Damsel

2006

Running Time: 7mins

is a solo inspired by the poetry of Rumi that explores the obsession with thought, patterns of worry, and activity that can make us feel busy and ultimately vacant. This solo, created for and with Keith Johnson, is an individual inquiry into alternate states of rest and restlessness, stasis and stability. With textured, repeated gestures, the soloist begins a manic conversation with his own personal demons. He runs, writhes, and wrestles himself, begging the question- do we keep our demons at bay or invite them back with open arms? We are all waiting to be rescued… but sometimes it is ourselves who have tied us to the tracks…