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SUMMARY:Dara Capley – Strange Attractors (The Lovers) CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:\nDue to injury\, this piece is unfortunately cancelled at this
  year's ArtBeat. Keep on the look out for other opportunities to see it by
  following Dara via her socials listed below. \n\n\n\nDara is a dancemaker
  whose work stems from the belief that art is both as vital as air and\, s
 imultaneously\, profoundly unserious. Strange Attractors (The Lovers) is a
  bold\, campy duet exploring the chaos of desire\, cultural shame\, and ro
 mantic obsession. Blending cheeky theatricality with thought-provoking mov
 ement\, this work questions why we normalize pain in love\, and how attrac
 tion—both emotional and physical—is shaped by history\, culture\, and 
 hidden longing.\n\n\n\nduet will continue my work “Strange Attractors.
 ” This work looks at a mathematical concept that can be used to plot cha
 os - specifically\, culture shifts. I’m exploring what attracts us and w
 hy\; can we pinpoint how much of attraction is intrinsic or learned? Past 
 sections explored commercialized sexuality and expectations placed on “f
 iancés.”\n\n\n\nThis duet\, "The Lovers\," pokes at the origins of our 
 obsession with the drama of romance\, the fetishization of toxic relations
 hips\, and wonders why harmful emotional practices are seen as “true lov
 e” while other outlets for the negative end of the emotional spectrum ar
 e seen as taboo. It asks why crying over a sad book or being startled by a
  scary movie are culturally normalized\, but within love and sexuality\, s
 eeking the negative end of our emotions is viewed as “shameful.” The r
 ise of “deviant” desires is attributed to the rise of pornography and 
 the practice of shame found in most organized religions\, yet the desire t
 o have pleasure accompanied by pain predates the two.\n\n\n\nThis section 
 focuses on sexuality\, but the world of this work is cheeky and campy. The
 re may be nods to sexual content\, but this will be done in a tongue-in-ch
 eek way.\n\n\n\nPhoto: Aliza Razell (@alizarazell)\n\n\n\nFacebook: https:
 //www.facebook.com/dara.nicole.9\n\n\n\nInstagram: @dara_nicole_capley\n
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LOCATION:The Somerville Theater\, 55 Davis Square\, Somerville\, MA\, 02144
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