CRANE

Israeli choreographer Amy Leona Havin and The Holding Project present CRANE, a dance performance involving live foliage and video projection, witnessed in-the-round. Moving in configurations ranging from groups of two to clusters of eight, eight women execute a strikingly odd dance that becomes sensual, comical, delicate, and volatile throughout its duration. Choreographed in collaboration with the company members, the dancers begin with a vulnerable 30-minute pre-performance durational act in which they alternate lounging in dim lighting and striding towards each other with arms of flora. Live video projection and an eclectic sound score sets CRANE in a kaleidoscope of natural imagery, forming an intimate and ambient stage atmosphere from which the dancers do not exit. Throughout the performance, the women lean and fall according to the momentum created by an acute awareness of their bodies and internal instincts. Having thoroughly researched Common Cranes over a 14-month rehearsal period, the dancers display migratory behaviors—specifically those of cranes which flock annually North to Israel’s Hula Valley— through winding choreography in which each woman demonstrates what it is to belong to a poignant heritage and be one amongst the flock.

CRANE is a full length dance performance choreographed by Jewish Israeli choreographer Amy Leona Havin and her dance company, The Holding Project. CRANE investigates the migratory patterns of Common Cranes as they migrate through Israel's Hula Valley.

CRANE runs May 17th-20th, 2018 at Shaking The Tree Theatre.

Doors open at 7:30pm and the performance begins at 8pm.

$15 students, $20 working artists, $25 general admission.