MORIAH ELLA-GABRIEL MASON
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SOFT BLOCK

Soft Block is a 13 minute dance for 6 movers, based on the tactics of non-violent direct actions, particularly the creation of "soft blockades" through different linkages of hands. By bringing choreographies of protest into the studio we're hoping to learn more about how we can show up for each other on the streets. Can we discover new methods in the studio that can become tools for future social movements?

Choreography by Moriah Ella Mason
Music by Miles Wilder
Performances by Sarah Bauer, Diana Clarke, Sarah Friedlander, José Pérez IV, Darcy Shaffner, and Mandy Hackman

Presented at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh PA as part of newMoves9 Festival in May 2018.

I am continuing to develop Soft Block into a longer and more nuanced work. If you are a dancer, martial artist, an activist engaged in non-violent direct action, or a movement theory scholar and you are interested in collaborating on this work please reach out. 
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  • Home
  • ART WORKS
    • So I Think You've Had the Time of Your Life
    • CANAL or Time is a Conveyor Belt and the Only Winners Are These Basking Turtles
    • A Temporary Seal
    • Queer, Jewish
    • Escape Velocity
    • Soft Block
    • The Protein Hustle
    • sex werque
    • Frayed Harmonies
    • Funny, She Doesn't Look Jewish
    • Eser Hamakot / Ten Plagues
    • Diasporate
    • Detritus, Vestige, and Dross
    • Contained
    • Go Places and Do Things: Tactile Dances
    • Love. . . And a Little Torture
    • Of Snails and Lips
    • Crumbs Are Not An Instant's Act
    • The Groundwater Up Project
  • Collaborations & Performances
  • TEACHING
  • Writing
  • CONTACT / CV