Bridgman / Packer Dance & Local Histories

Guggenheim Fellows and award-winning choreographers Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer bring their signature fusion of live performance and video technology to the Adams Theater for an unforgettable double feature.
The Performances - Directed and Performed by Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer:

Ghost Factory: Inspired by the vast, deserted factory buildings of Johnson City in Binghamton, NY. Live choreography integrates with haunting video imagery of empty industrial structures, revealing how architecture holds a town’s hidden human stories. Video trailer
Under the Skin: A visceral study of the alchemy between the live and the virtual, set to a pulsing, jazz-inflected score by Ken Field. The performers use their own bodies and costumes as projection screens, interchanging with their ever-multiplying virtual selves in real-time. Video Trailer
The Gallery Installation: Places With Hidden Stories
Lobby Gallery
Serving as the civic anchor for this residency, this immersive media installation bridges the street and the stage. Developed in collaboration with Williams College students and the Adams Historical Society, it juxtaposes physical artifacts and archival imagery with recorded oral histories from former local mill workers, turning our lobby into an active archive of the community's industrial legacy.

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