STAY WiTH ME

Stay With Me, directed by Nicole von Arx, is an evening-length performance combining dance, theatre, pre-recorded text, and audience participation. Featuring a cast of five dancers, the show explores the longing for each other, our past selves, and our own peaceful consciousness. Bouncing between lighter and heavier scenes, the work weaves its way between play, hope, loss, and desire. Stay With Me reveals a series of personal vignettes where the performers attempt to physically connect to each other and with the audience. Amid our global unity, our human connections seem to be falling apart. A shared sense of yearning for our past lives, and our fear for what’s next, prevent us from moving forward. 

Looking both backward and forward in time – Nicole von Arx and her truly exceptional collaborators will invite you to reconnect with the present.  

Length: 1h 15 minutes (with an intermission)

Performance: 5 Dancers

Premiere: April 2022

Direction and Choreography: Nicole von Arx

Original Cast: Nicole von Arx, David Flores, Michael Greenberg, Caitlin Taylor, and Maddy Wright

Lighting Design: Conor Mulligan

Costume Design: Caitlin Taylor

Support: Dance Initiative, Pentacle’s Administrative Support Program, Triskelion Arts, TACAW, and Gayle Embrey.