Hmmm..., 2009, The Kitchen, New York
Photographs: ©Paula Court
Hmmm… is a work that mines the potential of what is on hand in a given environment to upend performance protocol and audience expectations.
Starting with what’s available — some generic dance movement, two people, some found stuff — Hmmm…then proceeds to move the audience and performers further and further from common experiences into a disorienting atmosphere of questioning and uncertainty. Impulses, mistakes, attempts, and impossibilities from the dance-making process are accumulated, embedded into ever more disruptive versions of themselves towards eventual, exquisite chaos.
April 23—25, 2009, The Kitchen, New York
Performers: Kimberly Hamlin, Inka Juslin, and Sari Nordman
Curator: Dean Moss
Lighting designer: Roderick Murray
Review - New York Times
Review - danceviewtimes
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“Ms. Ring un-raveled all that she had built. It was like watching the performance become the process, and the best part was that it felt real.” - Gia Kourlas, The New York Times
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