force/collision's Trust me at Arena Stage in Washington DC

Arena Stage in Washington, DC presented a work-in-progess performance of force/collision's Trust Me livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 16 June 2013 at 5 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 7 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 8 p.m. EDT (New York).

The company performed approximately 45 minutes of work, followed by an open rehearsal in which the audience had an opportunity to see the process in action followed by a brief post-show discussion.

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Cast: Karin Rosnizeck, Dane Figueroa Edidi, Ilana Faye Silverstein, Sarah Elizabeth Ewing, Amber Tietgens, Ivan Zizek, Augustin Beall

Trust me is a U.S. premiere dance/theatre project incorporating texts by playwright Falk Richter, which explores the body and psyche in Western culture and how they inform our ways of thinking, acting, collaborating and moving through this complex system. Using the mediums of dance, theatre, video, and music, force/collision will create an interdisciplinary performance which dialogues German and American culture and examines the shaky foundations and mechanisms of human bonds against the background of current crises. Relationships build up and break down in ever shorter time-scales; they become a resource in an increasingly intense competition. Binding, separating. Buying, selling. A picture is presented of human beings who, over the years, have radically intensified modern individuality and celebrated independence as an ideal. This project will also explore the divide between information and sensationalism in modern society and the individual by incorporating notions of media and pop-culture identities.

force/collision is an interdisciplinary contingent of artists/collaborators whose mission is the creation of new performance works. Based in Washington, DC, force/collision was created by theatre director John Moletress for the purpose of bringing together artists of mixed disciplines in order to spark dialogue and create space for the presentation of new work.

The sharing of Trust me in the Arena Stage Kogod Cradle Series marks the project's first major step in development. While the piece will eventually include video, this first iteration will be focused on integrating movement, text and sound.

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