Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects invites audiences to experience their hearts from the inside out with the world premiere of 4CHAMBERS. Created, directed and choreographed by Jody Oberfelder, this site-specific blend of dance, theater, film and visual installation runs today, July 6 - 21 at Officers House 15 on Governors Island.
4CHAMBERS is a sensorial journey into the human heart. Officers' House 15 on Governor's Island has been transformed into an intimate performance space with corridors that function as arteries and veins leading to four discrete performance chambers. Guided by six cast members, an audience of 12 circulates through the space, monitoring their own hearts throughout this interactive multimedia performance.4CHAMBERS features live performances by Michele Jongeneel, Mary Madsen, Zachary Denison, Jake Szczypek, Joey Kipp, Mercedes Searer and Edward Einhorn, with on-film performances by Ishmael Houston Jones, Kathryn Merry, Sarah Trignano, Lonnie Poupard, ChristinaNoel Reaves, Jessica Weiss, and Dr. Wendy Suzuki. The productions features video by Jason Bahling and Jake Witlen, lighting by Kathy Kaufmann, sets by Juergen Riehm, and music by Andy Akiho, Matt McBane, Richard Einhorn, and Jonathan Melville Pratt. Kryssy Wright is stage manager, Steven Cleveland is technical facilitator and Pele Bauch is dramaturg.Videos