RELATIVELY REAL INHABIT

RELATIVELY REAL Premier: May 12-14, 2005 at On the Boards in Seattle. Music: Original Score by Adam McCollom Number of Performers: 6 dancers Length: 70 minutes Relatively Real is an evening length (75 minute) interdisciplinary work set in an atmosphere of mystery and transformation, asking WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Relatively Real explores the relativity of IDENTITY and PERCEPTION - who we think we are, how others perceive us, and how filters of time, place, and security tip the grasp of our-selves. Artistic Director KT Niehoff and her company traverse through multiple identities including androgyny, cartoon gender, essential self, and organism in this highly physical, richly textured, and emotionally layered piece. (continued)

Relatively Real was created with a dynamic cast of collaborators: Adam McCollom composed the score, adding his haunting and ethereal sound. Stephan Gruber contributed whimsical imagery through his animation, projected onto eight mobile set pieces comprised of monolithic screens created by scene designer Alex Korahais. Julie Keenan's bold light design and Alex Martin outrageous, gender-bending costume design complete the strong visual environment. The work was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Dance Project, and the National Performance Network's Creative Fund.

INHABIT Premier: CHAC, Seattle WA, April 19- May 20, 2007 Music: Sarah Murát / Pre-Recorded Number of Performers: 4 Length: One hour plus pre-show (total time: 1hr 15 minutes) Inhabit is an intimate, non-proscenium work for an audience of approximately 50. Inhabit is an invitation to our living room for the evening. The audience become guest and the dancers become givers in this visual, sensorial and intellectual feast. (continued)

As givers, the dancers construct an environment for a shared experience, greeting guests as they arrive to usher them from the debris of their day into the present. Inhabit upends the presumed separation of life and art with kindness and expertly constructs a range of proximal vantage point for guests to watch the performance unfold. Throughout the evening, Inhabit also incorporates snacking, toasting, chatting and hosting. These simple encounters dash usual performance expectations and give easy permission for each guest to hold the world of the work as their own. Inhabit is a dance, a party and a ritual. A performance offered as a risk and a gift. A powerful reflection on our choices of how, where and with whom we dwell. Inhabit is a social art-feast. This project is supported by 4culture and The Bossak/Heilbron Foundation.

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