Post Memoriam
PERFORMANCE
This multimedia dance perforamance is a BFA Distinction Thesis. The work explores a humanist narrative arc of World War II and adjacent crimes against humanity along with their contemporary implications through dance, video and photography.
Dance as a corporeal medium forces an audience to look into the eyes of another human being and confront their own complicity.
“In effect, after 1945 poetry is an act of defiance. A quixiotic refusal to descend into silence.” - Jay Winter
“In effect, after 1945 poetry is an act of defiance. A quixiotic refusal to descend into silence.” - Jay Winter
“Erbschuld” - Collective National Guilt
Made in collaboration with Kathleen Greer
ENTRANCE MONTAGE
Frank Capra’s Why We Fight (1942), the liberation of Dachau (1945), Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will (1935), original D-Day footage (1944), a Rudolph Hess Rally in Berlin, Germany (2018), Pennsylvania and Georgia Neo-Nazi ralies (2016 and 2018).
dance video footage by Mason Chapello
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