Synopsis
Based on a live duet between Ali Kenner Brodsky and Jenna Pollack, to be near you. honors the memory of those that we have lost, collapses distance by energizing the spaces between, and demonstrates how people can find connection through physical separation. to be near you. pushes at the boundaries of time to create a feeling of reconnecting with something, or someone, who is gone.
Based on a live duet between Ali Kenner Brodsky and Jenna Pollack, to be near you. honors the memory of those that we have lost, collapses distance by energizing the spaces between, and demonstrates how people can find connection through physical separation. to be near you. pushes at the boundaries of time to create a feeling of reconnecting with something, or someone, who is gone.
Full credits
- Section
- online potential
- Director
- Jarret Blinkhorn and Ali Kenner Brodsky
- Choreographer
- Ali Kenner Brodsky
- Production countries
- United States
- Production year
- 2021
- Duration
- 10 minutes
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