Co-directed, created, and performed by Chen-Kang Kao, Music Ph.D. candidate in Composition, and Kevin Wong, Dance MFA candidate in Experimental Choreography; created and performed in collaboration with Em Berdeja, Zoe Foy, and Tyra Logan; with guest violinist Xenia Deviatkina-Loh

The title “Growth” came from a score Chen-Kang wrote for the violin, fixed media, and dancers. Inspired by imagining a growing seed, it grew from one section to several by motivic development and having a different centered note in the whole-tone scale. Our goal is to invoke a sensation of growing (emotionally, physically, or mentally) as we embark on this collaborative journey. Moving beyond the image of the growing seed, we are excited for you to experience the growth created through questioning how musicians/composers and dancers/choreographers can collaborate on a performance.