11:00 AM . Melinda Ring & RoseAnne Spradlin, Show & Tell

Work in progress showings from Choreographers Melinda Ring and RoseAnne Spradlin.

MELINDA RING
Forgetful Snow

Forgetful Snow, a triptych completed by two durational performances and an evening-length dance, investigates the transcendent possibilities of body and mind. The dance, performed naked and without accompaniment, is stripped of layered-on meaning and emotion. What’s presented instead is pure choreography and performance—formally complex, and physically raw.

ROSEANNE SPRADLIN
indelible disappearance – a thought not a title

While Spradlin’s work is rarely narrative, in researching material for her new work, indelible disappearance – a thought not a title, harrowing stories of women told through historic film, literature and news reports are assuming primacy as a source for choreographic thinking. “Lost girl” stories of class struggle, sexual violence and murder will culminate in a work that confronts audiences in unpredictable ways.

Sunday, January 12, 11:00 AM

Run time: 45 minutes

ABRONS ARTS CENTER PLAYHOUSE
FREE – RSVP to AmericanRealness@gmail.com