6 Editor-Approved Performances Happening Onstage and Online This Month
6 Editor-Approved Performances Happening Onstage and Online This Month
November 4, 2020
Dance Magazine
Photo by Anne Pesata. Dancer Esmé Olivia
Dance artists are no strangers to making it work. From brand-new premieres to digital reimaginings, these six performances, slated to find stages and screens this month, prove just how true that is.
ONLINE Contemporary Indigenous dance company Dancing Earth explodes antiquated stereotypes of natives as relics of the past in Between Underground & Skyworld Cyberspace. In partnership with the Global Change & Sustainability Center at the University of Utah, the virtual miniseries, adapted from the company's still-evolving site-immersive performance ritual of the same name, envisions a youth-led future of renewable energy powered by Indigenous ancestral wisdom. The work, directed by artistic director Rulan Tangen, journeys from colonialism and genocide to a hopeful, sustainable future of empathy, reciprocity and transformation. Four episodes begin streaming Nov. 5, culminating in a live virtual performance and an interactive "Reflection Pool" with the artists on Nov. 20. Online content, including behind-the-scenes videos for early ticket buyers, will be available through Nov. 30. utahpresents.org. —Kathryn Machi