Hands

For HANDS, Shapiro & Smith Dance and choreographer, Joanie Smith will present three poignant and humorous dances featuring the dancers’ hands. These dances will examine the power and expressivity of hands. Our hands serve as emblems for what is paradoxical in human nature: sources for healing, consolation, and love and instruments of torture, murder, and hate. What can be communicated with our hands and how we use them has cultural, personal, and societal implications. These dances will be built on outrageous handshakes, unusual caresses, and slapstick encounters. Members of the audience will be invited to leave their hand prints on large sheets of paper and these handprints will be displayed at Northern Spark creating a HANDS GALLERY.     

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