“…she was becoming untethered.”

Taking inspiration from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” and the twisted and textured paintings of Salvador Dalí,

“…she was becoming untethered.” tells a surrealistic story of transformation along a continuum of beauty and the grotesque.

Press

Fjord Review, 2023

Performances

92NY Buttenwieser Hall at the Arnhold Center, New York

June 23-24 2023

Who + What

Choreographer: Annie Rigney

Performers: Rebecca Margolick, Jessica Alexander, Kayleigh Smerud, Thomas Hogan, Naoki Yogi, Elizabeth Shupe, Julian Grubman, Ellexis Hatch, Morgan Gregory, Eduardo Jiménez Cabrera

Music:

Composer: Marco Rosano*

*This compilation of previously recorded works with new, original music created in collaboration specifically for this work.

Countertenor: Andreas Scholl

Cotralto: Nabila Trinadade.

Additional recorded music by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Camille Saint-Saens, Antonio Vivaldi, Henryk Gorecki, and the Bulgarian State Television Female Choir.

Music editing: Tom Rigney and Peter McHugh

Lighting Design: Jay Woods

Stage Managing: Madison Ellis

Costume Design: Annie Rigney

Costume Supervisor: Sara Hinkley

This work was created with the support of a 2022-23 CUNY Dance Initiative Residency at Brooklyn College. An earlier version of the work was commissioned by The Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase.