Nichole Canuso Dance Company: Return Return Departure

Following a successful, sold-out run during the Fringe Festival, NCDC will perform Return Return Departure on four additional afternoons from October 5 – December 8. The show will close with a reception and artist meet-and-greet following the last performance. Just before sunset, two dancers meet in the garden and a duet unfolds, marking the start of Return Return Departure by Nichole Canuso Dance Company (NCDC). Commissioned by the American Philosophical Society (APS) Museum on the occasion of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, NCDC has created a series of duets and corresponding videos, in conjunction with the museum's current exhibition Tempus Fugit: Time Flies, designed by contemporary artist Antonia Contro. This genre-bending dance explores our complex relationship to time and furthers NCDC's ongoing interest in pulling dance outside of the theater (TAKES, 2010 Wandering Alice, 2008). The performance begins as the audience gathers in the APS Museum gallery at 104 South 5th Street, across from the Jefferson Garden, to reflect on Antonia Contro's Tempus Fugit exhibition. From there, they make their way across the street to the garden where musical composition by long-time NCDC collaborator Michael Kiley fills the air as the sun sets. The audience members engage in suggested actions meant to encourage a contemplation of time, and take their seats.

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