Nikki Theroux, Tamara Leigh, Kimie Parker, Hillary Bonhomme. Wldflwr Dance Collective, directed by Tamara Leigh and Nikki Theroux, works towards multidisciplinary and inclusive art-making. Wldflwr has been in residence at Dragon’s Egg in CT, beginning the creative process for “the last to bloom,” the collective’s debut evening-length which premiered at The Tank NYC in 2021. In 2022, they were Artists in Residence at MOtiVE Brooklyn where they began creating “Permanence.”
Nadia Khayrallah
I’m working with my musical collaborator Alia Scheirman to develop performance environments that allow for a live and mechanically visible integration of movement and sound, making use of everyday objects, looping technology, live drawings, and more. What does incubation mean to you? I can be very literal sometimes, so I think about incubating an idea like an egg. Sometimes, you’re not entirely sure what’s gonna hatch from it and when – nor can you really control these things – but you decide to give it your time, care, and energy regardless, dedicating yourself to whatever beautiful or monstrous being might … Continued
Fadl Fakhouri
The work I will be focusing on in my time at the incubation program will consist of a video project in collaboration with Kyle Carrero Lopez. I will be performing movements, dances, and gestures with Kyle writing poetry in response. It will be a conversion of poetry in dance to poetry in word. What does the unknown mean to you? The unknown is both freedom and what we anticipate to be dangerous. I think it stems from the fact that too much freedom can be scary, even deadly.
Justin Cabrillos
I am dancing with emotions and trance states, hovering within the intensities they share. I will be premiering a trio at the Chocolate Factory Theater this April 2022 and am also working on a solo premiering in 2023. What does the unknown mean to you? The unknown is space for alternative constellations of feeling.