Photo by Nacona Fierro
An immersive dance installation with hanging fabric, light, bodies and sound. Performed in 15 minute bursts, this collaborative project is made and performed by Corinna Grunn and Hilary Melcher Chapman, with sound design by Baxter. Part of Deep Water Lab, an initiative supporting local early and mid career artists.
Made possible in part by funding from the Sullivan County Arts and Heritage Grant.
Date
June 17 and 18, 12-2pm, Every 15 Minutes
Featuring
Corinna Grunn
Corinna Grunn is a dancer, choreographer and dance instructor based in the upper-delaware region of New York and Pennsylvania. Last year she was an inaugural Deep Water Lab recipient and presented undertones. Corinna has been trained in Ballet, Modern, African, and Contemporary dance styles. Her most recent works include Technically Speaking and Acedia.
Hilary Melcher Chapman
Hilary Melcher Chapman (she/they) has been creating performances in the Catskills since 2017. Recently in collaboration with her Mother, Frederica Chapman, they explored ancestral roots in Scotland through poetry performed in Theater for the Earth’s Motherland Belonging. From 2012- 2024, she toured, performed and taught with LAVA, a feminist acrobatic dance company. Recent works with Corinna Grunn, as RAVEN (an aerial silks performance group) include Trio of Ravens, feda, Coexist, future ghosts and undertones, LAVA’s A Goddessey, and Equinox-Solstice.
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