PREMIERE: OCTOBER 21–22, 2016, JAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER, JAMESTOWN, RI
PERFORMANCES: MARCH 1–4, 2018, WILBURY THEATRE GROUP, PROVIDENCE, RI
2016:
Performers: Ali Kenner Brodsky, Meghan Carmichael, Jessica Howard, Ellen Oliver & Sarah Osterhus
Composer: MorganEve Swain
Musicians: MorganEve Swain, Liz Isenberg, Jerusha Nelly
Graphics: Cyrus Highsmith
Set designer: Sam Brodsky
Lighting designer: Stephen Petrilli
2018:
Performers: Ali Kenner Brodsky, Meghan Carmichael, Jessica Howard, Sasha Peterson & Sarah Osterhus
Composer: MorganEve Swain
Musicians: MorganEve Swain, Liz Isenberg, Jerusha Nelly
Graphics: Cyrus Highsmith
Set designer: Sam Brodsky
Lighting designer: Stephen Petrilli
Photos by Erin X. Smithers
A multifaceted performance piece of dance, music and art. PARt is reflecting on memories in and amongst movements, music and visual landscapes. Swain’s music is raw, flowing alongside the dancers, rather than punctuating them; the music and the dance are two working parts of a larger machine.
This was the first evening-length collaboration for Swain and Kenner Brodsky. Ali began working with Swain and her late husband David Lamb in 2013 when they were writing and performing as Providence duo Brown Bird.