SPECTATORS AT AN EVENT (1994)

Choreography Susan Marshall
Lighting Design Mark Stanley
Scenic Design Sarah Lambert
Costume Design Kasia Walicka Maimone
Video Design Christopher Kondeck
Dancers Andrew Boynton, Mark DeChiazza, Allison Easter, Krista Langberg, Heidi Michele Fokine, Andre Shoals, Eileen Thomas, Scot Willingham

Premiere University of Texas, Austin, 1994

This project took place in New York, Austin, Minneapolis, Iowa City, Hanover NH, and Tempe AZ. At each site, Marshall and the company worked hands-on with 30 local volunteers, many of them unfamiliar with dance, over an intense week of rehearsals, culminating in a 30-minute performance. Spectators at an Event was inspired by news journalist Weegee’s photographs, which were incorporated in the production, as was original video by Christopher Kondek.

Commissioned by Brooklyn Academy of Music, Northrop Auditorium, Hancher Auditorium, On the Boards, and Full Circle Dance.