We’re excited to welcome projectALCHEMY, a multi-discipline dance company led by Palladium Creative Fellow, Alexander Jones, back to the Hough Hall stage on Saturday, June 27.
The company will present two works under the title What Remains. The show opens with bloom and residue, a work rooted in nature and cycles of transformation, and closes, after an intermission, with ABOVE/below, a tarot-based exploration of archetype, shadow, and integration.
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ProjectALCHEMY collaborated with artist Rebekah Lazaridis, on bloom and residue, and the piece is a blend of live dance and visual art, both in the theater and on the stage. Audiences are encouraged to arrive early to experience Lazaridis’ work.
“As soon as you walk into the theater, the experience is already happening,” Alexander Jones told me during a phone conversation last week. “We’re changing the theater into a gallery.”
Lazaridis is a fashion and theatrical designer, as well as a muralist, who participated in the Shine Mural Festival. Her artwork will be visible, not just on the walls and set, but she’s also painted the dancers’ costumes.
“Rebekah said she wanted her art to move,” Jones said.
For Above/below, the company partnered with photographer Joey Clay, who created seven portraits of company members that represent seven cards of the Tarot. Clay is known for both his commercial and his artistic photography.
The company came together in 2018 and the 2019 production of bloom and residue was the company’s debut at the Studio@620. The show was staged again at the Studio in 2024. The Palladium production will be different than the previous “black box” presentations, with the dancers working on the Hough Hall stage. Two of the original dancers will appear in the Palladium staging.
Above/below is getting its world premiere at the Palladium.
For Jones, both pieces are very personal, and he’s pleased with how the program is taking shape.
“I want to keep as much of the non-traditional element as possible.”
He’s also excited about working with the Palladium’s talented lighting designer, Christopher Spatafora.
“He gets to get his hands dirty in the best way on this production,” Jones said.
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