in her words
This piece is about the experience of working women during the pandemic and the hardships they have and continue to face in a gender unequal world. The piece came to life as a product of the dramatic headlines from the past year that show us exactly how inequalities are revealed and deepened in the wake of disaster. Headlines from various NYTs articles (and elsewhere) are used over the dancer’s movement to highlight their meaning and provide space for further reflection on their implications. The dancers themselves are not dancing specific characters, but rather they serve as the medium through which the hardships faced by all working women and mothers are communicated and offer suggestions of hope for future inclusive recovery.
Dancer in rotunda with headline
Hannah Jacobson
Cranford, NJHannah Jacobson is a graduating senior from Cranford, NJ double majoring in biological anthropology and dance. Her final senior dance project is a dance film that was created remotely and with the help of her four dancers, who also contributed choreographic material.