Ambo Dance Theatre, with luck, Forward

Amberly M. Simpson in collaboration with company members Jesse Barfield, Joseph Brandt, MAC, and Sheila Zeng.
Dance and Film, 6 minutes, 59 seconds, 2020

“with luck, Forward” is a dance film that explores the changing relationship that we are, as a society, experiencing between ourselves, the people in our lives, and the public spaces that we once inhabited. Everyone is searching for the "new normal" and simultaneously wary of treading too lightly when going back into once familiar territories. Processes that were once unconscious, such as how we behave in public spaces and interact with others, have now become conscious and deliberate, often causing confusion, fear, and anxiety as we rewrite our neural pathways. 

By interweaving four solos created during the quarantine and bringing them into public spaces, this film not only explores the challenges and triumphs of navigating these unfamiliar times as individuals, but also as a collective society. For dance, one of the art forms most deeply impacted by social distancing measures, this film serves as an exploration of the new possibilities that these limitations have created for us.

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