JENNIFER MULLER “The Bench”

Bench traces the ecological destruction of the earth due to the damaging effects of human behavior, and asks for a transformation of disregard into responsibility, apathy into action and conflict into redemption.  Video projections present images of the earth from its creation to its current state of devistation, ending by imagining a rebirth of the environment.  The twelve dancers depict the human effect on nature, loosely based on the seven deadly sins, with relationships disintegrating, torn apart by jealousies, power struggles and conflicting desires.  The dance builds to a series of catalytic events that disrupt the status quo and affect change.  The bench itself becomes at various times a symbol for greed and power; a symbol for inertia – a place where individuals sit, waiting for life to happen; and eventually, a symbol for a prayer for salvation.

Ran May 20th-June 20th