Plaisance (2018) 

SOCIAL / PUBLIC

Bringing together social dancing and the public space of the urban park, Plaisance draws on traditions of social dance vernaculars, choreographic play against architectural structure, and dance as a source of joy and belonging. Plaisance is set in Lafayette Park, with Detroit based dancers: Baily Allshouse, Marianne Brass, Ras Mikey Courtney, Amy Cova, Shelby Murphy, Ta'Rajee Omar and her son Rahim, and Christopher Woolfolk. Employing old, new, and imagined versions of the hustle, a popular line dance in Detroit, with its rhythmic patterns and focus on personal style, this video participates with a larger performance project, Hustle in the Park, which brings together a group of performers who seek a world-making machine through social dancing.

Bringing together social dancing and the public space of the urban park, Plaisance draws on traditions of social dance vernaculars, choreographic play against architectural structure, and dance as a source of joy and belonging. Plaisance is set in Lafayette Park, with Detroit based dancers: Baily Allshouse, Marianne Brass, Ras Mikey Courtney, Amy Cova, Shelby Murphy, Ta'Rajee Omar and her son Rahim, and Christopher Woolfolk. Employing old, new, and imagined versions of the hustle, a popular line dance in Detroit, with its rhythmic patterns and focus on personal style, this video participates with a larger performance project, Hustle in the Park, which brings together a group of performers who seek a world-making machine through dancing as collective joy.