Esmé Boyce Dance Presents "The Humbling or Chapter of Mama: Part 1"
Company:
Esmé Boyce Dance
Choreography + Direction: Esmé Julien Boyce in collaboration with the dancers
Performers: Esmé Julien Boyce + family, Ching-I Chang, Caroline Fermin + family, Cori Kresge, Matilda Sakamoto
Music composition: Cody Boyce
Set design: Kit Boyce
Costume Design: Esmé Julien Boyce + Sue Julien
"The Humbling or Chapter of Mama: Part 1" is a critical reflection of the joys and challenges of being a mother and working artist. It is a piece for five dance artists as well as the toddler and husband of Esmé Boyce and the toddler, newborn and husband of Caroline Fermin who all work together to perform the piece. Devotion is laced throughout the work in how we engage with our children and how we continue to return to the steps we’ve laid out for ourselves.
This piece embraces chaos as choreographic material. Equal parts concept and practicality, it is a demand that I not be forced to choose between motherhood and an art career; that children and the messiness of young life be enfolded into art making. This dance offers one portrait of feminism as my life requires it.
"The Humbling or Chapter of Mama: Part 1" was developed in part during a Baryshnikov Arts Residency (BAC Open) at Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, NY in Oct-Nov 2023. In addition, this project is made possible with funds from the Bronx Cultural Visions Fund, a regrant program of the Bronx Council on the Arts. This piece is fleeting and will disappear as the children involved grow and change. Please join us for this heart-filling experience!
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