking the two dimensional nature of kids playing with dolls and having those dolls face adult situations. The viewer can see many of these scenes take place at once, and are encouraged to wander.

Thank you to The Harmaleighs, SZA, Chappell Roan, Remi Wolf, Norah Jones, and The Aces for the music. Thank you to the dancers:

Beaudau Banks (he/they), Helen Greider (she/her), Janina Young (she/her), Kalyan Sayre (she/her), Maddie Musgraves (she/her), McCall McClellan (she/her), & Yolette Yellow-Duke (they/she)

Light Switch –

A statement on the socialization of rules, boundaries, and consent. The mover(s) enter the stage in a place of great vulnerability, but are given the ‘illusion’ of having total control of the perception of their performance. They will start with house lights up, the audience in view. They will be given the opportunity to give out two commands/requests of the audience: ‘open your eyes’ or ‘close them’. Upon satisfaction that the audience is cooperating with their request, the house lights will dim and they will begin to move…

Honeysuckle –

A manifesto on joy, responsibility, and other people’s thoughts. An excerpt of a longer, future work (WIP performed at The Craft, 2019)

Thank you to Armando Young for the music. Thank you to Hallee Bernstein for the video.

The Pickle Jar –

A study on the pickling process in a very technical way, brushing on the experience of preservation and isolation. Originally a duet, this piece was extended to a group work at Small Plates VA, 2019.