Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall [Nov. 29, 2018]
Choreography by Pauline Jennings, created and performed with Joshua Lacourse
Music Composer and Performer: Sean Clute
Costume and Set Design: Amy Nielson
Lighting Design: Stefan Jacobs
“Sea Inside Our Skin” is made possible in part with a research and development residency and support by Vermont Performance Lab with support from the Vermont Community Foundation.
“Sea Inside Our Skin” (2018, Burlington, VT) simultaneously questions and validates our collective need to form nourishing connections. The duet offers a spontaneous refuge and quiet rebellion against an increasingly disconnected world. The 50-minute ritual is rooted in a world built upon loose canvas ooring. The canvas creates a responsive environment where the physical landscape evolves in direct correlation to each performer’s journey and serves as a powerful reminder that the work undertaken is messy, unpredictable, risky and constantly in progress. The audience, seated on all sides, is invited to witness two bodies as they spiral, reach, retreat and erode in a shared struggle toward partnership and defense of autonomy.