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

Premiered at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh PA  in May 2018
with support from Kelly-Strayhorn Theater's newMoves Choreographer Platform