Created around the release of Dancing In My Mother’s Skin, a book of poetry by Jean Howard and striking black and white photos by Alice Q. Hargrave, the accompanying dance, like the book, is structured in three sections: “Home,” “Heart-throb” and ‘The Folks.” The movement is based on gestures found in pedestrian street activity that demonstrates a noir-like desperation.
Choreography: Jan Bartoszek
Producer: Hedwig Dances & Tia Chucha Press
Performance Poet: Jean Howard
Photographer: Alice Q. Hargrove
Frank Fishella, Holly Quinn, Rebecca Rossen
Nov. 22-24, 1991
Links Hall Studio
Chicago
Hedwig Dances and Dancing In Your Mother’s Skin are supported in part by grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and by CAAP from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Hedwig Dances is also supported by City Arts grants from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs with additional funding provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Woods Charitable Fund, Inc.
Photo by Alice Q. Hargrave