“IDENTITY CRISIS”

Premiered in Charlottesville, VA (April 2008)

International Premiere (Montreal, June 2008)

Choreography By: Alysia Woodruff and Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp

Lighting, Scenic Designer: Benoit Beauchamp

Script Writer: Mike Woodruff

Costume Designers: Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp and Alysia Woodruff

Dancers: Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp and Alysia Woodruff

***Voted best dance performance of the San Francisco Fringe Festival ’07 and 08***
inFluxdance enthralls audiences with their integration of dance, theatre, and American Sign Language.

Friend, teacher, mother, son, artist, homemaker, convict, consumer: which is you, and which is your accepted role in society? This piece is a moving exploration of the role confusion that confronts us as a result of conflicting internal and external experiences, pressures, and expectations.

Alysia and Rose approach their shared interest in accessibility and communication from very different perspectives. Alysia Woodruff’s scholarly work explores the synthesis of the movement languages of American Sign Language (ASL) and modern dance. She is fascinated by the juxtaposition of ASL, a very specific movement language, with modern dance, an abstract form of movement as communication. Another fundamental principle of her work has been providing access to dance for non-traditional artists and underserved populations.

Rose is inspired to make movement accessible via her training in Laban Movement Analysis. She believes that dance is truly a communicative art form. The first way every human communicates is through movement and Rose holds the belief that this remains true throughout life. Her artistic process is anchored in exploring the creative art-making process as a communication process. The results of this exploration are powerful and prove that there are no limits in dance/movement as an art form. Her mission is to inspire and empower people to move their truth and create movement-based art.

Alysia Woodruff and Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp are interested in contemporary dance as a way to build community and facilitate the exchange of ideas. They strive to make dance accessible, innovative ways to communicate through movement and push boundaries of traditional interpreter, dancer and theater roles.

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