Iconoclassical choreographer Sally Silvers presents the world premiere of You Better. How does world history’s first known author (Enheduanna, a woman from 2300 B.C. Mesopotamia) challenge us to live-with, and dance-with so many different species on earth in order to “stay with the trouble”of the present? Taking further cues from biologist and author of the famous “Cyborg Manifesto”, Donna Haraway, You Better is another in a sequence of ‘girl crush’ dances that celebrate female power, writing, thinking, and moving. From science fact or fiction, the wild speculative fabulation of Silvers’s inventive movement tangles together patterns for ongoingness in the present tense. This new dance continues Silvers’s decades of fascination with the poetic as well as the social meanings of movement. She offers a no-holds-barred exploration of movement possibilities often wittily tilted toward the eccentric, awkward, and unexpected.

Sally Silvers Choreographer, Artistic Director, Performer

Collaborating Dancers:
Bria Bacon
Dominica Greenez
Takemi Kitamura
Molly Lieber
Benedict Nguyễn
Eva Langevin Rodriquez

Bruce Andrews Soundscape & Text
Michael Schumacher Electronic Musician
Kathy Kaufmann Lighting
Elizabeth Hope Clancy Costume Design
Alexis Hoffman Associate Costume Designer

“One of the most beloved of downtown choreographers.” —The New Yorker

“She concocts things that you can see no way and no where else.”—The Wall Street Journal

“Our favorite queen of the intelligent quirk.” —The New York Times

Choreographer Sally Silvers is a Guggenheim Foundation and “Bessie” award-winning choreographer who has been making work since the 1980’s. As the Artistic Director of Sally Silvers & Dancers she has toured nationally and internationally in USA, Mexico, Europe, and the far East. She choreographed 3 musicals for the Sundance Theater Festival and co-directed 2 award-winning dance films: Little Lieutenant and Mechanics of the Brain. Her work has also received support from the NEA, New York Foundation for the Arts, Meet the Composer/Choreographer for projects with Bruce Andrews and John Zorn, and The Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts. Her work is being archived and recorded by the New York City Performing Arts Library. She is also known for several large dance community curatorial projects: TalkTalkWalkWalk (combining dance artists and poets) at The Bowery Poetry Project and Surprise Every Time (a festival of “Live Choreography’ – making work live in front of the audience on the spot) at Roulette. From 2006 to 2011 she danced in the new and historical works of Yvonne Rainer.