LAVA DANCE

LAVA DANCE Performance and Q&A Monday, April 10 11:00 am – 12:45pm Twohig Gym, O’Keefe Complex A Goddessey: our feminist survival story journeys through landscapes emotional and geologic carrying a transmuting traveler from a bleak and blurry patriarchal present into a rainbow colored feminist future with the help of ancestors geologic and otherwise. LAVA’s unique language of feminist acrobatic dance includes towering human pyramids, acrobatic wrestling, explosive partnering and subtle physicality to embody the synthesis, culmination, and explosion of 15 years of earth moving performance by LAVA . Founded in 2000 by Sarah East Johnson, LAVA is an Obie and Bessie award-winning performance troupe that explodes with empowerment and flows with creative invention. Their performances reference a wide range of ideas including feminism, science, empowerment, queer inclusion, gender identity, and the urban environment. The company’s aesthetic is built on a vision of a world in which feminism is embraced by all. Dancers are not tied to traditional gender stereotypes. The women of LAVA are fierce, witty, and powerful while sharing their humanity and sincerity in work that defies gravity, convention, and all expectations.