photo by Jenna Davis

Very Good Dance Theatre’s MAY I DESCEND THE STAIRCASE

Saturday, January 31

7:30 PM

pay-what-you-can Free - $30

MAY I DESCEND THE STAIRCASE is both monstrous and tender, a fantasia that roves through fragmented nostalgic memories and futuristic hopes and dreams. It comes alive through translations of favorite music videos, quotable family dinners, and defying childhood experiences that shape the trajectory of character and beliefs. MAY I is an experience motivated by inner child veneration; play, make believe, what ifs, playground rules, scribbling on the walls, dress up, parental groundings, singing diddies while holding hands with your best friend, fragmented glimpses of the past present and future, mom’s lullaby, dad’s teachings, mom’s defenses, dad’s stupor, drawing outside the lines, maneuvering, masking, living phantasmically.

This performance of MAY I culminates after a weeklong residency at the intersection of devised dance theatre and drama therapy.