Terre Mécanique, 2017-present
Collaboration with the MIT Self-Assembly Lab
Lead Dancer and Rehearsal Director: Marissa Ruazol
Laban/Bartenieff Movement Instructor: Teresa Heiland
Dancers: Brooklynn Reeves, Jonathan Gonzalez
Researcher: Bjorn Sparrman
Composition, Electronics: Phillip Curtis
Costumes: Karen Boyer, Jill Spector
Production Assistants: Sophie Schwarz, Sophia Washburn, Marley Kirton, Colin Kent-Daggett,
Manuela Nebuloni
Videographer: Chris Orr, Joseph Davenport
Video Editor: Sean C. Flaherty
Commission, Performa, New York
![1 space stage [intimate space] 2 clockhouse 3 18 ft. x 12 ft. x 16 ft. 4 0 to 18 inches in intimate space, empty the room of numbers 5 plywood, acrylic mirror used to expand space, trisha brown’s equipment dances 6 co](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1665031720846-F4OD75DGFI28ZWL5983B/174KAN.jpg)
![1 space stage [public space] 2 25 ft. under the ocean floor 3 large-scale flexible construction 4 200,000 tons of water pressure 5 firmly fixed in the surrounding landscape a shimmering hemisphere for advanced research in design and engineering](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1665031719456-5WP06E9GU44YHOIZSM0W/170KAN.jpg)
![1 space stage [personal space] 2 20 x 23 ft., drag the camera across the ocean floor 3 commercially rated indoor/outdoor carpet, loop construction, custom dyed natural fibers 4 spatial data and physical state of](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1665031969700-9AWU2D04GZ6HRC1V6N2V/KNTMSPSSPS.jpg)
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![1 costume [mask 1] 2 wood, stain, left eye 7 graphite lines for lashes, right eye 7 graphite lines for lashes Screenprint Photo credit](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1646372947153-K70K4FK7ETHMV5W2RDO9/Photo-Charles_White-jwpictures.com-0X9A3063.jpg)
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![1 space stage [burn tool] 2 20 ft. custom cargo canopy 3 wool felt, double the surface density, nylon 4 arranged in a pile 5 holding the edges and pulling the line Screenprint Photo credit: Rik Sferra](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1663580467155-1EKC6RXEYJEQQFSEPPOF/KNTMSPSSBURNTOOL.jpg)
![1 space stage [cylinder] 2 8 x 8 ft. are the outside dimensions 3 circular solid pushed by a dancer on a curve 4 1-2 gallons acrylic paint, plywood, 1 gallon base, 12 oz. canvas, wool felt 5 parallel sides, hollow body, 2 ba](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1665033773717-L4ZU8JWCOYXXKSYNXDP1/KNTMSPSSCYLINDER.jpg)
![1 space stage [pool] 2 12 or 16 ft. diameter 3 flat sphere, circle, semi-circle, half a sphere, line in a loop formation, circular plane 4 water 5 pump, hose reinforced with spiral synthetic yarn, valve and tap 6 dancer formatio](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1665031720044-PFHF3LF8VFY4K7T1GKAD/171KAN.jpg)
![1 space stage [bell] 2 11 ft. diameter 3 wood, metallic powder, paint 4 the lab designs suspension system different from the printer 5 ring tied tightly with rope 6 speakers, direct drive turntable, mixer, headphones 7 11 minute intervals 8](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1646789481968-1XGLRTL89X88YV76ILNI/Photo-Charles_White-jwpictures.com-0X9A1019.jpg)
![1 space stage [social space] 2 high density rigid polyurethane foam, the body adapts to disequilibrium, industrial thermal construction application 3 lilac, red-violet, magenta 4 researchers lay across the raised sides to pull prints from the s](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1665031719194-W21X203QHGXSQRZRR6A4/169KAN.jpg)
