About the Performance

PERSIST examines the relationship between human desire—for power, control, freedom, comfort, belonging—and the systems, structures, and policies we produce to satisfy them. This immersive production fuses dance and devised theatre to grapple with the tension between how we build worlds for and despite each other.

About Dance Workshop

Dance Workshop is a student-led dance-theatre collective advised and mentored by Jessica Rajko. Throughout the semester, students commit to a real-time experience of running a professional collective. From self-producing an evening-length show to administrative duties such as fundraising, outreach, marketing, and publicity. In addition to all members performing, students can audition to choreograph for the group and take on various leadership roles. All members will be an integral and collective part of creating the season.