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.

ROOM 1 - ALWAYS NOW

Always Now is one of two complementary works of zoe | juniper’s performance, The Other Shore. In Always Now, the audience is guided through different spaces and positions to witness the performances, including lying comfortably on the floor, while multiple dancers move around and above them. With an exciting cast of 5 local and international dancers, Always Now explores perspective, lived experience, and body language as the audience is invited to experience the piece from very different viewpoints. Each audience member experiences their own unique performance based on where they are lying.

Kehari Hutchinson and Gilbert T. Small III perform in room 01 “Always Now” of *The Other Shore*. This is a still image from the 360 filming for the “At Home Book” of this multifaceted performance installation.

Dancers interact with audience members in room 1 - '“Always Now” as part of The Other Shore Live Performance at On The Boards.

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

supported by

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.