2011 Alpert Award-winner and UC Davis Ph.D. candidate in performance studies Jess Curtis will perform his latest work, Jess Meets Angus, as part of the Department of Theatre and Dance’s Institute for Exploration in Theatre, Dance and Performance on April 5 and 6 in Lab A, Wright Hall at UC Davis at 8 p.m.
Jess Meets Angus is a co-production of Jess Curtis/Gravity and Silke Z/resistdance. The second episode of Cologne-based choreographer Silke Z’s Just Between Us – The Generation Project, the piece is set to premiere in the U.S. at CounterPULSE in San Francisco March 29 to April 1.
Curtis is joined by Scottish actor, dancer and director Angus Balbernie in an exploration of what it means to be men of a certain age and performers in their fifties. Through physical movement and dialogue, the two experience reflection, aging, nostalgia, regret, and anticipation of the future.
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Just Between Us is made up of four episodes, each featuring two performers of a given generation, which explore each generation’s unique understanding of identity and life experience. The pairs are young adults age 20+, men 30+, working mothers 40+, and professionals 50+ (Jess Meets Angus).
The piece was first performed in Cologne in October 2010 and has toured to Bonn, Berlin and Essen in Germany and Vilnius, Lithuania.