kate watson-wallace anonymous bodies

House is a guided tour of the psychic world of home, a trip through the looking glass to an utterly ordinary place. House takes an audience of fifteen throughout the rooms of a row home. A physical meditation on absence experienced through intimate, subtle dances and video installations in tiny rooms where audiences sit just inches from the dancers. These simple, familiar rooms hold magical events, making the world of a row house fabulous and strange. Each room aches with memory as the traces of past inhabitants dance rituals of communion, isolation, and absurdity.

Created in collaboration with dramaturge/ visual artist Sebastienne Mundheim, video artist Ricardo Rivera and composer Joshua Kerr Cicetti, House premiered at the 2006 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival to sold-out audiences.

“House had a spontaneous feeling, like coats of fresh paint. Wild imagination ruled. Ms. Watson-Wallace has a gift for making pockets of space feel infinite” – The New York Times

The research and development of House was made possible with funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and support from the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.

Performed by: David Konyk, Alex Holmes, Megan Mazarick, Sebastienne Mundhiem, Jaamil Kosoko, Kate Watson-Wallace

Movement created in collaboration with the performers.

Video Design: Ricardo Rivera

Dramaturgy/ Visual Design: Sebastienne Mundhiem

Composer: Josh Cicetti

Lighting Design: Madsion Cario

All House Pictures by: J.J. Tizou