MASSES

 

What is the reality of being in a crowded world where, as Confucius stated, "excessive [population] growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses, and engender strife"?

 

Featuring 12 performers and choreography by Tanya Chianese, ka·nei·see | collective’s world premiere MASSES explores what it can feel like to live in an overpopulated urban world that desperately needs but sorely lacks compassion for the strangers among us.

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Choreography:

Tanya Chianese

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Performers:

Hayley Bowman, Kelsey Gerber, Brittany Hernandez, Mallory Markham, Maddie Matuska, Amy McMurchie, Rebecca Morris, Linda Phung, Jessica Reis, Emma Salmon, Vera Schwegler, Oona Wong-Danders

 

Violinist: 

Lucia Petito

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Lighting Design: 

Linda Baumgardner

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Costume Design:

Tanya Chianese, Mallory Markham, Emma Salmon

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Score:

Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm

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Text: 

Dr. Daniel Goleman's 2007 TED Talk