Maybe the real question the piece is asking isn’t “If there were no war, what kind of dance would happen?” (as the program states), but rather: How can one keep dancing in the middle of a war? How can we dance not about the war, not for it, not in service of it, not in protest of it, but also not with our eyes closed to it? Is it possible to continue making good dance theater, while still being self aware of what’s happening around us? Should we? And what about creators who don’t want to engage directly with the war, what is their place right now, in this heartbroken moment of sand and stone?Read more