About the project
ri’flekSHens in 6, my first evening-length work, is an introspective exploration of the complex relationship between girls/women and their daddy’s. This collaborative dance-work seeks to amplify the complicated experience between women and their fathers through virtuosic movement performed by my all-female company, Red Clay Dance, intertwined with projected moving imagery captured by fellow 2013 3Arts awardee Marta Garcia and music composed by fellow 2011 3Arts awardee Regina Harris Baiocchi. Marta’s images seek to enhance the audiences’ experiences with the characteristics of men displayed in their natural environments. Regina’s musical score intersects beautiful classical melodies with powerful African drumming to bridge complex choreographed movement between dancers. I am so honored to have the opportunity to work with these amazing artists and collaborators on this creative journey.
A project of this magnitude requires a great deal of time, planning and resources. Your generous support will allow us to bring this career-changing work to Chicago audiences. Specific expenses that need to be covered are: dancer fees, collaborator fees, technical crew, theater rental, costuming, purchasing mini-projectors, and building two-6 ft moving mirror “reflectors," as part of the set design. We thank you in advance for your support of this groundbreaking work.
Project Narrative
He loved me first, he loved me best. The bond between a father and daughter is a sacred one. A girl’s father is one of the most influential people in her life. A father’s presence or absence shapes her self-esteem, self-image, confidence and opinions of men. As the eldest daughter in my family, a mother of a growing young man, and now, a new wife, I reflect often on the relationship with my own father and how his character helped shape who I am becoming as a woman, how I raise my son and what I looked for in a life partner. Was my dad perfect? Of course not.....but what father/daughter relationship doesn’t have its challenges and strains? Was he present...to that I offer a resounding YES!!! ri’flekSHens in 6 is the first ever artistic collaboration between three 3Arts awardees, which is a true testament to the spirit of 3Arts, bringing the work of Chicago artists together to share the rich arts and culture that exists in this great city! We would also like to thank 3Arts for their support of this project thus far and for providing a platform for us to raise the much-needed resources to bring this dynamic work to the stage.
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