Life: a performance and conversation about death

(60 minutes)
Premiere: April 18, 2018
Presented as part of Reimagine End of Life
CounterPulse - San Francisco, CA

Life: A performance and conversation about death is a contemporary dance performance, a lecture, and a discussion. It’s the second part in FACT/SF’s triptych on mourning, loss, and death. This performance and facilitated dialogue aims to help audience members discover a unique point of access to the conversation about death, dying, grief, and loss.

In addition to the performance, attendees participated in an open dialogue with the company artists and our choreographer, Charles Slender-White. The dialogue focused on how our research and personal experiences with death inform our creative process, and the power and impact of channeling grief and loss into a shared artistic activity.
 

Life is made possible with support from CounterPulse, Reimagine, and FACT/SF's individual donors.

Choreography & Direction
Charles Slender-White in collaboration with the performers

Performers
Michaela Burns, Catherine Newman, LizAnne Roman Roberts, Isabel Rosenstock, and Charles Slender-White

Facilitator
Jeanne Pfeffer
 

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Image by Robbie Sweeny