chatterbird is partnering with aerial and contemporary ballet company FALL for their latest collaborative performance. A Bending of Its Own Kind is a dance performance piece created by FALL Artistic Director Rebekah Hampton Barger about her experience with severe scoliosis and chronic pain. Since 2017, “Bending” has expanded to include the stories of other individuals living with chronic pain, seeking ways to provide resources and community connection.
chatterbird has partnered with FALL on a new expansion of this project entitled Aspiration, which explores the connections between hope and breath, and what each of those means in the face of living with a chronic condition.
The music and movement for this piece have been developed separately, with both choreographer and composers drawing inspiration from a discussion between five individuals who each live with a form of hypermobility disorder, along with several other comorbidities. During this performance, the composers will perform a structured improvisation alongside the dancers, and the performance will be captured and incorporated into a full-length performance of A Bending Of Its Own Kind on June 1 and 2 in Knoxville, TN, hosted by Dragonfly Aerial Arts and Circus Studio.
Tickets: Tickets are offered on a Pay-Your-Wage system. Pay-your-wage is a progressive, honor-system based sliding scale admission model for live events. The notion: pay what you make in an hour. With this model, artistic revenue rises as average wages rise, but performances remain accesible and affordable for all.
Parking Note: Limited parking is available behind Emerson Hall. You can park in any space that DOES NOT say ‘Hotel Guest Parking Only.’ For your convenience, Emerson has arranged for additional parking availability at the Walgreens and CVS locations on either side of the venue. After parking, head to the front door of Emerson Hall on Gallatin Pike to enter the venue. Using a rideshare like Lyft/Uber or carpooling is also encouraged!
ABOUT FALL: Founded in 2010, FALL is a Nashville-based nonprofit aerial and contemporary ballet company that moves on the ground, in the air, and all the spaces in between. Combining the spectacle of aerial arts with powerful contemporary artistry, FALL creates work that draws on personal experience, deep connection to community, and collaboration across genres to articulate the experience of those living with chronic pain and illness.
ABOUT CHATTERBIRD: chatterbird is a chamber music ensemble that explores alternative instrumentation, stylistic diversity, and interdisciplinary collaboration in order to create thoughtful, intimate, and inventive musical experiences. Formed in 2014, chatterbird performs classical music that skirts traditional boundaries, sliding between classical, jazz, hip-hop, rock, avant-garde, and country, creating a thoughtful and inventive way to discover and experience modern classical music.
