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YEAR

A dancer performs a grounded, angular pose in a black-and-red patterned costume, illuminated by a single spotlight against a dark stage.
Credit: Chris Strong

About the Performance

The currency of this generation, and of the future, lies in information, in data. When logic becomes our entrypoint into every space, the body loses its relevance, its experience, its feelings, its infinite differences from one person to the next. Being present in a digital, remote, or virtual capacity changes how we as humans put stock into body language, and the exchange of being in each other’s presence. YEAR turns up the volume on human presence, embodiment, feeling, uniqueness, identity, and our reliance on bodily expression. The 30 minute piece welcomes its dancers and audiences into a space of ritual, practice, and meditation, where we enter the sublime through an investigation into the stamina of the body.


Choreography
Andrea Miller in collaboration with the company
Lighting Design

Dan Scully

Scenic Design

Andrea Miller in collaboration with Dan Scully

Costume Design

Orly Anan Studio

Music

Fred Despierre

Premiere Cast

Jamaal Bowman, Amari Frazier, Mykiah Goree, Faith Mondesire, Donovan Reed, Keturah Stephen, Gianna Theodore, Olivia Wang

Duration
33 minutes
Premiere
Krannert Center For The Performing Arts, Urbana, IL (2024)

Support


Support for YEAR provided by Steve Pesner and Peace in loving memory of Michéle Pesner.

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  • 2018
  • Andrea Miller in collaboration with the company