Terminal (2009)

Premiere: Joyce SoHo, New York City, NY, 2009

Choreography: Rebecca Lazier in Collaboration with Performers
Music: Gregory Spears, Canons for M.R.
Video Projections: Michael Clark
Costume Designer: Mary Jo Mecca
Lighting Designer: Aaron Copp
Performers: Jennifer Lafferty, Storme Sundberg, Rommel Salveron, Emily Stone
Duration: 21 minutes

Performed: Dance Conversation at The Flea, NY; White Mountain Summer Dance Festival, MA; Movement Research at Judson Church, NY; Brooklyn Lyceum, NY; Princeton University, NJ.

Terminal proposes that a terminal is someplace where one waits, an in-between space in which we do not live but merely pass through. Terminal also implies an illness that will eventually end a life, an unknowable time frame for an unavoidable result. The physical expressions of waiting, holding, and suspending time are juxtaposed against multi-directional movement to portray the inescapable discomfort of a world where consonance and dissonance are interchangeable. Gregory Spears’ score places tape decks around the space to envelop the dancers and audience in sound.

“A state of mind… intriguing responsive environment transforms the theater into a shimmering pool of shadows.”

— Gia Kourlas, The New York Times

“Lazier’s choreography—its emphasis on sudden movement that pulls back, at an instant, into contained control—transcended to create a real and recognizable portrait of an emotional moment.”

— Jacqueline Barba, Explore Dance.com