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Post-performance Music: Morex Optimo's "The Universe is a Site of Lingering Catastrophe"

Is an exploration of Chaos Theory and the phenomena of unpredictable systems, dancers pitch their sensitive bodies into the rigors of momentum, making quick and unalterable decisions as their limbs swing and fall, while a computer program designed by judsoN (Judson Wright) tracks their motion and translates it into digital animation. In occasional doomed efforts for control, the dancers attempt to orchestrate the proceedings or each other, but moments of equilibrium arrive magically when they surrender. Langdon C. Crawford uses his laptop compositions to respond to changes in the moment.

This work was made possible in part by a space grant from the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center.

THE NEW YORKER: A strong début season marked by technical complexity and understated wit. In "Ritual for a Non-Repeating Universe," the troupe dances as if guided by unseen forces. Crayons gripped in the dancer's fists record their motions on the walls and floor, and when the lights go out, glow sticks tied to their shins and forearms leave florescent traces in the air.
(Brian Seibert)

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