“Dance,” choreographer Alvin Ailey once remarked, “is for everybody.” At the MCA dance is for everybody and performed everywhere: on the Edlis Neeson Theater, the Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden, or even the grand staircase.
Short Images of four active dancers are superimposed over each other.
Long This composite photograph features the silhouettes of four dancers superimposed over each other against a plain light background. The topmost figure is the outline of a short-haired fair skinned female dancer whose body arches backward. While the dancer's head and outline is photo-realistic, the interior of her body is filled with another dancer's voluminous yellow dress. This figure is superimposed over another outline of a female dancer with a hair bun, arm raised in a classic ballet pose. The rearmost dancer is a photo-realistic male dancer with light skin and dark, receding hair. This male dancer is gesturing with his arms to the side while his lower body is obscured by the layered images of the other three dancers.
Short A woman in a red leotard on her knees and a man in an orange leotard lying on his side pose in front of a large, roped-off black-and-white artwork.
Short A man is in mid-air, limbs spread, above another figure curled on the floor. A third person holds a projector that casts an image of a person wearing white on the wall.
Short On a cloudy day, a man with his back to the camera, wearing a walking sandwich board sign made of reflective material stands in an urban outdoor environment surrounded by an old garage, some cars, trees and brick buildings.
Short An urban street scene shows a rusty garage, some cars, trees, brick buildings, and a man wearing a reflective sandwich board.
Long A man walks along a deserted city street with a reflective signboard strapped to his back. He is seen from behind, next to a rusty garage door, and across the street from a residential building. Three gray cars appear on the street, and the sky above is overcast.
Short Photograph of two nude headless male torsos seen from behind against a black background. Round metal discs rest on their shoulder in place of heads.
Long Two figures expose their backs to the viewer. Their heads are completely obscured from view by round metallic weights, almost as if they have been decapitated. The figure on the right has pale skin with traces of hair around the neck. The image leaves a taste of loneliness.
Short There are two women in a stairwell performing: one on the upper landing plays a cello and looks at the camera while the other woman appears on a lower level, lifting an arm and leg up as if dancing.
Short The silhouette of a woman shows her standing and facing away with arms outstretched to either side, her head adorned with a broad, curving headdress, and her face upturned.
