Juliana F. May/MAYDANCE presents "Family Happiness"
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Juliana F. May/MAYDANCE
"Family Happiness," a new evening-length work by Juliana F. May, continues the choreographer’s decade-long investigation into body control and the complicated system of victimhood and perpetration. Pitting Post-Modern and Modernist choreographic strategies such as task and symbolism against pop cultural references of the 80s and 90s, this dance-text-song triptych delivers a space for culpability and catharsis.
"Family Happiness" is written, directed, and choreographed by Juliana F. May and performed by Leslie Cuyjet, Tess Dworman, Lucy Kaminksky, Molly Poerstel, and Kayvon Pourazar.
Original songs by Juliana F. May in collaboration with the performers.
Music Composition by Tatyana Tenenbaum
Lighting Design by Chloe Z. Brown
Costumes by Mariana Valencia
"Family Happiness" is co-commissioned by Chocolate Factory Theater and Abrons Arts Center. The development of Family Happiness was made possible, in part, by the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University and with residency support from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Dance Studio Residency Program.
Photo by Maria Baranova
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