2013 · 45 min · Captions

Electric Midwife

Beth Gill

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About this performance

Electric Midwife plays on symmetry and illusion as the performers pull the intimate audience into a mesmerizing kaleidoscope of movement and color weaving throughout the space with highly structured, minimalist dance. Beth Gill is a Queens-based artist, making work in New York City. She critically examines issues relating to the fields of contemporary dance and performance studies, through an ongoing exploration of aesthetics and perception.

"Electric Midwife is viewed by an intentionally small audience of 14 people each night who sit directly center, opposite the dance, in order to best experience the symmetry. With each touring opportunity that the piece receives I try to reimagine the seating in a way, which can suite the new theater yet, honors the original concept of the dance." - Beth Gill

Filmed at the Museum of Human Achievement
Presented by the Fusebox Festival

About the artist

Beth Gill

Beth Gill is a choreographer who has been making contemporary dance and performance in New York City since 2005. Her body of work critically examines issues within the fields of contemporary dance and performance studies, through a focused exploration of aesthetics and perception. Gill began her dance training with Rose Marie Menes and Tami Horowitz at the Westchester Ballet Center and then at the New York State Summer School of the Arts where she trained with Carolyn Adams and Julie Strandberg. She received a BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2003.
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