"Susan Marshall is at her best in the world of fantasy and ambiguity, a world of few answers and endless possibilities, best expressed with a glance and a touch."
—The Washington Post

Sleeping Beauty and Other Stories
Susan Marshall & Company

VENUE
BAM Harvey Theater

DATE/ TIME
Oct 21—25 at 7:30pm

TICKETS
$20, 30, 45

DESCRIPTION
Known for rippling movement phrases that radiate an intriguing mix of quietude and volatility, Susan Marshall returns to BAM with two pure-dance works that both extend and depart from earlier pieces like the seminal The Most Dangerous Room in the House (1998 Next Wave), and Les Enfants Terribles, an opera made in collaboration with Philip Glass (1996 Next Wave).

Sleeping Beauty, a metaphorically rich twist on the beloved fairytale, reflects the choreographer's pitch-perfect poetic impulses. Marshall's modern-day heroine is no passive Beauty awaiting Prince Charming's kiss, but a figure with unique volition whose dream world defies her would-be rescuers and reveals a consciousness of another order. Beauty's separate otherness is portrayed through movements that contrast with and differ from those outside her spellbound world. In this violent and tender work, Marshall explores the often-tenuous lines between dreams and reality, sorrow and joy, and chaos and calm through an eloquent synthesis of formal dance elements and everyday actions and gestures.

Other Stories, an emotionally potent exploration of movement's inherent communicative power, presents a dazzling panorama of physical encounters, each a succinct, often poignant take on the multiple forces that define, undercut, and enhance our complicated lives.

Lighting design by Mark Stanley
Set design by Douglas Stein
Costume design by Kasia Walicka Maimone
Soundscape by Jane Shaw

Co-commissioned by BAM