Subcutaneous
October 28 & 29, 2005
8:00PM
Callous Physical Theatre presents its premiere performance with Subcutaneous Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29, 8:00 PM at Barefoot Studios, 311 Puyallup Avenue, Tacoma 98421. Admission is $12. Seating is limited, advanced tickets available at Barefoot Studios. Information: (253) 627-BARE . www.barefootcallous.org

Subcutaneous is a choreographic installation inspired by and interacting with Skin, the site specific installation by Ingrid Lahti and Harriet Sanderson on exhibition at Barefoot Studios. Themes of bodily limitations, interdependence and body image are explored through the performance.

Directed by Joséphine A. Zmolek and Paul Zmolek, Callous Physical Theatre creates intermedia choreograpic installations that draw from contemporary dance, performance art and theatre. Company members Mary Chase, Mary Mabry, Katharine M. Stricker, and Jenna Veatch work collaboratively with the directors to create the performance. Paul said, “We design choreographic problems to solve with structures and limitations imposed upon the performers that relate to the themes of the piece.”
Subcutaneous also features performances by Ashley Phan, age 11, and Laurel Kam, age 16, members of Blister Youth Ensemble, the apprentice company directed by the Zmoleks. “Ashley and Laurel were creating such beautiful and mature partnering work the day Paul introduced contact improvisation to Blister I knew we had to include them in the perfomance,” Josephine explained.

The colorful walls of Barefoot Studios and Skin’s two videos, oversized images of body and a large neoprene tunnel provide a performance space for Subcutaneous completely unlike the typical theater setting.

Subcutaneous marks the debut performance of Callous Physical Theatre and is the first in a series of installation-specific performances. “We have decided to create works that interact directly with installations mounted in Barefoot,” Paul said, “thus pushing us as artists to explore other artists’ concerns while serving our mission to create work that challenges the false walls that separate disciplines from one another and between art and life.”

Buying tickets in advance at Barefoot Studios is recommended as seating is extremely limited.