Flat Affect

What: A Dance choreographed by Ellis Wood in collaboration with the dancers, performed by a multi-generational ensemble cast

Who:  Preshow: Emilia Benenati, Isabella Benenati, Sana Lee, Nayu Lee, Jenia Marquez, Stella Marni Nakada

Performance: Pilar Castro Kiltz, Ellen Graff, Caitlyn Johansen, Sana Lee, Stella Marni Nakada, Ellis Wood, Marni Thomas Wood

Music by: Yael Acher, Costumes by: Naoko Nagata, Lighting by: Susan Hamburger and Mini Documentary by: Jenny Stulberg

When: Sunday June 29th at 4:00pm

Where: Alvin Ailey Theater 
405 West 55th Street, New York, NY

How Much:  

$20.00 general 

$10.00 students or groups

$40.00 benefit for a workshop to empower the girls of Soul Arts Academy through movement (includes post-performance food and drinks)

For ticket reservations email: wooddance@hotmail.com

Ellis Wood has choreographed a generational work entitled Flat Effect. This evening length dance includes two former Martha Graham dancers in their 70's, two up-and-comers ages 8 and 9; and three other professional dancers ages 21, 25 and 50. The cast includes three mothers from two different generations. Wood's artistic goal is to create a generational ensemble work that merges technical movement with raw and revealing expression and performance. 

Around 500 B.C. when ancient Greek mathematicians, scientists and philosophers discovered that the Earth was round, many were persecuted for their findings. The all female cast journeys boldly to  the edge of the Earth with the premiere of Flat Effect. The work is created to expose both the cause and effect of irrational fears and how they are handed down through generations of women. The title, Flat Effect, refers to the once unquestioned belief that the world was flat, as well as to all anxieties that arise from fear of the unknown.