Dark Dining Projects "Unseen Dances"

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Dana Salisbury and the No-See-Ums Dana Salisbury and the No-See-Ums create "Unseen Dances," performed works to be experienced by blindfolded audiences. Dancers reveal themselves and the space through sound, scent, touch, temperature and air currents. Audience members are placed within the action and periodically moved, causing shifts in their relationship to the environment, the performers, and one another. Each dance is site- and audience-specific. Based on non-visual perception, this work is also the first dance form fully accessible to the visually impaired. Deeply situated in the present moment, "Unseen Dances" evoke un-socialized instincts that jostle with context, memory, metaphor and imagery. Under-used sensory resources are called up. Touch, hearing, smell and balance bypass language. Defenses are undermined by dislocation. Vulnerability creates permeability and makes for work that is close-to-the-bone and personal. Layered consciousness is a hallmark of Unseen Dances. The work is experientially derived, yet deeply informed by the science of perception. Audiences experience heightened self- consciousness. Concrete questions like “Where am I?, Where are they?,  What actually is going on?, and How shall I hold my body?”, toggle with physical sensation, and responses shaped by social, cultural and personal history. "Unseen Dances" call attention to how we create and interpret meaning, and underscore the complexity of social connection. They make us question how we come to know what we know and how we judge experience. Among the places the company has performed (New York City unless specified): Performance Project at University Settlement Figment Festival in Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Studios on Governor's Island Art on the Brain: Exploring the Intersections of the Arts, Neuroscience & Society, conference sponsored by the Foundation for Psychocultural Research, Hampshire College Program in Culture, Brain & Development, held at Mt. Holyoke College, in S. Hadley, MA Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Swing Space at 14 Wall St. Performance Mix Festival at Joyce Soho Movement Research at Judson Church Green Space, Long Island City Movement Research's Open Performance at Dance Theater Workshop The Tank X Initiative Gallery For more information visit www.danasalisbury.com

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Dark Dining Projects   Dana Salisbury, Creator/Director      917-686-7474