Working title: Untitled Performance Project (Dance Moms x Lord of the Flies)

Casting: Seeking 6-8 performers from all ages, genders, and abilities, with emphasis on casting those interested in experimental performances of girlhood. No previous dance experience necessary though the project would be a great fit for experienced and novice dancers/performers to work together. 

Rehearsals: Weekly rehearsals begin the week of July 11th. Location in NJ or NY will be decided upon the performer location breakdown. Each rehearsal will be a minimum 2.5 hours.

Performances: A taped workshop viewing will happen at the Lorree Theater in NJ on August 13th. Dress rehearsal in the gallery on September 14th. Performance on September 15th and tentatively September 22 or 24th. 

Compensation: As a MFA student at this time I cannot offer monetary compensation to the performers, but I am working towards a modest stipend for the September 15th performance. I can promise documentation to be used for your own portfolios, a generative rehearsal process, and snacks at every rehearsal. 

Project description: In an American suburb a dance teacher mysteriously never arrives to class, leaving a studio full of middle school-aged girls unsupervised. Without a designated authority figure, lesson time turns into a playpen for a warped TikTok remix of Dance-Moms-meets-Lord-Of-The-Flies. Together, the group must re-negotiate their relationship to movement, mastery, and desire, thrashing their way through the contracts their bodies fell into without ever knowing they signed.