Photo by Olivia Moon PhotographyPhoto by Olivia Moon PhotographyBoston Dancemakers Residency Showcase
The Head is not the Star of the Body is a choreographic study on longing. Directed and choreographed by Cassie Wang, the evening-length dance production responds to songs by American indie folk band Big Thief. As a meditation on desire, Wang fuses generative video art and projection into a performance of contemporary dance that is intimate and tender through moments of affective viscerality. Throughout this multi-year process, Wang and her collaborators ground themselves in the questions: How does longing reveal identity? How do we sit with someone else’s longing? How do we measure the distance between subjects of longing? In process and in performance, this new work aims to cultivate mutual understanding of self and other.
In-Person Performances
Thursday, May 8 | 7:00 PM
Friday, May 9 | 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 10 | 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 11 | 2:00 PM
Virtual Performance
May 12–June 30 | online access
Collaborative Team
Director & Choreographer | Cassie Wang
Performers and Collaborators | Gabriela Amy-Moreno, Hannah Franz, Sasha Peterson, Noli Rosen, Cassie Wang, Maude Warshaw
Additional Movement Collaborators | Leah Misano, Juliet Paramor
Video Editors | Kiki Temple and Cassie Wang
Dramaturg | Ilya Vidrin
Rehearsal Director | Dara Nicole Capley
Music | “Mary,” “Shark Smile,” “Objects,” “Pretty Things,” “Capacity,” “Lorraine,” “Humans,” “Change,” “Mythological Beauty,” “Parallels,” “Little Arrow,” “Wolf,” “Breathe in Your Lungs,” “Real Love,” “Heavy Bend,” “Velvet Ring,” “Simulation Swarm,” “Time Escaping,” “Shoulders,” “Dried Roses” by Big Thief
Technical Director | Anne Dresbach
Lighting Designer | Andrea Sofia Sala
Director of Dance & Interdisciplinary Arts, Boston Center for the Arts | Andrea Blesso