Live performance merges seamlessly with video technology in WHAT IF, a work where present and past collide, while asking the questions we all wrestle with: What is memory? What is truth? What if your life unfolded differently? Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer have spent 4+ decades pushing the boundaries of live dance, weaving video technology into performance, and blurring the lines between body and image. In WHAT IF, they move with and confront younger archival video versions of themselves, interrogating what is real, transforming context, and exploring alternate outcomes. The evening program includes a lobby video installation, Untold Stories, where local audiences reveal the “What if’s” in their own life journeys.
Caretakers of Land/Land Acknowledgement: Munsee Lenape
Estimated Artist Fee: $19,000 plus housing