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In the act of undoing

A male contemporary dancer in a wide stance on a dark stage, wearing brown socks, gray trousers, and a maroon crop top with arms stretched out wide.
Credit: Alexander Diaz

Upcoming Performances

About the Performance

In the act of undoing is a demanding work for the performers which requires unending collaboration as a means of revealing, loosening, broadening, reducing, strengthening, deepening, restructuring and interpreting. To animate the essence of what moves people, and elaborately demonstrate the rigor, unity, and diversity of our movements when we all remain on task.

Task is paramount, and at times should welcome discomfort.

Choreography
Jermaine Spivey in collaboration with the company
Lighting and Video Design

Dan Scully

Costume Design

Karen Young

Music

Original Sound Composition by Jermaine Spivey

Premiere Cast

Jamaal Bowman, Amari Frazier, Mykiah Goree, Alysia Johnson, Faith Joy Mondesire, Destin Morisset, William Okajima, Morgan Olschewske, Keturah Stephen, Gianna Theodore, Olivia Wang

Duration
27 minutes
Premiere
Vail Dance Festival, Avon, CO (2025)

Support

Lead commissioning support provided by Sarah Arison and co-commissioning support by The Carpenter Performing Arts Center at California State University, Long Beach, Executive Director, Megan Kline 

Gallery

  • Contemporary dance troupe performing dynamic poses on a dark stage with a glowing horizontal line in the background.
    In the act of undoingCredit: Alexander Diaz
  • Female contemporary dancer seated on stage in blue socks, surrounded by dancers performing fluid movement under dramatic lighting.
    In the act of undoingCredit: Alexander Diaz
  • Male dancer kneeling on stage with hands outstretched in expressive pose under a thin overhead light line.
    In the act of undoingCredit: Alexander Diaz
  • Two contemporary dancers on a dark stage, one crouching forward while the other lies low to the floor.
    In the act of undoingCredit: Alexander Diaz
  • Contemporary dancer executing a high side kick in blue attire while fellow troupe members watch from the stage background.
    In the act of undoingCredit: Alexander Diaz
  • Male dancer standing in a wide stance gazing directly forward, flanked by other performers moving across a dark stage.
    In the act of undoingCredit: Alexander Diaz

Performance History

April 2027
SUNY Purchase
Purchase, New York
March 2027
Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center, Coughlin Stage
Spokane, WA

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