Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)

In MÖNSTER OUTSIDE, choreographer Sidra Bell has joined forces with innovative Swedish composer Per Störby to develop a flexibly voyeuristic discourse about the nature of outliers in contemporary society. Marrying dance theater, chamber music, projection mapping, vocal scoring, and scenic and lighting design, the work will locate and depict aspects of human joy and despair via the experience of the “outsider." The title MÖNSTER OUTSIDE is a play on Swedish-English cognate irregularities; in Swedish, 'mönster' translates as 'patterns'. The piece is performed by Bell's five dancers and the New Tide Orquesta, in a multi-tiered stage arena marrying highly technical movement and eclectic sound.