Madison Florence

Finding Space tells the stories of people with identities often excluded or not recognized for their work in space sciences like those who are women, BIPOC, queer, trans, nonbinary, and parents. Focused on process, this piece is being developed to include the identities of the dancers and welcomes a wide range of dancers participating in the work. Finding Space will become a feature-length performance telling these stories and exploring humanity’s innate fascination with our solar system and beyond. Over the next year, the dancers will explore the themes of space through improvisation, exploration of shapes and lines, proximity to each other, focus and the act of being unseen or seen, and the recorded stories of people in space sciences eventually building to a full-length work.