Children of Babel

Dance Place, Washington DC

Choreography & Direction: Orange Grove Dance

*Choreography created in collaboration with performers

Performers: London Brison, Robin Neveu Brown, Juliana Ponguta, Jonathan Hsu, Shanice Mason, Mei Yamanaka

Original Music Composition: Dylan Glatthorn

Sound & Scenic Design: Matt Reeves

Costume Design: Robert Croghan

Stage Manager: Tarythe Albrecht

Photos: Kathryn Butler

Production Team: Ben Levine, Faryn Kelly, Sarah Chapin, and Alex Roberts

See reviews below.

Leibold’s lights and the props – including portable posts with rows of headlights and a battery-operated fluorescent light stick – carried by the performers become beacons, warnings, headlights, streetlights, the outline of a distant city seen from the sea, perhaps. The superb integration of lighting, sound score and choreography throughout the 75-minute work offers rich textures and multiple layers that reflect the inherently intense emotional arc the creators mine.

—Lisa Traiger

DC Dance Journalism Project

The performer activated lighting design by Peter Leibold and heart wrenching soundscore by Dylan Glatthorn casts the performers into a sparse ever expanding and contracting environment of pressure, brokenness, and hope.

—Dance Enthusiast