PINCH

PINCH is an experimental dance work that blurs the fine (story)line between preparedness and chaos in the American psyche. This is not a drill. With humor, poetics, and absurdity, a trio of characters keep asking: Who taught you to move safely? What contradictions are held in your sense of security?

Tina Bararian, Avery Gerhardt, and Sacha Vega collectively devised and perform PINCH. Invested in probing their learnings around emergency responses, the performers turned to and pushed back against safety drills enacted at corporate, educational, and governmental levels. When does choreography enter or avoid the audacious hustle of embodying readiness? Out of their friction emerged this evening-length piece, which contains improvisational scores, safety simulations, piles of bodies, wigs, and warnings to tell a tale of shock and awe.

Collectively devised and performed by: Tina Bararian, Avery Gerhardt, and Sacha Vega

Concept and writing: Sacha Vega

Dramaturgy: Sophia Parker

Original composition: James Gentile and Zach Kelly-Onett

Audio mixing and live sound: James Gentile

All photography: Max Branigan

Work-in-progress showing April 12, 2024 at Theaterlab in NYC.

Evening-length work premiered as part of Philly Fringe X Cannonball Festival 2024. Performed 9/19/2024 and 9/20/2024 at MAAS Studio Building in Philadelphia, PA.