Of Snails and Lips is a project concerned with vulnerability, softness, and adaptation. An original 50-minute choreography was radically re-imagined in new locations and with additional collaborators over the course of 4 months. An exploration of the shifting terrain of interior and exterior, vulnerability and openness, “Of Snails and Lips” seeks to understand cycles of healing and change both through the content and the adapting structure of the work.  The work appeared as a traditional dance concert in a studio showing, as a forest installation in a local park, as a solo on a fashion runway, as a guerilla performance in a local market. . .

Choreography by Moriah Ella Mason in collaboration with the performers
Performed by Sophia Levine, Moriah Ella Mason, Patty Petronello, and Lamar Williams

Music for Schwartz Living Market by David Bernabo

Additional Performances for Prospect Park by Mandy Hackman's Tree Project
Music for Prospect Park by Patrick Metzger and Amie Rose Anderson

Additional Performances for Frick Park by Jasmine Hearn, Beth Ratas, Ashley Nicole, Riva Strauss, Taylor Knight, Anna Thompson, Roberta Guido, and Hannah du Plessis
Music for Frick Park by David Bernabo, Ketan Bakrania, and Gordon Kirkwood


During the summer of 2013 Of Snails and Lips was performed at:

Spinning Plates Artist Studios (Pittsburgh, PA)
Club Zoo, RAW artists event (Pittsburgh, PA)
President Street Performance Series (Brooklyn, NY)
Prospect Park (Brooklyn, NY)
Schwartz Living Market (Pittsburgh, PA)
Biddle's Escape (Pittsburgh, PA)
Frick Park (Pittsburgh, PA)

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