Wooden Laura Peterson Choreography
Interview with Laura Peterson and the cast of Wooden
Funding
With support from the Greenwall Foundation, Trust for Mutual Understanding, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Swing Space Residency. Project space is donated by Capstone Equities.
Wooden played in the mainstage from November 4-12, 2011.
About the show
Wooden is a dance about time and nature's geometry. This evening-length quartet occupies different environments installed in one performance space. Follow the dance through a lush, growing lawn and a dry, desiccated landscape of hanging trees. Wooden is filled with mathematical precision, velocity and liquid improvisation.
Post-show discussion
11/9: Dance, Installation and Reporpusing
Credits
Performed by: Laura Peterson, Kate Martel, Edward Rice, Janna Diamond
Lighting design: Amanda K. Ringger
Sound design: Soichiro Migita
Production Manager: Jon Pope
Show Press
- “Peterson’s choreography, full of gnarled shapes and Cunningham-esque movement phrases, holds its own.”
- — The New Yorker
- “Splendor in the grass.”
- — Wall Street Journal
- “...the piece is enthralling and able to convey ideas through the growing landscape of their movements. ”
- — EYE ON THE ARTS, NY - Annie Woller
- “Audience members are guided through various environments that mimic the natural world in this design-oriented dance installation that marks the culmination of Peterson’s residency at HERE.”
- — City Arts