Featuring five dancers responding to the space of the table — above, below, upon — Alexa West’s Occasion, occasion, occasion considers the social architecture of gathering. West’s placement of multiple tables provides both stage and platform, a space for presentation and for performance. The dancers embody different “character-ways,” — among them the go-go and ballet dancer, and the server, individuals whose actions occasionally coalesce to suggest a broader narrative.

Performed by Justin Faircloth, Amelia Heintzelman, Jade Manns, Michael Miles, and Sophia Parker
Photos by: Maria Baranova, Carolyne Loree Teston, Video by Kayhl Cooper