Anthropocene
by Performa/Dance

Aug. 15 - Aug. 16
Friday-Saturday

Performa/Dance celebrates its 10th season with

ANTHROPOCENE, an ambitious new dance theater work that interrogates, with

equal doses of humor, anxiety, grief, and wonder, how we became comfortable with

the end of the world.

Taking a slightly absurdist, wholly penetrating viewpoint, ANTHROPOCENE evokes

perspectives of singular persons and the global collective as we navigate a changing

planet. Modern society’s disassociation from the natural world - choices we make, and

at times earnest yet bumbled action - leave us vulnerable in the face of increasing

natural disasters and global crises. ANTHROPOCENE examines, through allegory,

humanity’s tendency to put itself dead center at the expense of other life forms

 

ABOUT Performa/Dance

Performa/Dance, founded in Austin, Texas in 2014 by choreographer Jennifer Hart

and dancer Edward Carr, presents exploratory, original dance work by women,

BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ choreographers.

Through imaginative and ever-evolving processes, we reconsider contemporary

ballet outside its bounds, in dialogue with artists across disciplines.

Bringing our lived experience to performance, we strive to connect with audiences

using dance as a conduit for human understanding and expression.

 

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Anthropocene
by Performa/Dance
Performa/Dance

 

August 15th, 2025, 7:30pm and August 16th, 2025, 4pm and 7:30pm

Ballet Austin, AustinVentures StudioTheater, 501 W 3rd St, Austin, TX 78701

TICKETS: $25-$50, sliding scale