photo: Jim Coleman

Spectacle investigates contemporary consumer culture and its negative impact on our relationship to one another. Inspired by Guy Debord’s writings, this work exemplifies how humans have lost touch with one another in an over-stimulated world by supplanting their relations between people with commodities.

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Premiered on June 14, 2023 at the Seattle International Dance Festival, commissioned as part of the James Ray Residency Program

Run time: 25 minutes

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Choreography: Mary Sigward, in collaboration with the dancers

Dancers: Nathan Cook, Rhea Keller, Deshawn Morton, Kaitlyn Nguyen, and Mary Sigward

Music: Valgeir Sigurðsson and Ben Lukas Boysen

Additional performances at Base Arts Space in Seattle, WA on September 13-14, 2024, and ARTSinTANK Dance Festival in Seoul, South Korea on October 4, 2024.