The Shape of Now

Length: 5 minutes

5 Dancers

This work lives in the space between yesterday and tomorrow, certainty and change. Created with an all-women cast at a point of transition, it explores what it means to stand at the edge of something ending while something else quietly begins. The body becomes a site of listening… to weight, to breath, to one another. Through shifting roles of leading and following, the dancers practice attention, trust, and presence. The choreography resists urgency, returning again and again to the “now”. It is a shared, fleeting state where memory and anticipation coexist, and where being fully present becomes an act of care.

Premiere February 25th, 2026 | BYU (Utah) USA | choreography NICOLE VON ARX | Costume Designer DAWN MAUGHAN | Lighting Designer JOHN SHURTLEFF | Music HANIA RANI | Rehearsal Director ADAM DYER | Dancers Cast Awesome: CHLOE BADDLEY, JORDAN HALTERMAN, KAILENE TALBOT, KARA WILLIAMS, KYLEE JACKMAN, and ANALIA COPE (understudy); Cast Stupendous: MAKINLEY BUTTERFIELD, LIESEL WYNN, ELLA GRACE MEMMOTT, ANNA GILLINS, ALEXA PAYNE and MACKENZIE PETERSON (understudy):