Duet #1: Standing Together with Damaris Webb
Duet #2: Seeing and Being Seen with Jorge Samuel Faria.
Duet #3: In development
Two duets with three diverse performers who Stand Up, Show Up, and Own Up. Part dance, part theater, part oral history, Standing Together brings together a Black Brazilian Nativo Urbano dancer, a descendant of the American slave trade & Scandinavian immigrants, and a woman who traces her lineage through Southern plantation owners to Peter The Immigrant. They show up in relationship to one another and hold space for the hard conversations through their personal interactions and love.
Jorge Samuel Faria is a movement artist from Brazil. The grandson of the founder of one of the first schools of Samba in Teresòpolis, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Jorge grew up surrounded by drums and dancing. Currently, he is a candidate at UNESPAR, in Curitiba, Brazil where he studies dance research and composition. Jorge’s current project Nativo Urbano scientifically examines dance composition and movement analysis.
Damaris Webb is a theater maker as social justice advocate. She has created new works for the stage with diverse communities around the U.S. and internationally; her work lives in the intersection of contemplative dance, improvisational performance art, and contemporary theater. She is the co-director of The Vanport Mosaic: a multidisciplinary non-profit dedicated to presenting, celebrating, and preserving the silenced histories of the Pacific Northwest in order to better understand the present. damariswebb.com
On-going Research: My current body of work explores the role of somatics as a tool for dismantling, disarming, resisting, and recovery from the deep bodily harm of systemic racism and oppression.
This work stems from research into my family history, slavery, and racism through a somatic lens. I’ve been working to address and unpack these difficult topics through the generous time and talent of family members, mentors, friends, colleagues, my work as a somatics professional, and dance maker.
