IFIF (Kids), 2025, experimental showing, 25 minutes
IFIF is a secular group ritual structured as a game that weaves together chance, dance, and trance. Building on practices intended to sustain and nurture resilience, the work draws from an unique alchemy of hypnosis, tantra, Dom/sub dynamics, emotional attunement, movement, writing, and theatrical experimentation. Participants navigate the delicate tensions between vulnerability and agency, harmony and dissonance, and individuality and collectivity while attempting to follow the game’s near-impossible rules. It was workshopped with four children ages 7 to 11 for an in-progress showing at the Wende.
Players: Alessandra Guerrero, Indra Thianpalee, Kai Rees, Mia Iskandaryan
Sound: Yehuda Duenyas
Costumes: Emily Mast & the players
Assistant: Julia Smith
Video: Miranda Reilly