What We Ask of Flesh (WWAOF) is a seven year labor of true communion and collaboration. Conceptual Architect Christal Brown, has brought together a brilliant cast of movement artists, composers, writers, and technologists to create an immersive evening-length dance and installation. The cast not only explores flesh as the veil between the world and the soul but they also connect INSPIRIT’s 20 year history through legacy and lineage. In this work, the artists’ bodies become instruments that question, connect, and dismantle the tangible and intangible histories present within a human life. Inspired by the writings of poet Remica Bingham-Risher, the caregiver’s journey through Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, the navigation of grief and the redemption of joy; Brown and her company explore the tapestry between our internal and external realities. Set to live music, five movement artists assisted by media projection, lights, and garments of art take the audience on a journey of truth and triumph.
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About INSPIRIT:
By harnessing the transcendent power of dance, INSPIRIT, a dance company, strives to create and sustain social change. By investing in our artists and providing them with the necessary tools to succeed in the arts as well as the world, we reap dividends for generations to come. In the classroom, in community, in rehearsal and in performance INSPIRIT lives up to our name by infusing new life, encouraging growth and invigorating all with whom we come in contact.
Support for What We Ask of Flesh:
The presentation of What We Ask of Flesh was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.
