No Correct Dancers
chashama 266
266 West 37th Street
(between 7th & 8th Ave.)
New York, NY
September 20 – 28, 2012
Performance Schedule:
Wednesday September 19, preview – 7:30 pm
Thursday September 20, opening – 8:30 pm
Friday, September 21, 7 pm and 8:30 pm
Saturday, September 22, 7 pm and 8:30 pm
Sunday, September 23, 1 pm and 3 pm
Monday, September 24, 7 pm and 8:30 pm
Thursday, September 27, 7 pm and 8:30 pm
Friday, September 28, 7 pm and 8:30 pm
No Correct Dancers is an experimental dance/theater exploration involving an overzealous optometrist and the choices between lens A and lens B. Using text as an abstracted vocal score rather than a map for storyline we seek to create and inhabit a world where words are music and dance is the language of communication.
No Correct Dancers utilizes ensemble-based movement, live voice over, song, minispectacle, close proximity, the anxiety of visiting the doctor, and the gray space between the definite answer and the absolute unknown. We seek to establish a point of perspective in order to abstract it until it becomes an entirely altered point of view.
In this world, the text is, at first, the voice of the doctor in your ear as you undergo an eye exam. The routine of getting your eyes checked becomes a catalyst for developing broader ideas of perception and making (sometimes arbitrary) choices based on your three-second-long exposure to external stimulus. The stakes are clear – at the end of the exam, you’ll be assigned a different way of seeing. Your new lens will fit fine. Please contact your doctor immediately if you experience blurriness, loss of confidence, or profound euphoria.
No Correct Dancers features performances by Laura Grant, Noah Plomgren, Jessie Shelton, Victoria Roberts-Wierzbowski, Brighid Greene, and Andrew Broaddus.
Katie Rose McLaughlin (choreography)
Dan O’Neil (text)
Josh William Gelb (director)
Patrick Rizzotti (designer)
To make an appointment to see No Correct Dancers go to kiteandmountain.org. Appointments are EXTREMELY limited (only 6 per performance)
