Shape Shifter

Choreography: Julia K. Gleich
Dancers: Annie Freeman, Olivia Mitchell, Mauricio Vera Nuñez
Music: Steven Ricks, Paul Lansky
Costume/Design: Liliana Casabal / Morgane Le Fay
Premiere: Arts on Site, NYC

This work is dedicated to Angela Whitehill. A friend, a mentor, and someone who was amused by and supported my creative ideas.

Shape Shifter is inspired by Jill M. Hebert's book exploring the identity of Morgan Le Fay, across literary history. "She manipulates stereotypes, deploying a 'woman's' adaptability and unpredictability and a 'man's' resolution, yet at the same time she is able to be and do anything else she cares to. She is physically and metaphorically a shapeshifter, comfortable acting in a range of places including Arthur's court, the middle ground, and her own arena of power. She is quintessentially Other, neither definable nor limited by that definition."

Thank you to David Parker, Jeffrey Kazin, and Arts on Site for keeping the spirit of downtown dance alive.