The Odonata Dance Project Presents

Etymology of a Person

A dance theatre spectacle in which seven women in six dresses compete in challenges of strength, speed, smarts & agility to exit the underworld and return to life.

Etymology of a Person is the latest opus combining dance, theatre and spectacle from the innovative ladies that brought you Aspiration: Housewife (New York International Fringe Festival 2006).  Created through an intense collaborative process, the piece draws from the varied backgrounds of its performers, whose antics come to light through the lens of reality television.  Against the zany backdrop of the underworld, these women compete in absurd challenges that ultimately ask:  Does the search for purpose ever die?  Or does the apparent arbitrariness of life extend into the realm of the eternal…

Directed & Choreographed by Jessica Bonenfant
Created & Performed by Rachel Borgman, Erin Cairns, Amy C. Capomacchio, Errin Delperdang, Sara Greenfield, Itsuko Higashi, Carolyn Siegel, Bronwyn Sims & Kristina Walton
Aerial Hammock Choreography by Bronwyn Sims
Music & Sound by Avery Brooks
Costume Design by Lisa Reneé Jordan
Set Design by Susanna Conaway
Lighting Design by Cris Dopher

The Odonata Dance Project has been presenting short works of dance in New York City since 2003. In 2005 Selective Memory, an evening length concert showcasing works by the company was produced at the Merce Cunningham Studio. Aspiration: Housewife marked the company’s full-length narrative debut. Etymology of a Person is the first Odonata work to include aerial performance on the double hammock.

Etymology of a Person travels to the Boulder International Fringe Festival in Boulder, Colorado this summer!

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