Coyote Fox Wolf Dragonfly Butterfly Bee Eagle Raven Hawk

Ecological undercurrents. Surrendering our flesh to the elements. Doors of perception. Open walls exposed to the aspen trees. Memories of journeys enhanced by fungi. A deeper connection to our ancestors, guiding us when we slow down to listen. To be a vessel to what wants to enter. These animals have deeper symbolic meanings: the protector, the pollinator, the one lost, the one found, the one that’s dead weight. The ghosts are always watching. Signs of the dead. Divinity is a source of truth, releasing all that is not wanting to be forced. Constantly negotiating our illumination. Beautifully alone. A totemic gathering. 

This dance play was created on the same campus where Merce and Cage created- sitting on the shoulders of giants. At Perry Mansfield in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Maybe this dance isn’t meant to be a work, but a message that was passed down. I’m just grateful to have received it.

Choreographer Jacob Jonas
Performing Artists Alexa Donnelly, Paulina Donnelly, Jordan Plange, Alyse Rockett, Emma Rosenzweig-Bock, Nic Walton, Jill Wilson, Jarrett Yeary
Music Composition Patrick Watson
Costume Entire Studios