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TRY
dance + DJ + dreamscape visuals
a queer fantasy of improvised collaboration where body and land meet ancestry and futurity
November 13 - 20, 2021 on Z Space’s Steindler Stage
TRY is a performance choreographed by Ishmael Houston-Jones created in deep collaboration with jose e. abad, Snowflake Calvert, Keith Hennessy, and Kevin O’Connor with music by Gabriel Nuñez de Arco and jose e. abad in an immersive installation by Monica Canilao & Kendra Dorman and lighting design by GG Torres.
TRY explores what Sadiya Hartman calls, “Acts of collaboration and improvisation that unfold within the space of enclosure.”
The TRY team’s collaborative work circles around the crises and potentials of land, healing, movement, consent, ownership and solidarity. We seek a soft experience where land acknowledgement and fascia can be woven into a single conversation. Where bodies are energies and powers at the same time, always entangled within the ecologies from which they emerge.
the weirdest shit can come true
making difference differently together
beyond beyond beyond
body and land meet ancestry and futurity
opening me up
trying togethering centering relational
collaboration as laboratory during crises of togetherness
circles of overlap growing, circles of separation remaining
these are the questions that haunt me
it won’t be revealed until it’s there
Dates & Times
TRY in-process showing
Sat Nov 13 :: 7pm - 8pm
World Premiere :: Nov 16 - 20
Tue Nov 16 :: 7pm - 8pm
Wed Nov 17 :: 7pm - 8pm
Fri Nov 19 :: 7pm - 8pm
Sat Nov 20 :: 7pm - 8pm
The show runs approximately 1 hour with no intermission.
TRY’s run at Z Space will be proceeded by a series of Practice Labs and In-Process Showings at The Lab from Nov 2 - 13. Get more information on Circo Zero’s website here. Their website also contains video, interviews, biographies and press for a deeper dive into this performance.
COVID Safety Protocols
For the health, safety and well-being of everyone in our space, Z Space’s current COVID-19 policy requires all patrons and staff to be fully vaccinated and to wear masks while in the building. You will be asked to show proof of vaccination with ID before entering. Children under 12 are not currently permitted at Z Space. All tickets must be pre-purchased, we are not currently accepting walk-up sales.
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TRY is produced by Circo Zero and supported by the Hewlett Foundation 50 Arts Commission, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, The California Arts Council, The San Francisco Arts Commission, MAP Fund, The Boffo Foundation, Danspace Project, and a co-commission as part of the Eureka Commissions program by the Onassis Foundation.
