
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.
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 (she/her, they/them) has been performing, touring and teaching with LAVA, a feminist acrobatic dance company, since 2012. Recent works in the Catskills & NYC include LAVA’s A Goddessey & Equinox-Solstice as well asshows with CryTheMoon, a music- dance band collaboration with Barbara Gogan and Sarah East Johnson. Hilary receivedtheir BA from Sarah Lawrence College in 2006 with a focus in dance. Her background in movement includes acrobatics, dance improvisation, qi-gong, contemporary dance and somatic practices. Hilary is a healer and an aspiring herbalist. She leads Howl Walks in local woodlands, these guided meditative walking adventures engage a practice of re-wilding the self in nature. Find them on IG: @shinybreathing & @howlwalks