FRIDAY, JUNE 11 AT 5PM - VIRTUAL PROGRAM

In the Studio with Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance
The Making of Bunhead’s Back!

Get a “behind the mask” view of the creative process with choreographer Jody Sperling and her Time Lapse Dance company during their residency at the 14th Street Y. Sperling shares clips from her film in-progress Bunhead’s Back!, the story of a Degas ballerina whose head is screwed on backwards. The presentation includes a conversation with the film’s star, Maki Kitahara, about what it’s like to turn oneself around—literally and figuratively—and on the contortions of conformity. Included in the conversation are mask artist Erin K. Orr and pianist Jeffrey Middleton, who recorded the score. Sperling will also share excerpts of other works being developed in the residency including Elegy a duet with N. Scott Johnson, a response to Covid and climate grief, and Arboreal Entanglement, a new project exploring the relationship of trees and people.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.