*REPOSE*
first performed on August 29, 2021
Beach Sessions, Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY
performed once in 2021
MORIAH EVANS
Toni Carlson, Maggie Cloud, Marc Crousillat, Brittany Engel-Adams, Moriah Evans, Daria Faïn, Lizzie Feidelson, Melanie Greene, Iréne Hultman, John Hoobyar, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Burr Johnson, Niall Jones, Sarah Beth Percival, jess pretty, Antonio Ramos, Alex Rodabaugh, Carlo Villanueva, Anh Vo, Kota Yamazaki, Andros Zins-Browne, David Watson, Sam Kulik, Ian Douglas-Moore, The Bureau for the Future of Choreography, Amber Evans
*REPOSE*
MORIAH EVANS
On Sunday, August 29 from 1 pm–7 pm, “REPOSE” traveled the 1.4 mile shoreline between Beach 86th Street and Beach 110th Street. “REPOSE” borrowed from the social and physical choreographies inherent to the beach—from the sun-bathing bodies lying in repose, to the posturing of the self in forms of commercialized leisure sanctioned by the Parks Department that police and maintain the shoreline. By mirroring these actions, “REPOSE” both imposed on, and blended into, the beach’s elemental composition, landscape, and communities. As the work traveled with an evolving cohort of 21 dancers, the public was invited, wittingly and unwittingly, to participate. Various instructions and scores for participation were released online and in print prior to and available on the day of the performance. At 6 pm at Beach 110th Street, experimental musician/composer David Watson created a new composition activating the beach through sound including live performance and processed field recordings. The beach-as-stage that “REPOSE” made use of throughout the day concluded with a sonic sunset.