Author: Catherine Sawoski
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In Katy Early’s Hysterical “Dance Nation,” Girlhood is Not for the Faint of Heart
For young women on social media and the real world alike, girlhood has become somewhat trendy in recent months. Apprehensive of adulthood, increasing numbers of individuals have clung to the rituals that characterize a girl growing up, posting videos on platforms like Instagram of birth control and group debriefs captioned simply ‘girlhood.’ Tiktoks to songs…
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Circling the Creator in “Third Law”
The audience, a group of ten people padding along in their socks, line up silently along the back wall. The glowing outline of a circle appears on the floor. Someone is brave enough to step in. This is Third Law, an immersive experience of the Adam and Eve story where you play the creator. A…
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Wooster Group’s Symphony of Rats: Delirious, Surreal, and Synthesized
The president of the United States sits in a wheelchair commode, speaking in a synthesized voice. A man in a lab coat and rat ears stands at a screen designed to look like a cardboard box. A pulsating orb in the background has grown wings and disappeared, but not before encouraging the president to do…
