Devotion is the third and final work in a trilogy of dances that use religious iconography as a way to explore themes of love. It is specifically interested in the unique ways that women worship and specifically how we navigate intimacy in relationship to technology. Reimagining technology as an equalizing force that is not yet colonized, and that often times stands in opposition to nature, Devotion continues the research of the other works within the trilogy, Carne Viva and Make Believe, by deconstructing iconography of the Catholic Church as a way to bridge the gap between these symbols and their contemporary counterparts. This work aims to dissect our contemporary attitudes about faith and cast a more reverent eye on the rituals that we already engage in.

Estimated run time: 50 minutes

Commissioned by the American Dance Festival 2022 with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works. This program is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.