Phoenix Rising
The traditional striped kabuki curtain of black, persimmon and green hangs tattered and faded. It’s our first hint of destruction.
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In Jo Warren’s “All Mouth,” five dancers perform what could be an action scene from a movie with the playback speed slowed down and sound turned off. The expressions on their faces are exaggerated, their eyes eloquent. One shields her face from an attacker; another holds her throat with one hand while reaching out with the other in an imploring gesture; one throws back their head to laugh, mouth opened wide; hands squeeze into fists and punch the air, or cup around the mouth to whisper into another’s ear—all conducted in delicious, thick-as-molasses slow motion.
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