Split Step, 2019, performance, 25 minutes
A piece by Emily Mast & Zack Winokur
With: Anthony Lee Bryant, Daisy Jacobson, David Adrian Freeland Jr., Doug Baum, Gianna Reisen, Janie Taylor, Mario Gonzales & Rachelle Rafailedes
Music: Evan Mast
Sound Editor: Yehuda Duenyas
Lighting Design: Christopher Kuhl
Costumes: Emily Mast
Production: LUMA Foundation, Arles & Los Angeles Dance Project (LADP)
Performances: LADP (2019) & Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, France (2019)
A piece developed with and performed by a group of highly trained and exceptionally skilled dancers that revolves around virtuosity, vulnerability, fascism and freedom. Our research pertained to various physical and psychological limitations, crowd behavior, contagion, flocking, simultaneity, repetition, fascist signs and gestures, and a personal investigation into the concept of freedom – both what it means to the group and what it might mean to the viewer.