RAW Directions supports the work of emerging and mid-career choreographers with more than ten years of professional choreographic experience who wish to bring new projects to a live audience, to experiment with new ways of crafting their work and to learn from/share with their peers in a supportive workshop environment.

February 9-11
THUR-SAT 8:00pm
Tickets: $17 general, $12 member, $14 students/seniors
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Elisha Clark Halpin/ETCH Dance Co.

the sky is empty

Dancers explore the use of physical communication in the sky is empty, a piece created out of the movement itself. Dancing with vulnerability and humanity, the performers are themselves, not characters on a stage. The athletic style of the choreography delves into the female identity in a raw and starkly honest way. 

Photo by vjmStudios
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Elke Luyten & Kira Alker

Inertia, part 1

Searching for moments of vulnerability within the performer’s body, Inertia, part 1, investigates the fundamental difficulties and paradoxes in the act of performing. Inspired by the logic and limitations of functional movement, Luyten focuses on the simple process of executing tasks to explore the ways a performer can generate and accumulate energy.  

Photo by Kira Alker
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Philippa Kaye Company

The Land of Maverick; Unbranded

Using five women, five hula-hoops and a blue rhinestone ice-skating outfit, The Land of Maverick; Unbranded is a piece about Americana. By making a concert dance piece that recognizes the work of Modern Masters, Kaye plays a game of Oregon Train, re-evaluating origins – the pioneers of modern dance – in order to find direction while exploring politics and social sciences, and the conundrum of dance history. 

Photo by Philippa Kaye

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SHANNON GILLEN + GUESTS

BOTLEK

BOTLEK is an in-depth physical analysis of the international shipping industry; it is about people, stuff and space and it is a social experiment. Fascinated by the scale and complexity of maritime trade, this project delves into the idea of shared boundaries, geometric stacks, unpredictable events in isolated conditions, boredom, role-play, and visual disruption

Photo by Shannon Gillen
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