May 8, 10, 11, 2019 | 60 Minutes

6 Dancers
Nico Gonzales, Tai Green, Natalie Deryn Johnson, Liana Kleinman, Holly Ledbetter, Jonathan Matthews

Lighting
Dalia Sevilla

once upon a time, there were three fears: papa fear, mamma fear, and baby fear. 
all were too hot, too cold, too hard, too soft…and yet somehow, also just right. 

huh.

i'm not really sure how i fit but there is always a space for me. 
i can’t fix all of this but i pick up the pieces and lay them out in order. 
i follow the recipe, remember my lines. 
it’s not what i expected and vengeance is sweet but useless. 

made from 87% recycled glass, i am strong, wild, and free 
but i will not be familiar and i’m composing myself as fast as i possibly can 
then making fun of the alternate self i embody, 
then running to catch up with it and apologize. 
like i’ve been here before, i follow these lines, 
screaming sweet nothings, blown out of proportion... 

dealing with gentleness clumsily, 
fingers always too slippery, gestures always too grand. 
i never wanted to be called romantic!
this certainty's a little death, a little sweet, a little sour. 

i'm hugged and left for dead, but somehow i haven’t missed a beat, 
flying through concentric circles of reason and doubt, 
wondering aloud if i’m okay and who decides what’s okay. 
doesn’t that seem a bit drastic? 
because who is who? are you one or am i speaking to all of you? 
i’m expecting to be held while getting away with dropping…

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