As if everything was perfect

As if everything was perfect - questions the societal expectations of traditional gender roles, specifically examining the layered emotional experience of historical expectations of women juxtaposed against the inevitable passing of time. 

A character-driven embodiment of a woman's internalized sense of responsibility, As if everything was perfect centers women’s oscillation between having compassion for past, current, and future versions of themselves and extreme guilt. Guilt is reinforced from all directions: being too young or too old to have children, to wear something, to get married, to have worth, to build a career, to start a family. Embracing the intersectional, complex nature of women's emotional experience, the work invites a sense of curiosity within the joy and despair, silliness and serenity. The resulting choreography reveals fantasies, nightmares, memories, and utopias - real and imagined. Echoing the naturally uneven pace of life, slow movement progressions are interrupted with abrupt, unexpected shifts. This exploration organically evolved to our exploring women’s relationship to clothing, for we are subjected to extreme judgment of our physical appearance. As if everything was perfect employs the use of brooms as props and interactive dance partners to unearth moments of female liberation from duty, discipline, and responsibility. Striving to embody the many areas of gray.