“Churning the Ocean,” by Abby Zbikowski
H.A.T.CH. Spring Concert
April 11-13, 2024
Title: Churning the Ocean
Choreographer: Abby Zbikowski, with contributions by Benjamin Roach and dancers
Music: “Demeures aquatiques” by Beatriz Ferreyra, “Song to the Siren” by the Chemical Brothers remixed by Rapahel Xavier
Dancers: Lindsey Beatty, Isabel Bowser, Gabriela Brito, Abby Doerr, Gaetan O'Brien, Tess Scearbo, Liv Sexton, Eryn Toppin, Anna Verutes, Rachel Waid
Notes on the piece: This work is a tributary in a stream of ongoing experiments testing physical effort, human will, perceived boundaries, and the construction of our experienced realities in contemporary living, particularly in dance. My work is heavily influenced by my training in African and Afro-diasporic forms, playing sports, and performing requisite manual labor. It disrupts space. It moves into new terrain with its own emergent logic and system, like a sports event where the rules are encoded in a rapidly shifting puzzle. Each dancer has brought boundless information, experience, and energy to this work, for which I am extremely grateful. LET’S GO MOONFISH!!!
Videography and edit by Lexi Clark-Stilianos