Heather O, choreographed by Yanira Castro, is an exploration of portraiture, projection and presence. Specifically, it is a portrait of performer Heather Olson through movement created for and with her from 2002 to 2008. It is performed by Kimberly Young. Heather O exists primarily as a video piece to be present as part of the installation for an upcoming work, The People to Come. People will be a four-hour performance where the performers are tasked to create new solos each evening from the audience’s contributions and this dance. The video acts as an artifact of their process and as a vehicle for transparency: all elements of the project are available for the audience to see. Invisible Dog Interior, Heather O is an exploration on inspiration. It is rehearsal and performance put through a pressure cooker. It is the subject and the work, side by side, in miniature, and on the clock. It is a portrait of a portrait.
Invisible Dog Interior, Heather O is performed by Kimberly Young and Peter Schmitz, with lighting and environment by Kathy Couch and sound score by Stephan Moore.