Strange Loops is the culminating performance of my thesis research in partial fulfillment of my Masters of Fine Arts in Dance from Florida State University. Inspired by Godel, Escher, Bach by cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstader and my own work as a bioengineer, I used athletic contemporary vocabulary and theatrical projections to ask: How does human consciousness emerge from discrete, repetitive units? The work is grounded in ideas of action, reaction, and increasing hierarchical complexity to create a world larger than the sum of its parts.

Choreographer: Holly Stone
Music: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor by J.S.Bach; fragile e conciliante from Lamentate by Arvo Pärt
Costumes: Holly Stone
Projection Design: Holly Stone
Projection Videographer: Tim Glenn
Lighting Design: Russell Sandifer
Cast: April Chinea, Casey Copeland, Hanna Peddicord, Megan Schutz, Aliya Siegel, Holly Stone, Ana Turkasz, Rebecca van Gelder, Georgia Yancey
Rehearsal Assistant: Jakob Tweedel
Tech Assistant: Ciara Byrne
Mentor: Tim Glenn

Photos by Meagan Helman