In the Moment Somehow Secluded<\/em> \u2014 originally choreographed for the company in 2020 but delayed in its premiere until now. I mention the pre-pandemic genesis because the piece\u2019s frequent use of juxtaposition between individual dancers and the (at times adversarial, supportive, or entirely disengaged) collective seemed to reference a Romantic understanding of Lone Isolation that we have put aside with the advent of our hard-earned understanding of Social Isolation. I tend to read program notes only after watching a piece, so I would learn later that this ostensibly had nothing to do with the choreography\u2019s explorations of internal processes and how \u201csubconscious personas\u201d influence reality. But the forcefulness of the individual versus group imagery stuck with me. I still can\u2019t decide if it was a welcome respite from post-COVID discourse about the State of Society today, or if it was a distracting holdover from a less nuanced time. Beyond that, the movement itself was beautiful if not deeply engaging, with some exceptional solo moments from Alexander Pham.<\/h4>\nThe lighting design (Jessica Greenberg and William Peterson) deserves a special shout-out, especially in the latter two pieces. The generally heavy atmosphere and corresponding dark stages for both dances were cut and at times transformed with strips, pools, daggers, and waves of light that moved and shifted beautifully. The costumes, in a recent stylistic trend I\u2019ve seen with RW towards what you might call \u201ccolor-blocking athleisure,\u201d were slightly underwhelming. I\u2019ve been watching so much DIY dance lately that I found myself craving more extravagance from a company with the budget able to meet that desire. A conversely wonderful trend in recent RW shows is the incorporation of visual art exhibits in the lobby, and we were treated this time around to a lovely display by Nora Lang.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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