PERFORMANCE: The Direction of Ease: a kinaesthetic choreography

Artist creators: Kelly Keenan, Elise Vanderborght and Jacinte Armstrong

Where: MB 7.255

In this 1-hour session, Kelly Keenan and Elise Vanderborght, will offer a sampling of The Direction of Ease, a performance project at the intersection of touch therapy modalities, dance and performance. As a means to narrow the gap between the felt experience of the dancer and the ocularcentric experience of the dance audience, with The Direction of Ease, the artist-creators Keenan, Vanderborght and Armstrong (Jacinte) attempt a "kinaesthetic choreography". Adaptable to different contexts, The Direction of Ease invites audience members to individually receive artful bodywork performed by multiple dance artists with a background in touch-based therapeutic and/or movement teaching practices. The larger audience is invited to observe the artful bodywork from varying angles and distances. In all contexts of presentation, The Direction of Ease includes a discussion beginning from a description of the hands-on experience. As music is made to be heard, a meal to be tasted, the Direction of Ease is a performance to be felt both directly and indirectly through touch.