Nothing feels extraneous or forgotten; every movement seems to be the product of long development, although the piece isn’t self-conscious or stagey.

- Roslyn Sulcuas, The New York Times

About the Work

Electric Midwife plays on symmetry and illusion as the performers pull the intimate audience into a mesmerizing kaleidoscope of movement and color weaving throughout the space with highly structured, minimalist dance. Commissioned in 2011 by The Chocolate Factory Electric Midwife received three Bessie Awards for Emerging Choreographer, Sound Design/Composition and the inaugural Juried Award.

Photo credit: Steven Schreiber

Credits

Places Performed The Chocolate Factory Theater (NY) Dance Umbrella (UK) Fusebox (TX) River To River Festival (NY) . Nazareth College Dance Festival (NY)

Runtime
43 minutes

Visual Concept and Choreography
Beth Gill

Original sound score
performed live by
Jon Moniaci

Lighting Design
Madeline Best

Performed by
Anna Carapetyan
Danielle Goldman
Jennifer Lafferty
Nicole Mannarino
Marilyn Maywald
Rebecca Warner

Funding

Electric Midwife has been supported by The Chocolate Factory Theater, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation 2012 USArtists International grant. Filming for OntheBoards.tv was supported by: The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation The Wallace Foundation