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they are climbing a snowy slope
their feet scrape, slip
breath in little clouds in front of their faces
three women climbing, pioneers, no footprints before them
gloved hand catches a rock, knee thuds to earth, eyes squint upward
some song in their ears keeps them climbing 2 3

they are standing on the edge of it
a blue vastness, an unapologetic arrival
and they begin to throw it all over
all of it
it careers, dives, spills, plunges, shatters, gets what’s coming to it

they are descending
in an acceleration of fur and feathers
gathering speed and sparks
igniting and alighting
devolving into a trilogy of smiling snarls
into legend

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—choreographic text/research for 2009 collaboration in Lappland, Sweden with Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt (Sweden) and Heidi Durning (Japan)

leaving loved ones

cradling a dying creature

not revealing your heart

a survivor of violence

a wailing song

sharing someone’s pain

love from a distance

holding someone’s last moment

setting fire to the body

forgiveness

empathy

longing

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—choreographic text for Luke Hickmott solo, Girls on Boys, May 2008