Borboletas nas Intestinas/Butterflies in our Stomachs is a study in vulnerability, an embodiment and visualization of the permeability of our selves. In this way, Nakaya’s Fog sculptures are the ideal environment. This dance piece is set in the Back Bay Fens, which, with its many twists and turns, open spaces and hidden spaces, will be a rich world to explore the possibilities of this duet.

The performance is a collaboration between dancer/choreographers Wendy Jehlen (US) and Luciane Ramos-Silva (Brazil) with the ANIKAYA Dance Theater. The collaboration began as a series of site-responsive improvisations by Wendy and Luciane in São Paulo, Brazil and has grown into a project exploring the layering of spaces and emotional states. Audience members are encouraged to walk in the space of the dancers during the performance. The dancers explore their environment individually and together, coming in and out of eachothers’ space and field of vision.

This 40-minute piece will be performed twice, at 4:30 and 5:30pm.

This program is made possible with generous support from Barbara and Amos Hostetter and Eugene M. Lang Foundation.