Thesis IV Concert: Here with the Tallgrass – Sophia McLaughlin

This dance was made in collaboration with the surrounding plant species. Using the structure of a botanical field survey, observations of plant life and environmental factors were recorded through written, visual, and movement language. All these observations have influenced this dance.

As we move through the three prairies where this data collection occurred, you too, are invited to observe and notice the plants and space around us.What details in the myriad of plant life do you see?

How many different textures do you see? Feel?
What are the sounds both near and far that you hear?
How many shades of color are around you?
Where do you feel light on your body?

The dancers will lead you through prairie and forest, over bridges and mud, through narrow paths in wide spaces. As we walk these trails together, know that you are right where you need to be: here with the tallgrass.

This performance is free and open to the public. Rain date is April 13 at 5 p.m. RSVP in advance through Eventbrite.

Learn more about this performance through the virtual program.

It's all part of #NewWorkCity, the spring initiative by #PerformingArtsAtIowa to highlight new work created by our talented graduate students in the performing arts. Join us as we celebrate one part of the full range of creative work happening at the University of Iowa. Keep an eye out for more posts this spring featuring #NewWorkCity: a nod to the energy and creativity that crackles across this performing arts community.