Meshroom
Thursday, September 21, 2023 | 7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center | von der Heyden Studio Theater
An open dancefloor for rewilding thought and movement
Meshroom is a performance environment that forms an intellectual/intentional community around an open dancefloor. It is a space for transcending narrow languages, ungrounding from fixed realities, and co-creating temporary worlds in movement. Meshroom is shaped by the movement, dreams, hopes and queerness of everyone in the room: it is a weaving of wild minds and soft bodies. All visitors are welcome to move, rest, witness, think, melt and dance with live music and occasional performances.
This event is free and open to all. Drop-in and drop-out. Bring a friend.
Program
Movement artists: Alyah Baker, Ife Presswood, Jingqiu Guan, Tony Johnson
Live electro-acoustic music: Andrea Woods Valdes, Ethan Foote, Michael Grigoni, Quran Karriem
Collaborating artists: James Clotfelter, Kate Alexandrite, Sang Chi Liu, Yasaman Baghban
Curated by Marika Niko
Music curated by Michael Grigoni
Co-founded by Leo Ryan and Marika Niko
Meshroom premiered at The Ark in Duke University on March 3, 2022. Meshroom was originally developed at the Laboratory for Social Choreography, Kenan Institute of Ethics, in collaboration with Bass Connections: Performing Embodied Communities.