DOUBLE BIND 2.0

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sarAika movement collective Double Bind 2.0 by SDF Media
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DOUBLE BIND 2.0

Emotional complexities of womanhood, with a special focus on Latinx women’s history and women’s journey toward empowerment.

DOUBLE BIND

Double Bind 2.0 portrays how women unite to assert their voices and foster hope for a brighter future.

By translating these voices into dynamic and expressive movement, the work aims to deliver a universal message of equity, diversity, inclusivity, and human connection.

description

“Double Bind” refers to an emotionally distressing situation in which an individual or group receives conflicting messages, leading to a no-win scenario. This dilemma presents two unacceptable choices, causing significant emotional distress and confusion. Due to misogyny, cultural gender stereotypes, and societal roles, women often encounter double binds, making it a common theme among different women. 

“Double Bind 2.0” is an evening-length contemporary dance performance that brings awareness to the double bind experienced in womanhood, especially focusing on common themes rooted in Latinx women’s history and emancipation. Using braids as a symbol of empowerment and finding identity, the performance portrays the braids as an escape route, where women come together to fight for their voices and nurture the seed of hope for a brighter future. By translating voices into movement, this work aims to deliver a universal message of equity, diversity, inclusivity, and human connection for those who identify as or resonate with the qualities of being a woman.

This performance was performed by all Latinx performers and featured at IATI Theater on October 13th, 2024, at 5:30 PM, during Hispanic Heritage Month, as part of the PAM Festival.

Social Dilemma

A special focus on Latinx women's history and journey toward empowerment.

  • A fundamental component of identity and even a communication system.
  • Braids as culture, revolution, pride,and beauty
  • A symbol of communal power — that there is strength in unity
  • A hairstyle that traces the map to freedom.

When the enslaved people began to flee towards freedom, they did it through the maps that the women wove in their hair. According to several Colombian researchers, the women were not so closely guarded and could wander the master’s paths. Thus, they memorized the paths and wove them into the hair of girls and adolescents.

Click here for more about the history of hairstyles in Latinx cultures.

These concepts are brought into the choreography of Double Bind 2.0 by utilizing structure, braids, gesture, and symbolism.

01 Hair arts(Braids)

Braids serve as a powerful symbol of empowerment and self-discovery, representing a metaphorical escape route. In the costuming of *Double Bind 2.0, the use of hair art was a fundamental choice made by the choreographers to highlight the theme and emphasize the choreography. Each dancer wore a leather hat adorned with a two-meter-long blonde braid. This visual element symbolizes both sisterhood and stigma. The performers pull and connect with these extensions, using them like a net to support or trap one another. The act of dragging their braids represents the weight that women often carry. This contrast between connection and limitation is crucial to the effectiveness of this prop. Additionally, the braids are employed to signify empowerment and the path toward a brighter future.

02 Spoken Words

The process of this performance started with open discussion with the casts. The scripts were made from the real voices of the cast, who are all Latinx women.

03 Geometric and linear designs

Geometric and linear designs express the common sensations that emerge from the social pressure that women are subject to.

04 gestural choreographies

Feminine stereotypes are represented by common gestural language.

05 10 themed scenes

1. Opening: Introduction of Double Bind situations

-Each solo scene below represents a way to built one's identity.
2. No Doubt
3. Indecisive
4. Fitting too many boxes
5. Social pressure
6. Shame
7. It is my choice

8. Towards empowerment acknowledging all those emotion
9. Climax: Unity
10. Ending: Path to a brighter future for the next genaration

Cast & Crew

Sara Pizzi

Choreographer & Dancer

Aika Takeshima

Choreographer

Angélica Barbosa

Dancer & collaboration in choreography

Casey Leyden

Dancer & collaboration in choreography

Olivia Caldeira Holston

Dancer & collaboration in choreography

Khaila Espinoza

Dancer & collaboration in choreography

Avery Boose

Dancer & collaboration in choreography

Daniella Macre

Actress, Dancer & collaboration in choreography

Takeo Suzuki

Hair Designer

Takeo Suzuki(he/him) is a founder of ROOM SALON NY and ESHK Hair Brooklyn.

He started his career in Japan. He has worked for many high-profile salons in Tokyo, London, and NY. 2007 saw him move to London to pursue session styling for photo shoots and runway shows. Two years later he said farewell to the British capital to make the move across the ocean to New York, where in 2015 founded ROOM SALON NY.

On his portfolio you’ll find hairstyling for many celebrities, ELLE, VOGUE, W and other global magazines, UNIQLO, SONY, TOYOTA and international brands.

Takeo is interested in hair as a medium of energy and started a technique of combining haircuts with REIKI and adjusting the energy as he goes. You will feel great mentally and physically after the haircut.
@takeohair 

Federica Borlenghi

Costume Designer

Federica Borlenghi (she/her/hers) is a multidisciplinary italian-born and raised artist now based in Brooklyn. Some prop/set/costume design credits include Saudades (Laguardia Performing Arts Center) Big Green Theater (The Bushwick Starr), Stella, Come Home (Et Alia Theater at HERE), Reminiscence (Italytime Cultural Center) and Wolf Play (Soho Rep) & Addressless (Rattlestick) as Associate Designer to Patricia Marjorie. federicaborlenghi.com 
Clara Wiest

Associate Costume Designer

Clara Wiest (she/they) is a Swiss stage director, conceptual and fabric artist, currently living aon unceded Lenapehoking territory (Brooklyn). They co-created a clothing brand that focuses on repurposes and upcycled materials, re_gussy, creating new out of the old. 
Carol Prud’homme Davis

Resident Artist

Carol Prud’homme Davis, a native Texan moved to NYC to dance. She has served as visual artist in residence at both Peridance Capezio Center and the Sandra Cameron Ballroom Studio and has drawn over 100 companies and dance artists. She is once again resident visual artist at Peridance as well as The Anna Sokolow Dance Ensemble and sarAika. Carol’s work has been shown in the first American Contemporary Dance Museum exhibition (where her work is in the permanent collection), The East Texas Fair, Peridance, 288 Tom & Jerry’s, The Cooper Union windows, the Anna Sokolow Theater Dance Ensemble website (“Rooms” gallery), Francesca Todesco’s website, Kathryn Atler of the Limon Company’s website and The Infinity Dance Theatre website. She is now illustrating books on Lynn Simonsonand Kimberley Monroe’s “Helmet” which will be presented as a children’s puppet performance and book.
She looks forward to having her art image on the Anna Sokolow “Slaughter of the Innocents” album cover which will be performed live at the Smithsonian along with her artwork inspired by rare photos of Anna Sokolow performing “Slaughter of the Innocents. Carol’s image “Reflection and Reaction” was featured in the awarding winning video, “Pause”.   Carol’s artwork is the book cover on “A Dancer Writes Haiku” by Marie Paquet.Nesson.   In December 2021 her work was featured at the 6th Street/Avenue B projection ”Bowery Resident and Homeless Street Artists Exhibition” funded by LMCC and directed by Ms. Davis. Carol is the founder and owner of “Inside Change from Within” and “Inside Change, Inc.” both focus on social justice, food equity and arts exhibition, education and performance for all. 

 

photo: SDF MEDIA

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Review

Double Bind 2.0 is a well conceived work. The subject matter is timely and accessible. The use of space especially with the binds are visually appealing. The artists created a sense of community while highlighting their personal experiences. Overall, it was a wonderful evening of dance. Congratulations!!!!
So powerful and felt like it’s been a while since the dance performance spoke to me. I just moved from Japan two month ago and realized current Japanese dance performance doesn’t have such a strong message (I know it depends on community tho) especially on women’s empowerment. Here is just my idea: it would be interesting if you guys collaborate with some PR advertisements of products or brand which expand the message of women’s empowerment(私が見たいだけかもしれないです。笑 商品説明やコンセプト説明より、より強固なインパクトがあると勝手に感じました)Dance has a power to influence people more that anything and the performance deserves it. Thank you again for the wonderful time.
Miyu Nagata
Daily Sun NY, Journalist
Strong powerful dancing and choreography complemented by the strong powerful message in the accompanying narration about who women are and how we are portrayed. A wonderful and absorbing evening! Thank you.
I loved the combination of text and movements: the mix of both was able to really deliver the messagel My tavorite part was the end: it extremely technical and well-executed!
Beautiful, inspiring work! Loved the use of text and props to communicate the theme!
A scene where all the lighting is blue light; I feel my eyes magnetized for the whole section! Such an impactful scene!

Performance History

Press

Angelica Barbosa Rodríguez

Born and raised in Colombia. A graduate with honors from the BFA in Performing Arts with an emphasis in dance at Pontificia Javeriana University (Bogota, Colombia), and the last semester abroad at Institut del Teatre (Barcelona, Spain) in Dance Pedagogy & Choreography and Interpretation. She moved to New York to continue her professional training at the Ailey School and as a scholarship trainee in Limón Pro. She received supplemental training at institutions such as P.A.R.T.S (Brussels, Belgium), Dart Dance Company (Berlin, Germany), Martha Graham School (NYC)) and GALLIM School of Movement. She is currently working with GALLIM Dance Company as an administrative and marketing intern. She is a teaching artist with Notes in Motion, Ballet Hispánico and Dancewave. Angélica is thrilled to be joining SarAika in Double Bind project.

Casey Leyden

Casey Leyden is a freelance dancer based in New York City. She recently graduated in May from Adelphi University obtaining a BFA in Dance with a minor in Environmental Studies. Casey has worked with various choreographers such as Omar Román De Jesús, Doug Varone, Larry Keigwin, Isaac Lerner, Murray Louis, Paul Taylor, Sloan Pearson and more. She has also done additional training with Gallim and Doug Varone and Dancers Intensives. Casey is so excited to be working with SarAika Movement Collective in their upcoming performance!

Olivia Caldeira Holston

Olivia Caldeira Holston was born in São Sebastião, Brazil and was raised in California. She is a freelance dancer, teacher, and choreographer who recently moved to New York from San Francisco. She received her BA Honours degree from the London Contemporary Dance School in 2019. She has attended summer intensives such as the Alvin Ailey Professional and Junior Divisions in New York as well as P.A.R.T.S. and Eastman in Belgium. Since graduating, Olivia has had the opportunity to dance with many Bay Area dance companies such as Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Garrett+Moulton Productions, David Herrera Performance Company, Kristin Damrow & Company, and Fullstop Dance, among others. She is thrilled to be dancing with sarAika Movement Collective and choreographer Audrey Thao Berger. In addition, Olivia has taught at the Oberlin Dance Commons and Shawl Anderson Dance Center as well as master classes at Marin Academy and the College Preparatory School in Oakland.

Khaila Marie Espinoza

Khaila Marie Espinoza (She/Her) is a freelance dancer and educator currently living in Brooklyn, New York City. She Started Her professional dance career in Jacksonville and Miami Florida. And earned scholarships to the Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham certificate programs. Throughout her career she’s learned different dance styles and techniques that pushed her creativity and artistic potential. Some of the dance studios that Khaila has worked with and grown with throughout her career are Suzanne Saltmarsh Dance, Jacksonville center of the arts, Cooper Morgan Dance, Riverside Dance studio, Peter London Global Dance Company and Currently in two New York based companies, The Dynamite Experience and Clymove. Khaila is inspired by learning from choreographers that explore different ways of movement, teaching philosophies and project based in collaboration and community in New York City. Her aspirations include starting her own works choreographing and teaching a various range of ages sharing the Joy and passion she has for dance. 

Avery Boose

Avery is a graduate of New York University where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance. She began her training at The Hive studios under the direction of Seth Robinson and Jeff Wolfe in Chicago, Illinois. She worked as an assistant for Tribe Dance Intensive and has toured with Streetz National Dance Convention. During her time at Tisch School of the Arts, she has performed repertoire by Andrea Miller and José Limon. Avery has learned repertory from Sidra Bell, Doug Varone, Gibney dance company, and other New York based companies. Since moving to New York she has completed Gibney Dance’s independent summer study, the European workshop B12, and has become a certified yoga instructor. Since graduation Avery has been working as a freelance dancer in New York City. She has recently performed with Tabula Rasa Dance theater and has also performed work in the Spark Theater festival.

Daniella Macre

Daniella Macre is an afro-latina actor, dancer and poet from Panama and The Bahamas. Her early exposure to art through her training in various dance styles catapulted her into Acting. She is a recent BFA graduate from UNCSA School of Drama (World’s 2nd Best Undergrad program, Hollywood Reporter.) Daniella has trained under Bob Krakower, Peter Hedges, and Scott Ziegler. She dreams of one day having a successful and diverse film-acting career. Professional credits include Measure for Measure as Isabella in Shakespeare in Paradise (The Bahamas.) and short films such The Judas Project and For the River to Take. Her credits at UNCSA include “Dance Nation” (Amina), “Barbecue” (Adlean), “Polaroid Stories” (Persephone/Semele) and “If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be A Muhfucka” (Kaya). Website: daniellamacre.com Contact: Zuri Agency (David Gilbert) @daniella.macre

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