Walking Forward with Eyes Closed (2019)

Premiere: Princeton University, Lewis Center for the Arts

Choreography: Rebecca Lazier in Collaboration with Performers
Music: Caleb Burhans
Costume Designer: Mary Jo Mecca
Lighting Designer: Aaron Copp
Production Stage Manager: Mary-Susan Gregson
Performers: Students of Princeton University Program in Dance

​​Walking Forward with Eyes Closed asks: What is it to navigate forward in life? Can we truly see where we are going? How do we perceive the world around us as we chart our course? This work merges two dances. In one, a line perpetually advances and retreats with changing constellations of dancers who gather to support each other without seeing. In the second, the world swirls, solos erupt, people seek out each other, and communities form and dissolve. Together, they weave a work of contrasts set to Beneath, by composer Caleb Burhans, created for acapella group Roomful of Teeth.