text by Hope Mohr; video by Belinda He, Jane Selna, and Karla Quintero
a thing is not seen because it is visible, but conversely, visible because it is seen
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we stopped
three weeks
before opening
the days bleed
a now
without excursion
our sleeping
punctured
with one another
light slices
the musky shaft
of a downed flower
spotlight pinpoint
partial spacecraft
kitchen proscenium
distant ceremony
curtain flinch
what were we doing in rehearsal
before we knew about the show
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From September to March, I was co-creating a performance called Ode (to forgotten bodies) with dancers Belinda He, Jane Selna, Nataya Shoaf, and Karla Quintero in collaboration with sculptor Danae Mattes and costume designer Dana Kawano. We cancelled the performances of Ode due to the coronavirus. I asked the dancers to make videos of themselves doing the material so we would have some sort of archive of the dance. Below are some of those videos. I find them so poignant.
—HM
Above: Dancer Karla Quintero.
Above: dancer Natalya Shoaf
Above: Dancer Jane Selna.
Above: Dancer Belinda He.