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‘Iconoclassical’ choreographer Sally Silvers presents the world premiere of You Better. How does imagining world history’s first known author (Enheduanna, a woman from 2300 B.C. Mesopotamia) help challenge us to live-with — & dance-with — each other to “stay with the trouble”of our present? Choreographing a kaleidoscopic portrait of high priestess Enheduanna and the main goddess she served, You Better is another in a sequence of ‘girl crush’ dances that celebrate female power, writing, thinking, and moving. From ancient history fact or (science) fiction, a wild speculative fabulation of inventive movement tangles together patterns for ongoingness & reinvention out of the surprises of the present tense. This new evening-length 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 Greene
Takemi Kitamura
Eva Rodríguez Langevin
Molly Lieber
Benedict Nguyễn
& S.C. Lucier (on skates)

Bruce Andrews & Michael Schumacher Sound Design & Live Music
Tamar Ettun Set Design (curated by Roxana Fabius)
Kathy Kaufmann Lighting
Elizabeth Hope Clancy Costume Design
Alexis Hoffman Associate Costume Design

“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

A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing. Watch below or on YouTube.

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.