The Lonely

“The Lonely”

is a dance offering that explores the relationship between humans and divine forces. It interprets how the entities people give their trust and faith to can eventually exercise power over them, creating a divide amongst a sea of believers. The earthlings wear loud yellow cowboy hats, touched by naivety as they describe their paths and personalities. The all-seeing being is represented by a dancer dressed in a white blouse, often accompanying or controlling the earthling’s movements with hand-held castanets.

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Details:

Dancers & collaborators Sabril Amin, CiCi Kai, Sophie Locke, Maria Pellegrino, Mar Rivero, Uma Roberts, Chloe Wasser, Madison Wagaman, Emma Jane Zaher

Choreography Ava Grebe in collaboration with performers

Music Mar Rivero, live castanets, Ghost Riders in the Sky by Neil LeVang, audio

Lighting Paul Marr

Run time roughly 10 minutes

Supported by the composition department at the Boston Conservatory, Diane Arvanites