MARGINALIA

Marginalia is two female bodies, intimate, impetuous. A scribbled commentary on the official text of subjectification and objectification, sexualization and desexualization, demonization and domestication. Two women lift, work, sweat, and touch. Claiming the nuanced complexity of female rapport. Things that happen every day. Tiny revolts, unseen, unrecorded. Or a revolt upheld and enlarged by each witness. Marginalia is committed to somatic equality. Valuing the impulses of cells and fluids as highly as the nervous system. Putting the human creature on equal footing with the socialized person. An experiential metaphor. If we would have equity between all elements of society can we start with equally valuing all aspects of the body?

The scrawl of marginalia
Centralize the marginal
The body inherently political
Women’s bodies a political battleground
A body is not a battleground
A body is a person

Marginalia premiered in October, 2019 at Links Hall and was shown at APAP | NYC on January 13, 2020.

For booking information, email jonathan@khecari.org.

“both intimate and powerful”
See Chicago Dance

“rapid and unrelenting, fearlessly yielding to momentum… the gestures are gentle, yet alarming and incredibly exposed”
Chicago Reader

“one of the most powerful theatrical experiences I can remember”
Newcity

Two female dancers, both in shorts and sleeveless cream colored crop tops stand on a stage, illuminated only by a pink light on the bottom right corner. One dancer has her hand wrapped around the back of the neck of the other. Both stand tall, looking just past one another.
Two female dancers, both in long dark wigs, shorts, and sleeveless crop tops, pose on the floor illuminated by deep emerald lighting. One dancer, in the foreground, is outstretched on her hands and knees, while the other (behind the first) kneels with her head and arms flung up in the air.
Two female dancers, both in shorts and sleeveless cream colored crop tops, perform on a yellow tinted lit stage. One dancer’s upper back is suspended just off the ground while the other dancer hovers over her with her dance partner’s shirt in her mouth, as if she’s holding her up by her teeth.

Marginalia Trailer

Choreographers: Julia Rae Antonick and Jonathan Meyer
Composer: Joe St. Charles
Violin: Beltran DelCampo
Movement Performers: Amanda Mariast and Kara Brody
Costume Design: Jeff Hancock
Lighting Design: Jonathan Meyer
Video Documentation: Aren Viramontes, Lucas Greeff, Amanda Mariast
Photography: Chien-An Yuan and Ian Vechiotti
Presented at Revere Auditorium, Indian Boundary Cultural Center, Elevate 2018, 2019 CDF Awards Ceremony, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and Links Hall

Marginalia at Kohler Tech Residency

Choreographers: Julia Rae Antonick and Jonathan Meyer
Composer: Joe St. Charles
Violin: Beltran DelCampo
Movement Performers: Amanda Mariast and Kara Brody
Costume Design: Jeff Hancock
Lighting Design: Jonathan Meyer
Video Documentation: Aren Viramontes
Presented in 2019 at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center

Marginalia at Links Hall

Choreographers: Julia Rae Antonick and Jonathan Meyer
Composer: Joe St. Charles
Violin: Beltran DelCampo
Movement Performers: Amanda Mariast and Kara Brody
Tech Assistance: Giau Truong
Stage Management: Emily Navarra
Costume Design: Jeff Hancock
Lighting Design: Jonathan Meyer
Video Documentation: Aren Viramontes and Lucas Greef
Premiered in 2019 at Links Hall

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