"SPLIT SIDES" (2003) AT WOLFTRAP (1 OF 2) 07.14.2009

Music by Radiohead, Sigur Rós
Set by Catherine Ross, Robert Heishman
Costumes by James Hall
Lighting by James F. Ingalls

Rehearsal at Wolftrap in 2009. This piece was first performed on October 14, 2003 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Here, the dancers rehearse without music, two in practice clothes and one in costume, in front of one of the two decors for the work, this one by Robert Heishman.

Dancers in order of appearance: Jennifer Goggans, Brandon Collwes, Dylan Crossman.

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