Kinetic Light’s “Descent” online premiere


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Kinetic Light, a disability dance company like no other!

rachel hickman describes the upcoming film premiere of Descent so beautifully.

Description courtesy of Kinetic Light: Laurel Lawson, a white woman, is flying in the air with arms spread wide, wheels spinning, and supported by Alice Sheppard. Alice, a light-skinned Black woman, is lifting from the ground brelow. They are making eye contact and smiling. Photo by Jay Newman / BRITT Festival.
A moment of connection and flight from the “Descent” performance.

She says that Descent, “is an immersive reclamation of queer, multiracial, disabled histories that challenges assumptions of femininity and beauty with unapologetic abandon.”

Having created the captions and the audio description for this film, I’ve seen it now nearly 10 times. Each viewing is more immersive, rich, and captivating than the last. I find myself desperate to watch it again to see what else I can uncover from the story, the choreography, the space, any of it. I first saw it livestreamed a while back, and I can’t remember when it was because I don’t know when now is anymore. Either way, we’re so fortunate they put in the incredible effort to edit the live performance footage into a beautiful film version.

Walker Art Center and Northrop Present Kinetic Light as part of the 2020-21 Northrop Season.
Thursday, December 3rd at 8:00 pm Central time, the film will premiere online, and there’ll be a conversation with the artists on the 3rd. After that, the performance is available continuously through Saturday, December 5th.

Get info on the performers, the dance, and info on accessibility and tickets on Northrup’s website.

If you’re like me, and you simply cannot ever get enough of Kinetic Light and disability dance, you can watch some beautiful and innovative short films on November 30th for free as part of Northrup’s film series, including Revel In Your Body, a magical slow motion adventure that defies gravity and continues to haunt me even after seeing it over a dozen times. Access info on those films is available on Northrup’s event page.


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