is a multimedia dance performance that follows the cyclical life of a mythical firebird and her dialogues with Oya, a Yoruba Orisha of death, rebirth, and storms. Building on questions regarding rest, cosmic rhythms, and the divine feminine, the solo dance presents new mythologies about menstruation and reproductive care. Transported by death, the Firebird journeys through the realm of the afterlife/womb/great mystery, an atmosphere of projected film, interactive scenery, sonic revelation, energetic forces, ash, and blood. An embodied ritual that honors menstruating people by exploring the womb beyond its reproductive function, PHOENIX explores a path toward Indigenous understandings of the human body and its relationship to nature’s cadences.

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