After three years of research, play, laughter, sifting, reconstructing, and tuning in Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York... 
The evening length NYC premiere of "while I was homegrowing" is happening next week, November 14th, 7 pm, November 15th, 7 pm, and November 17th, 3 pm at The Tank, 312 W 36th Street, NY, NY! 

This piece is saturated with love, joy, tenderness, and storytelling, and it would truly mean the world to us if the dance community showed up to witness and share in the magical world we've been dwelling in for the past three years. Save the date, buy tickets, and come support us. 

Featuring the brilliant Uila Marx, Morgen Littlejohn, Alexis Vinzons, Alex Francois, and Lucia Gagliardone, with sound design by Elliot Reza Emadian, lighting design by Caroline Davis, and stage managed by Sammie Murray.

"while I was homegrowing" is a joy-saturated movement quintet that plays with memory, grief, community care, and a big clothesline! Lucia has conversations with her dad about his mother, who she never met, and seeks to unpack how her memory has become entangled in fabric and bones. The memory work unravels into a deep pool of ancestors, both living and past. The overlay of movement, history, and textile unfolds into a dance piece that leans on rigorous improv scores and choreographic vocabulary with text, play, sound, clothing, bodies in space, and joy. We weave in and out of real and imagined narratives, adopting lineages and caring for each other. 

This piece has been developed over the past three years thanks to generous support from the Tank, Vermont Arts Council, Seven Stars Arts Center, Star Mountain Events and Carol Langstaff and Jim Rooney, Estia Creative Home, Northampton School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Spark Theater Festival, Greenspace, and many beloved friends, family, and ancestors.  
 

Tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35658/production/1212175?performanceId=11517994 

We have a few free tickets available for BIPOC, Queer and trans folx. Email Lucia lwgagliardone@gmail.com to get connected!