The Fall 2023 Emory Dance Company Concert features new work by 2023-24 Emory Arts Fellow Annalee Traylor, guest artist Celeste Miller, and Emory dance faculty Gregory Catellier, George Staib, and Lori Teague.
Read about faculty member Lori Teague's work and process below!
We are exploring the embodiment of warrior and healer—the cyclical nature of repair and preparation in the body. The relationships between dancers (the connections) move from a state of sensing to actualizing a common front that gives voice to our fears. The intention of linking/connecting is about knowing each other and recognizing that our individual journeys are vastly different. These varied perspectives align through touch, shared space, and rhythmic solidarity. We hope to offer powerful imagery of bodies freeing themselves, who are interested in sharing power, and listening more deeply to each other. This practice in this performance can create positive social change.
The individual expression of each body is being heard and embellished in the work - each person is discovering personal releases. I am also still exploring the act of seeing someone without labels. This is a prompt I have been exploring for a while in my work.
In my process I am implementing ways for the dancers to know each other more, through authentic movement practices and storytelling. Sometimes we sit down and talk about issues that each of us confront, or have been confronted by--how do we handle them? What has it done to our bodies?
In watching the work, I hope viewers experience healing.
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