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Abby Ruby
EARTH AND BREATHING: A DANCE FOR THE BONES

first performed on July 13, 2011
Freight and Volume Gallery, New York, NY
performed 12 times in 2011

GENEVIEVE WHITE

New York, NY
genevievewhite@rocketmail.com
genevievewhite.com

EARTH AND BREATHING: A DANCE FOR THE BONES
GENEVIEVE WHITE

In this poetic conceptual piece, the ground was covered in branches and cinnamon spices. The idea of being trapped in roots and coming out of a tree was the main spirit of the movements in this semi-dance and contortion structure. I was wearing a spandex costume in the shape of an hour glass that served the purpose of a head cover and mask and was too long, to create tension as I pushed and pulled through it. I was rolling over the branches, cracking them under my body: a sort of dance for bones. I also jumped, crawled and rolled on the ground. Stretching the fabric and the body in this sensory presentation was a metaphor for adaptation and change.