ANIKAYA

The Women Gather will be a ritual of healing. It will be directed by Wendy Jehlen and performed by an ensemble of women dancers/vocalists/body percussionists from the US, Benin, Botswana, Brazil and China. The music will be generated by the women on stage. Composer Shaw Pong Liu will create a soundscape entirely of the body. An environment/home/installation will be created by Marlene Santana, an artist based in São Paulo, Brazil & Boston-based sculptor Isabel Andrews. The work will be created in Brazil, Benin, Botswana, Boston & NYC and was commissioned by and will premiere at Gibney Dance.