ARTIST STATEMENT

THE DUST OF OUR PAST. RELEASING SELF OF THE TRAUMAS THAT EMERGED INTO ILLNESS. ALLOWING MOTHER NATURE TO SURRENDER TO INTERCONNECTION. MYCORRHIZA- INTERWOVEN BEINGS BETWEEN PLANT, ANIMAL AND FUNGI. AN ORGANIZATION TO HEAL THE INNER CHILD. 

THIS IS MY FIRST POST-CANCER WORK. INSPIRED BY BESSEL VAN DER KOLK’S THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE. THIS TRILOGY IS A JOURNEY TO UNDERSTANDING ILLNESS. BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER. ALL THREE WORKS WILL BE PRESENTED OVER THREE DAYS AS AN IMMERSIVE FULL-BODIED DANCE THEATER EXPERIENCE.

I. PRODUCT OF DIVORCE
FT ANTONIO SANCHEZ

ENVIRONMENT. THE FALSITY OF TRUE COMPANIONSHIP. THE CHILD'S NERVOUS SYSTEM MUST BE NURTURED, FOR IF NOT, ITS CELLULAR INTELLIGENCE WILL BE DAMAGED. 

II. NATURE SOUNDS WHILE THE IV DRIPS

WAR. MANS NATURE AGAINST CHEMOTHERAPY. SONIC COMPANIONSHIP TO MEDITATE. EIGHT MOVEMENTS- EACH PORTRAYING A TREATMENT CYCLE.

III. RESTART

SOIL. AN ECOSYSTEM OF EARTH'S CRUST. FOUND IN PLACE OF CONSTRUCTION, BURIAL, OR GARDENING. SHE MUST GUIDE HIM, AND HE WILL BE OKAY. WAVES CONTINUE TO CRASH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

CAUTION
DARKNESS, LIGHT AND VULNERABILITY ARE ON DISPLAY. WITNESS THIS WORK WITH CARE, EMPATHY, AND COURAGE.