Everything After
An improvised performance delving into the aesthetics of healing from trauma. Six dancers and a musician follow movement and music scores abstracted from PTSD therapies to uplift the labor of survivors. Rather than staging moments of violence, revenge, or catharsis the performers take the subtlety of healing as a new territory to explore as they wind their way through a projected installation of domestic scenes.
We are not defined by the moments of violence we experience. It’s Everything After that makes us who we are.
Presented at Conwell Dance Theater on September 10, 2022. Part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. This project was funded by a Vice Provost for the Arts Student Grant from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Directed by Ella-Gabriel Mason in collaboration with the performers
Performed by Lia Haynes, Mandy Hackman, Ella-Gabriel Mason, Tessa Rhodes, Tiana Sanders, Madeline Shuron
Music and Videography by Miles Wilder
Photography by Benko
Video Editing and Installation by Ella-Gabriel Mason
An improvised performance delving into the aesthetics of healing from trauma. Six dancers and a musician follow movement and music scores abstracted from PTSD therapies to uplift the labor of survivors. Rather than staging moments of violence, revenge, or catharsis the performers take the subtlety of healing as a new territory to explore as they wind their way through a projected installation of domestic scenes.
We are not defined by the moments of violence we experience. It’s Everything After that makes us who we are.
Presented at Conwell Dance Theater on September 10, 2022. Part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. This project was funded by a Vice Provost for the Arts Student Grant from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Directed by Ella-Gabriel Mason in collaboration with the performers
Performed by Lia Haynes, Mandy Hackman, Ella-Gabriel Mason, Tessa Rhodes, Tiana Sanders, Madeline Shuron
Music and Videography by Miles Wilder
Photography by Benko
Video Editing and Installation by Ella-Gabriel Mason
