Choreographer Jody Sperling and her Time Lapse Dance ensemble present a visually stunning program exploring human entanglement with nature. Featured works highlight the acclaimed climate-engaged collaboration between Sperling and environmental composer Matthew Burtner. Arbor dwells on the intimacy of trees. In Wind Rose, dancers render changing atmospheric patterns palpable to sight, sound, and touch. The program also features Freedive, a work-in-progress to be developed during the company’s residency at The Yard, which delves into aquatic themes of submersion and inundation. All these works use the company's signature style harnessing transformative costuming that abstract the essence of human movement into elemental and organic forces. 

Founded and directed by choreographer Jody Sperling, Time Lapse Dance (TLD) envisions dance as a powerful force that can help move us toward a more embodied, sustainable, and equitable future. The work, which merges artistic and scientific research, investigates the relationship of human movers to ecological systems. The company’s unique style expands upon the legacy of visionary artist Loïe Fuller (1862-1928)—a pioneer of modern dance and performance technology—into environmental performance practices. Since 2022, Sperling and company are the Eco-Artist-in-Residence at The New York Society for Ethical Culture. They have toured nationally and internationally, most recently on a 3-city tour of Egypt. 

Website: https://www.timelapsedance.com/

Time Lapse Dance’s Yard residency is funded in part by the Jerome A. and Estelle R. Newman Assistance Fund.

Location: Patricia Nanon Theater, The Yard