Location
Boulder, CO
Project Title
Clytigation: State of Exception
Fiscal Year Awarded
2014
Grant or Program
National Dance Project Production Residencies for Dance Grant
Grant Amount
$22,000

“Clytigation: State of Exception” is a performance piece and mobile device app that collides Aeschylus’ “Oresteia” with dance, the Internet, live video processing, and an aerial drone. On a modular mini sound stage, Michelle Ellsworth creates multiple alternate choreographies and realities for an omnipotent surveillance gathering quad-copter. Using an ancient text and modern technology, this timely work investigates the impact of wars on bodies and legal protocols while examining the gap between emotional intention and physical execution.

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