Just As Much

Choreography by: Julia Lawton, in collaboration with the dancers

Dance Artists: Sarah Baghdadi, Erica Caruso, Isabella Gamba, Abby Garcia, Katie Jaffie,

Casey Leyden, Emelia Sikorsky, Alex St-Onge

Lighting Design: Sarah Baileigh

Music: “Lonely Bird” by Las Lloronas; “I Feel Good” by René Aubry; “Death Valley” by René Aubry; “Wave” by Redi Hasa; “Suspended - Reimagined by Anne Müller” by Poppy Ackroyd, Anne Müller; “Minim” by Johann Sebastian Bach, Dustin O’Halloran; “Pause - Reimagined by Hinako Omori” by Poppy Ackroyd, Hinako Omori; “Tourbillion” by Las Lloronas; “Sur la place” by Dom La Nena, Rosemary Standley, Birds on a Wire; “Puddle Underwater” by

Salamanda; “Let My Key Be C” by Nils Frahm, Anne Müller; “Crocodile” by amiina; “Self-Playing Schmaltz” by James Holden; “papercut” by Liana Flores; “Le temps est bon” by Isabelle Pierre

We began this project with a question: how can joy be as urgent as suffering? The answer may be that the two are inextricably linked, that it “hurts just as much as it is worth” (Zadie Smith). In our conversations, we fixated on the beauty of really noticing the world around us and how, through attempting to understand and connect to the energy of nature and one another, we might experience something like joy, and all that comes with it.

This framework led us to the artwork of Hilma af Klint, an early

twentieth century Swedish artist and Spiritualist, whose paintings are among the first abstract works in Western art history. While creating Just As Much, we spent time with her paintings, investigating how we could physically embody the patterns, colors, and energy of her work.

Just As Much

Artwork by Hilma af Klint

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