LENS

LENS is a series of four movement-based installations each viewed through different technological means created/produced by Ben Levine/Extreme Lengths Productions in collaboration with over two dozen artists from the DMV and across the US. Featuring both live and digital performance, audience perspectives are reshaped with the use of infrared goggles (choreography by Shannon Quinn + Boris Willis), binoculars (choreography by Sadie Leigh), virtual reality headsets (slowdanger + Anna Henson), and a 360-degree projection installation (Orange Grove Dance).

Sept. 2021, The REACH at the Kennedy Center



PRODUCING DIRECTOR: Ben Levine

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Annie Peterson​

LENS was made possible thanks to the support of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Projects, Events, or Festivals Grant program; Aunt Karen’s Farm; Dance Place; and Rosslyn BID + JBG Smith (View of DC).

 

ALL PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE: MARIAH MIRANDA PHOTOGRAPHY

far field

DIRECTION: slowdanger + Anna Henson

CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY: Anna Henson

CHARACTER CREATION: H. D. Harris 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Anna Wotring

SOUND: slowdanger

PERFORMANCE/CHOREOGRAPHY/MOTION CAPTURE ARTISTS: Maxi Canion, Symara Johnson, taylor knight, anna thompson, Anna Wotring

TECHNICAL ADVISOR: Dimitri Diakopoulos

CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY INTERN: Maricel Reinhard

far field’s creation was supported by the Heinz Endowments Small Arts Initiative, The Pittsburgh Foundation A W Mellon Grant, Unique Projects, Pentacle ASP, Ben Levine/Extreme Lengths Productions, Dance Place and The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

PASO

DIRECTION + CHOREOGRAPHY: Colette Krogol & Matt Reeves (Orange Grove Dance)

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jonathan Hsu

PERFORMANCE: Juliana Ponguta Forero

SOUND COMPOSITION: Dylan Glatthorn

VIDEO EDITORS: Mark Costello & Matt Reeves

PROJECTION DESIGN: Mark Costello

SCENIC DESIGN: Ben Levine

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CHOREOGRAPHY: Sadie Leigh

MUSIC: Emma Pauline Rothman

COSTUME DESIGN: Lucy Wakeland

PERFORMANCE: Krystal Collins, Carolyn Hoehner, Dylan Lambert,  Stephen Lyons II, Annie Peterson, Emma Pauline Rothman

Dark Room

CHOREOGRAPHY + PERFORMANCE: Boris Willis & Shannon Quinn 

SOUND DESIGN: Stephen Johnson 

COSTUME DESIGN: Lucy Wakeland