A.S.M.R<\/a>.)<\/p>\nAs their eyes drift open, the performers \u2014 Madeline Best, Justin Cabrillos, Takemi Kitamura, Atwell and Eagly \u2014 begin to stir, talking to themselves in low voices. Then, as if it were the obvious thing to do next, they pick up their chairs and walk into the audience, stationing themselves among several rows of seats. Each addresses a small group of audience members, sharing a sort of guided meditation or hallucinatory proposal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cave is cold, the skin is damp,\u201d a voice behind me said. \u201cThe bones are getting brighter, the muscles are pulling longer and softer.\u201d<\/p>\n
The exercise becomes more interactive, as the dancers return to the stage and invite their listeners to guess the next part of the story through a game of charades. The audience on Tuesday happily obliged. \u201cCutting the cat out of the tree?\u201d one viewer gambled. \u201cLaundry!\u201d said another.<\/p>\n
Discrete actions \u2014 clawing the air as if climbing a ladder, touching the sole of a shoe \u2014 began to speed up and blur, as the dancers retreated into their own scrawls of movement, and then found stillness again, this time on the floor. Within the span of a few minutes, the expressive lighting (designed by Best in collaboration with Shana Crawford) arced from nighttime into morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n