Love always,

 

 

Love Always, was made for the Every Woman Biennial at La Mama Galleria, 2024. In keeping with the EWB 2024 theme “I will always love you,” Love Always,  is a love letter to the next generations. Grammy nominated singer/ artist / mother, Priya Darshini and dancer/ researcher/ artist/ mother Coco Karol, along with their children and Grammy nominated/ father, Max ZT, come together to create a performance using dance, music, and choreographic sound objects to reflect on the power of care to dismantle the legacies of trauma we refuse to pass down to our children. Drawing on images and concepts from trees, ecofeminism, and queer ecology the choreography, costumes, and music all envision different root systems of care and meaning-making. The sound score will weave in language drawn from a ‘movement interview’ about mothering, ecological memory and resilience. Movement interviews are a methodology Karol developed around her artistic research and embodied inquiry practice. Costumes made by designer Claire Fleury connect mother and child and audience members utilizing recycled materials. The choreography is interested in gestures of care, the earnestness of human effort, and attachment/ separation to each other and our personal and cultural histories.

 

 

Love Always,

 

 

Coco Karol, Priya Darshini & Max ZT