lifeblood

lifeblood
2025
Crossroads Series by Pioneers Go East Collective in partnership with the Judson Church
Dance Theater
30 min​​
lifeblood maps out grief like points on a map connected by criss crossing lines. At the doors of its domain–a rock in the middle of a dark lake–the isolated griever faces the moments that brought them here alongside shapeshifting ghostly figures. Personal stories rattle through video projected on glass vases, sound, a cassette recorder, and movement patterns, as the memories within them abstract. Each round they fill the vases with water. As the strain nears a breaking point, so does the water reach its edge.
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Choreography by Haley Morgan Miller in collaboration with the performers
Performance by Haley Morgan Miller, Ragin Smith, Lavy
Sound Design and Dramaturgy by Ryan Gamblin
Video Design by Haley Morgan Miller
Costume Design by High Fibers