Old Hat, Fresh Pain

old hat, fresh pain is a double bill contemporary dance show featuring two new dance works: magpies at the diner by Miriam Eskildsen and collaborators Jane Smolira, Tess Doorman-smith, Sydney Magnus, and Jake Starrs, and a sea of split peas by Jess Crompton and collaborators Dan-Yel James, Tessa Redman and Katie Burton. 

Magpies at the Diner, a dance work by Miriam Eskildsen and collaborators, attempts to design a feeling, bottle the sun, and tamp down a sore chest. A surreal cast of characters vamp, prune and preen their way through a series of mercurial allegiances, unearthing pockets of warmth along the way. Can you love well with an infested heart?

A Sea of Split Peas, by Jess Crompton and collaborators.

I think they think I’m walking a fine line, bobbing in and out of dark alleyways, teetering on the edges of pooling streetlights. I think we all go through the motions of our own moderation, I don’t know anyone whose lenses are truly clear. How far is too far, how tight is your grip?