Artistic Direction and Concept: Davalois Fearon
Choreography: Davalois Fearon with assistance of the dancers​
​Music: Mike McGinnis
Costumes, wearable sculptures, and makeup design: Jasmine Murrell Set design: Myssi Robinson
Lighting Design Tricia Toliver

New York Permier: March 5 th 2020, BRIClab, Brooklyn, NY
Rehearsal Director: Morgan Anderson​
​Dancers:​ Morgan Anderson, Njeri Rutherford, Mikaila Ware
Musicians: Michael McGinnis (Clarinet, Saxophone), Brian Drye (Trombone), Jeff Hermanson (Trumpet), Sara Schoenbeck (Bassoon), Dana Lyn (Violin), Yoon Sun Choi (Vocals), Allan Mednard (Drums)
Run time: 50min

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For C.J., dedicated to Artistic Director Davalois Fearon’s nephew, C.J., who was the victim of a fatal asthma attack in 2017. It is a work that uses nature to explore themes of loss and remembrance, telling C.J.'s story through Fearon’s fluid yet assertive movement vocabulary. Original music by multi-reedist Mike McGinnis; wearable sculpture, costume, and makeup designed by interdisciplinary artist Jasmine Murrell; and set design by performer and visual artist Myssi Robinson. For C.J. incorporates aspects of As Above, As Below, a site-specific piece created in dialogue with Gordon Matta-Clark’s 1971 performance Tree Dance, as well as the inclusion of alchemic philosophy in both artists’ conceptual processes commissioned by the Bronx Museum as part of the BxMA Co-Lab dance series.

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