In a magnetizing scene, an upstage quartet began a grapevine step traveling side to side as a downstage group superimposed their bodies into one with their many arms fanning outward like a multi-armed Hindu deity. The quartet absorbed the deity into the ongoing grapevine as one dancer broke away. The soloist was eventually joined by another momentarily only to dissolve into more kaleidoscopic formations and dissolutions. Throughout the shifting amalgamations, the ongoing grapevine sequence imprinted a vision and vibration of the procreational drive. Vigilante’s bold lighting in saturated colors (oranges, pinks, purples, golds, reds, and blues) shaped the contours of the evolving landscape.

Like an Amazon queen, India Hobbs majestically rode on the shoulders of Marc Anthony Gutierrez to perform a breathtaking duet together. She stepped out of the lift as Gutierrez supported her in a cantilevered spin to the floor. After Hobbs climbed atop her perch again, the two molded themselves into impossible, beautiful relationships eventually spiraling to the floor.

The energy changed as Vivian Pakkanen appeared alone framed by two bars of white neon light on opposite sides of the stage floor. Emitting a deep moan, she fell to the ground with fists raised. Proceeding downstage along a diagonal, she seemed to pull herself apart at the seams stretching into giant reaches and a series of pitched arabesques until she finally released a shriek that sounded like a caught bird. Despite the obvious sight and sounds of pain, the choreography did not approach the depth or rawness of the pain that motherhood sometimes holds.