The Calculus of Hope
Shannon Flaherty
November 2008
New Orleans Fringe Festival
Skull Club, New Orleans
Levees collapse. Steam pipes explode. Bridges crumble. Our fragile bodies move through it all. In a reflection on life, love and bridges, two friends carry, push, silence, hold and drench each other. They dance and tell stories to balance the equation: complex infrastructure + fragile bodies = safety is relative(loving is risky).
Created and performed by Rachel Carrico & Jamie Coffey Reynolds
Music by William Bowling