Good Grief | USA – March 25, 28

Directed by Aaron Jungels
Performed by Grace Bevilacqua

                              Laisha Crum

                              Joseph Henderson

                              Justine Jungels

                              Tiana Whittington

 

In Good Grief, Everett’s dynamic multimedia dance theater enters an unburdening process: the minds and bodies of individuals seeking to address their trauma. Everett artists collaborated with a therapist to explore healing for their own life experiences. Onstage, they dive inward, uncover parts of the self, slip into the unconscious, and look at the body made foreign and disconnected – all in search of a true self. In Good Grief, Everett presents a journey of fragmented memories, exiled parts, and the hope that dwells in a thriving imagination.

“The moment the lights go to black, the audience is captivated by a film of water that slowly becomes backlit to reveal dancers moving, floating and drowning behind the screen. It is both disturbing and beautiful at once. The image fades and viewers are thrust into a scene with a therapist and a woman, which begins the journey into Everett’s exploration of personal traumas and how we carry them with us in our lives.” -Cindy Racinski, Motif Magazine