There are Sweeter Reasons
There Are Sweeter Reasons (2015)
Why should we, as individuals, care about climate change and the environment? Why bother? While it is the big corporations in their addiction to capital fueled by extraction (mainly from the Global South) that are driving us closer to climate catastrophe, it is in our best interest for all of us to care. What if we all planted a garden? Cared for our patch of land? This work imagines the actions of the few as ripple effects towards a bigger movement to fight for climate justice. "A butterfly flaps its wings..."
Choreography: Paty L. Solórzano in collaboration with the dancers
Dramaturg: CJ Burroughs
Music : Chris Sies
Poetry & Text: Michael Pollan, "Why Bother?" New York Times Magazine 20 April 2008; Paty L. Solórzano, and Rob Luzynski
Costume Design: Katherine Nelson
Videography & Editing: Sally Davis
Performers: Alayna Baron, Chloe Gonzalez, Luna Lemus-Bromley, Paula Modaferri, Maddy Rager, Ambika Raina, Paty L. Solórzano
Support for this project thanks to a Rackam Graduate Student Award, International Institute Individual Grant University of Michigan
Advisors: Jessica Fogel, MFA; Clare Croft, PhD; Sara Adlerstein Gonzaléz, PhD.
Photos by Kirk Donaldson
Why should we, as individuals, care about climate change and the environment? Why bother? While it is the big corporations in their addiction to capital fueled by extraction (mainly from the Global South) that are driving us closer to climate catastrophe, it is in our best interest for all of us to care. What if we all planted a garden? Cared for our patch of land? This work imagines the actions of the few as ripple effects towards a bigger movement to fight for climate justice. "A butterfly flaps its wings..."
Choreography: Paty L. Solórzano in collaboration with the dancers
Dramaturg: CJ Burroughs
Music : Chris Sies
Poetry & Text: Michael Pollan, "Why Bother?" New York Times Magazine 20 April 2008; Paty L. Solórzano, and Rob Luzynski
Costume Design: Katherine Nelson
Videography & Editing: Sally Davis
Performers: Alayna Baron, Chloe Gonzalez, Luna Lemus-Bromley, Paula Modaferri, Maddy Rager, Ambika Raina, Paty L. Solórzano
Support for this project thanks to a Rackam Graduate Student Award, International Institute Individual Grant University of Michigan
Advisors: Jessica Fogel, MFA; Clare Croft, PhD; Sara Adlerstein Gonzaléz, PhD.
Photos by Kirk Donaldson
Past Performances
[Ann Arbor, MI | March 27, 2015]
MFA Thesis Concert. Betty Pease Studio Theatre, School of Music Theatre & Dance, University of Michigan.
[Ann Arbor, MI | March 27, 2015]
MFA Thesis Concert. Betty Pease Studio Theatre, School of Music Theatre & Dance, University of Michigan.