RUPTURE

Choreographed by Jill Sigman, in collaboration with the performers

RUPTURE weaves together the story of an acute calf injury with Sigman’s travels in India, Berlin, and New Orleans to explore breaking and healing on personal, architectural, and global scales. Staged for a dance venue with arena seating, RUPTURE is set in a ring of over 3,000 broken eggshells.

photo credit (previous) : Naoko Nagata | photo credit (above) :

Credits

Choreographed by Jill Sigman

Performed by Jill Sigman with Toby Billowitz, Donna Costello, Hilary Maia Grubb, and Jennifer Sydor.

Voice, Live Processing, and Electronic Score by Kristin Norderval

Live Video Mixing by Katherine Liberovskaya | Video Footage by Jill Sigman and Katherine Liberovskaya

Video Editing by Jill Sigman and Lisa Niedermeyer

Lighting by Jonathan Belcher

Costumes by Naoko Nagata

Hair by Vidal Sassoon

"Operation: Eggshell" Concept by Jill Sigman

Premiere: Danspace Project, NYC 2007

Press

“The dazed solo that opens this 80-minute piece, set to an atmospheric electronic score by Kristin Norderval, performed live, establishes Ms. Sigman as a slight, unkempt figure on an unerring path through a disorderly world. She is set upon by four other performers: Toby Billowitz, Donna Costello, Hilary Maia Grubb and Jennifer Sydor, all remarkable for their intense focus and vivid dramatic skill.” - Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times