SeNSATE

SeNSATE by Carrie Ahern Dance

SeNSATE is a 3- hr durational performance

In SeNSATE, the audience is allowed to follow their whims and move to where they are compelled. The dancers construct tense psychological zones as they attempt to find an exit. Rhythm is a compulsion and a cure, pushing to devour the ferocity of the mind. How do we create boundaries—and meaning- with so much freedom? In Sensate, the private spaces become public as individual experiences are absorbed by others in the room.

photo credit (previous & above): Sarah Sterner

Credits

Conceived and Directed by: Carrie Ahern

Choreographed by: Carrie Ahern in collaboration with Kelly Hayes, Jillian Hollis, David Figueroa, Donna Costello and Elena Demyanenko

Performed by: Carrie Ahern, Donna Costello, David Figueroa, Kelly Hayes, Jillian Hollis

Music composed and performed live by: Anne Hege

Costumes by: Naoko Nagata

Lighting design: Jay Ryan

Video by: Harrison Owen

Performances: Wall Street, NYC 2010 | Baltimore, MD 2010 | The Brooklyn Lyceum, NYC 2009

Press

“Way down in the depths of an abandoned Wall Street bank vault, a performance to remember.” -Carl Glassman, Tribeca Trib

“If you go, you'll feel the hairs on your arms tingling....Ahern's choreography and the Bacchante-like performances of her fellow dancers – Donna Costello, David Figueroa, Kelly Hayes and Jillian Hollis – can often sizzle. They take to this work with feverish abandon and put their bodies – maybe even their sanity – on the line.” -Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Infinite Body