infinity is still confusing (or: HELP! My Brain Hurts) is an evening-length mixed tape of work made by Marcia Custer as part of her B.A. Capstone Creative Project. Centered on the experience of growing up within the cultural norms of “girlhood,” infinity begins as a sleepover outside the doors of the theater (complete with a nail-painting station, a dress up closet, and mean girls snickering at you in the corners). The evening ends with a dance party on stage- for all those attending. Everyone’s invited…
"dear diary,
▲feelings are weird, life is A LOT, and dance can help ((some times.))▲
the good news is::: you are all invited to the most ✩epic✩ sleepover event of the year."
It’s like...
Created and Performed by Marcia Custer
Music “Pretty in Mink” by The Wets
Premiered March 2014
American College Dance Festival
insert dolphin sound here (nomz)*
Kent State University Student Dance Festival
March 2013
Music: "Paddling Ghost" by Dan Deacon.
Performers: Aaron Howell, Melissa Janecke, Susanne Ketchum, Katie Knettel, Emily O'Dell, Emily Sweeney
them/help
Created and Performed by Marcia Custer
Music “Pretty Boy” by Dan Deacon
Premiered September 2013
Ohio Dance Festival
avalanche ice cream (or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Martha Graham)
Martha Graham's seminal 1944 work Appalachian Spring: A cosmic joke on modern dance and social research or something more?
Questions about Appalachian Spring led to the creation of this contemporary dance work, avalanche ice cream, created in 2012 and restaged in 2014 as part of ://Infinity is still confusing...
Premiered: November 2012. Restaged April 2014. Kent State University.
Music: "For Marcia" by Alec Schumann + "Un Annee Sans Lumiere" by Arcade Fire.
Photographs courtesy: Chris Corsi
Performers pictured: Bri Brannon, Claire Dieringer, Danielle Franklin, Katie Knettel, Dakota Lindesmith, Emily Sweeney
Original cast: Bri Brannon, Claire Dieringer, Vincent Ester, Danielle Franklin, Dakota Lindesmith, Andrew White