INTERWOVEN WORLDS – A DANCE JOURNEY

INTERWOVEN WORLDS – A DANCE JOURNEY Choreography: Eloy Barragán Original Music: Colin DeJong Costume Design: Juliana Waechter Lighting Design: Haven Haywood Video Design: Mariana Tejeda Dancers: Victoria Adams, Brenna Labus, Natalie Prill, Declan Ryan Interwoven Worlds is a three-movement dance work created with support from the 2025–2026 Iowa Arts Council Fellowship Award. Blending dance, visual art, and film, the project explores connections between movement, image, and place across three Iowa communities. Each movement is inspired by a masterwork from a different Iowa museum. The title of each dance honors the original artwork, translating its visual language—form, texture, and meaning—into motion. Movement I Inspired by Woman Ironing (Isis) by Vik Muniz Figge Art Museum (May 12) Movement II Inspired by Which Way? by Elizabeth Catlett Stanley Museum of Art (May 14) Movement III Inspired by Manos (Hands) by José Clemente Orozco Des Moines Art Center (May 13) Across sculpture, mural, and photographic reconstruction, these works explore themes of labor, direction, identity, and resilience. In response, the dancers embody line and weight, stillness and rupture, allowing each artwork to resonate through the body. At the heart of the project is a hybrid screen-dance documentary created through performances and film recordings at each museum. Interwoven Worlds traces a journey of artistic collaboration and community connection, where dance becomes a bridge between cities, audie