“Elusive Bird” ↬ 12-15 July 2018

The Vanderbilt Republic very proudly invites you to experience “ELUSIVE BIRD”, the third evening length component in a trilogy spanning five years of creation at Gowanus Loft; an immersive dance/projection collaboration between the noted choreographer/dancer Rebecca Stenn and photographic artist George Del Barrio — 

This final chapter of a performance installation series utilizing immersive, room-filling projection design, dance, and live music happens 12-15 July 2018 exclusively at Gowanus Loft (est. 2012), a project space known for presenting the region’s most creative, original and technologically innovative work. 

Inspired by Rei Kowakuba’s recent exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this performance explores the concept of a duet and how two people moving onstage hold between them a microcosm of the ways we interact, breathe, and love.

Kowakuba’s art has led to questions about the concept of binaries, which are not opposites as much as they are two things together, sharing space and commenting on each other sometimes quietly, sometimes with rage.

choreography & performance
REBECCA STENN, QUINN DIXON,
TREBIEN POLLARD, MEGAN WILLIAMS

camera obscura projection design
GEORGE DEL BARRIO

lighting design
KATHY KAUFMANN

costume design
ELIE WEISSMAN

soundscape
WILLIAM BYRD’S MOTET “AVE VERUM CORPUS”
IN LIVE CHOIR LED BY MATTHEW YOHN,
JAY WEISSMAN (LIVE ELECTRIC BASS),
MIKE VARGAS, JONAH WEISSMAN

communications & strategy
KATE HARVIE

project space
GOWANUS LOFT

[ Performances 12-15 July 2018 at Gowanus Loft — tickets ]