Kinetic Threads

Some knowledge arrives through others, passed hand to hand, name to name, carried in a quiet "you should ask them." Other understanding is built slowly through lived experience, shared spaces, and the people we come to rely on.

Kinetic Threads explores the invisible networks that connect us. Through six original contemporary dance works, choreographers and performers trace how information, care, memory, and insight move between individuals and communities, creating pathways of trust, exchange, and belonging.

Audience members will become part of this network throughout the evening. Before the performance, guests will have the opportunity to anonymously contribute a question for fellow audience members. Questions might be practical ("How do you remove a bleach stain?"), personal ("How do you make friends as an adult?"), or community-minded ("Do you have an eye doctor you recommend?"). Between dances, audiences will be invited to move to a new chair, experiencing each work from a different vantage point. At their new seat, they may encounter a question left by another audience member and have the opportunity to respond, creating a living web of shared knowledge, perspective, and connection throughout the performance.

Without a single spoken word, Kinetic Threads reveals how we come to know, not only through what we learn, but through who we learn it from. Through movement, the body becomes a map of the relationships, referrals, conversations, and communities that shape how we move through the world.

Featuring choreography by Morgan Teel, Jess Gray, Mia Moi, Marilyn Connelly, Lilly Wylde (Choreographic Fellow), and Hayley Miller (Choreographic Fellow).

Performed by Jess Gray, Marilyn Connelly, Laura Merkel, Lily Zapatero, Siobhan Klugh, Anabelle Maples, Daniela Vargas, Lilly Wylde, and Hayley Miller.

Produced by Dance Waterloo in partnership with the Dougherty Arts Center.

Production support by Mia Moi, Morgan Teel, Tommy Heath, and Kaitlyn Currier-Graves.

Tickets start at $9 and will increase as the performance approaches. Purchase early for the lowest available price.

The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. For assistance, please contact 512-974-3917 or Relay Texas 7-1-1. For more information or to request a language interpreter, please call Austin 3-1-1 or 512-974-2000.

This project has been financed in part by the City of Austin's Elevate Grant Program.