A duplex poetry dance video
Where is empathy? Do we value it anymore? Or does property and things reign supreme over all? Surely there is a path back to our hearts, our connectedness to each other as human beings. I believe that art is the bridge that brings us back to our humanity, back to our true nature.
During the Covid lockdown, I wrote the poem beyond fences which addresses the greed epidemic that has created the unhoused humanitarian crisis in the San Francisco Bay Area. Written from an Indigenous perspective, the poem was inspired by Jericho Brown's duplex poetry form which I thought would be a great structure for a dance piece. In the choreography process, every dancer had a voice creating phrases that adhered to the duplex poetry form. Locations of the video include Berkeley, Alameda and Santa Cruz, California.
Please support these amazing women artists who gave their talent, time and energy to create beyond fences.
Also, check out Desert Dwellers Whirling Within the music that inspired the movement.
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