Slackjaw
This performance is the third re-staging of the original choreography that Sadie created in 2017. This performance was made possible thanks to the Galesburg Orpheum Theatre and The Knox College Dance Program.
Piece title: Slackjaw. Choreography by Sadie Cheney.
Original debut
Recordings of the original choreography to Slackjaw, Sadie’s first choreographed piece in their college career.
TO SLIP, TO SLIT, TO SIGH
Art Installation and Dance Performance by Sadie Cheney, Phelix Venters-Sefic, and Solis Scriver in May 2021.
Songs - “Deming” by Baliey Menzingberger, “Time” by Arca, “Free” by Sylvan Esso
The piece (to slip, to slit, to sigh) celebrates the relationship between queer people as they navigate what it means to be together in shared isolation, not just within the pandemic, but long before it. In three parts, we investigate what it means to slip: stumble into situations that we weren’t necessarily emotionally prepared for and become vulnerable—to slit: become defensive and create personal and physical isolation—and to sigh: be pulled out of isolation by our support systems. The three parts interconnect as the two dancers navigate through the process of healing as a queer person.
