There is so much mad in me
2010
“An emotional monsterpiece, a beautiful rollercoaster of feeling and sensation.” —offoffoff.com
An examination of shifting states of consciousness as choreography, There is so much mad in me asks how we feel and connect in a time of over-stimulation and look-at-me distraction. Investigating ritual from torture to religious rapture, There is so much mad in me lives within the similarities between polar extremes. What are the fine lines between the abject and the sublime, voyeurism and empathy, entertainment and reality?
PRESENTATIONS
Apr 2011: The Fusebox Festival (Austin, TX)
Sep 2010: Dance Theater Workshop (New York, NY)
Mar 2010: Dance Theater Workshop (New York, NY) – Premiere
COMMISSIONING & SUPPORT
There is so much mad in me was created with support from the Greenwall Foundation, BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange and with public funds from the Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
There is so much mad in me was also created through a commission from the ADF with support from the ADF/Stephanie Reinhart Fund with additional support provided by the SHS Foundation and was created during a residency provided by the Joyce Theater Foundation, New York City, with major support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and through a year long residency with the Performance Project at University Settlement.