Join us for work-in-progress showings of a new performance-installation

Rhythm Bath

A collaboration between choreographer Susan Marshall and set designer Mimi Lien

With dancers Rohan Bhargava, Ching-I Chang, Sydney Donovan, Nico Gonzales, Courtney Henry, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Vanessa Knouse, Albert Quesada, Gabrielle Revlock, Darrin Michael Wright

Lighting by Jeanette Yew
Music/sound by Dan Trueman and Jason Treuting
Costumes by Oana Botez

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Saturday, August 19: Entry times 1:00pm & 2:45pm

Christ Church Neighborhood House
Philadelphia, PA

Space is limited; RSVPs are required.

Rhythm Bath is a dance performance-installation that investigates what makes performance environments welcoming to both neurodiverse and neurotypical audiences. It is being designed from the start with neurodiverse advisors, with choreography by Susan Marshall in collaboration with the dancers, and set design by Mimi Lien. Rhythm Bath is co-produced by the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University.

Enter a surprising and transporting space of shifting fabric, light, and dance, in which you may sit, stand, walk, and wander. The durational performance-installation lasts approximately one hour; you may come and go as you please.

Your feedback will be appreciated—but not obligatory—and would be extremely valuable as we develop this work. We'll gather afterwards for conversation and refreshments.

A few requests for audience members:

• No heels or hard-soled shoes.

• For neurodiverse audience members who need support, we appreciate you coming with your assistant or family.

The development of Rhythm Bath is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Mellon Foundation; The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage; Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts; and generous individuals. Rhythm Bath was developed at PEAK Performances at Montclair State University in July/August 2022, and the Clark Studio Theater as part of Mimi Lien's artistic residency at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in April 2023.

Image: Rhythm Bath work-in-progress showing, Clark Studio Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC, April 2023.
Photo: Rosalie O’Connor