An evening length piece that begins in the decadent world of a Baroque banquet and evolves slowly into a stripped and lonely landscape.
“Limbs swung effortlessly in their sockets as if the dancers had been feasting and drinking all evening… creating alternately graceful and grotesque shapes. Costumed in tailored corsets, tulle skirts, and jacquard coats, they looked like courtesans, but not freshly powdered and wigged: rather, gritty and coarse. Then the piece shifted. As if McCormick meant literally to turn Baroque on its side…The opulence of the previous surroundings gave way to half-dressed bodies exploring sexual passion, and ultimately its destructive power over the psyche. McCormick’s nouveau Baroque was dangerously stylish and Don’t Come Around an intoxicating feast for the senses.”
–The Santa Barbara Independent
Choreographed/Directed/Conceived by Austin McCormick
Costumes: Olivera Gajic
Set Design: Peiyi Wong and Austin McCormick
Lighting Design: Lee Allen
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