“The collaboration with world-renowned sculptor Arlene Shechet is an understated yet sublime success. The choreographer and sculptor are perfectly suited as each conveys both toughness and femininity, characteristics thought to be incompatible.

Dancing around and on Shechet’s marvelous, giant Girl Group sculptures (2023 – 2024, approximately 20’ high by 30’ wide), situated on the hilly 500-acre landscape, six excellent women (girl?) dancers complement the personality of each of the six metal sculptures, their movement enhancing the sculptures’ gentle curves and openings, and stand-firm formidability. The overcast afternoon did not diminish the potent conversation among dancer, sculpture, and theatrical landscape. Weather, too, is part of the setting.

“Weather,” explains Shechet, “impacts the sculpture because everything changes.”

In the sun, the sculptures gleam. On this September day, the delicious colors are muted, but the experience is not.”