THE OTHER SHORE
The Other Shore (TOS) is a dance, art object, book, auditory, and a sound and video installation presented online, through the mail and in a non-proscenium space. TOS is presented in two distinct sections, Room 1 - Always Now and Room 2 - Future Ancestors to shift the eurocentric relationships between audience and performer by changing the physical orientation of viewing. TOS expands the possibilities of perception, relational power, and ritual through discrete performances that proceed simultaneously.
Dancer, Nia-Amina Minor performs in the captivating set of Room 2 - “Future Ancestors.”
ROOM 2 - FUTURE ANCESTORS
Future Ancestors is the second of two complementary works of zoe | juniper’s performance, The Other Shore. In this immersive media installation and durational performance taking place over 60 minutes, seven dancers offer different solo performances over the course of the weekend. Future Ancestors highlights the vulnerabilities of performers and audiences and examines the experience of seeing and being seen by expanding the possibilities of perception. EachFuture Ancestors solo stems from their unique birth story. During this 60-minute performance installation, you are encouraged to move around the performer in the sculpture, in essence co-choreographing the performance experience with how you move about and where you stand.
Gilbert T. Small III perform in room 02 “Future Ancestors” of The Other Shore. This is a still image from the 360 filming for the “At Home Book” of this multifaceted performance installation.
Dancer, Justin Rapport performs in Room 2 - “Future Ancestors.”
CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY
Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey
CHOREOGRAPHY
Zoe Scofield with dancers
PRODUCING MANAGER
Lilach Orenstein
DANCERS (Live Performance)
Maia Durfee, Gia Falzone, Alexis Fletcher, Akoiya Harris, Kehari Hutchinson, Nia-Amina Minor, Justin Rapaport, Zoe Scofield
DANCERS (At Home Book / 360 Videos)
Sydney Donovan, Kehari Hutchinson, Claude (CJ) Johnson, Zoe Scofield, Gilbert T. Small III
MUSIC COMPOSITION
Evan Christian Anderson
SET DESIGN
Sara Brown
LIGHTING DESIGN
Evan Christian Anderson
DRAMATURGY
Meredith Glisson
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR
Shane Donohue
STYLIST
Stephanie Bahniuk
VIDEO DESIGN
Juniper Shuey
BOOK DESIGN
Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey
360 CINEMATOGRAPHY
Juniper Shuey
360 SOUND DESIGN
Julian Martlew
Live Performance premiered at ON THE BOARDS - October 2022
The Other Shore 360 premiered at the Jacob’s Pillow Festival - August 2021
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The Other Shore is supported by the Princess Grace Foundation Special Projects award. The Other Shore was co-commissioned by Jacob's Pillow and developed in the Pillow Lab, with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Other Shore was co-commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Special thanks to MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Creative residency provided by On the Boards, Mass MoCA, MOtiVE Brooklyn and NueBox Phoenix.
Thank you to the MASS MoCA Technical Crew and Stagg, Jacob’s Pillow technical crew and staff, On to Boards, Velocity Dance Center, Princess Grace Foundation, John Robinson, our Patreon supporters, and all the generous artists who are helping to make this possible.