Eight dancers prepare to melt their bodies and souls in site-specific dance performance
The Salt Pile
Pike Slip & South St.
August 19-22, 26-29, September 2-5, 9-12, $15-$40
718-302-5024
www.sensproduction.org
In choreographer Noémie Lafrance’s site-specific dance presentation, eight performers (Elizabeth Wilkinson, Mare Hieronimus, Teresa Kochis, Celeste Hastings, Ori Lenkinski, Adi Kfir, Meghan Merril, and Marcy Schlissel), wearing outfits made of sculptural beeswax and lanolin, are on a wall, melting in the sun, their souls slowly disintegrating. The highly anticipated MELT, which features a score by Erin McGonigle, comes from the expansive minds at the nonprofit dance company Sens Production, which has previously staged such works as AGORA II in the McCarren Park pool, INVASION at Fort Jay on Governors Island, and DESCENT in the New York City Court Building Clock Tower. Tickets are going fast for the event, which runs Thursday through Sunday the next two weekends.
Update: The performances scheduled for August 22 have been canceled because of the rain, but the show has been extended through September 12.