SCRYING
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010
7:30–9:30 P.M.
MoMA
SCRYING, a non-narrative performance ballet conceived and directed by
New York-based artist Jen DeNike and choreographed by Melissa Barak
was inspired by Jen's friend and unjustly convicted death row inmate,
Damien Echols, as well as George Balanchine's architectural forms and
structural movements. SCRYING emphasizes repetitive patterns and
gestures that translate the iconic ballerina image, merging
contemporary art and classical ballet. "Scrying" is the act of
divination or obtaining spiritual visions by peering into water, a
mirror, or another reflective surface; the ballerinas engage in a
scrying ritual of their own, transforming an architectural space into
one of ethereal vision.
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