Span of Time  |  Alito Alessi

The piece is a dedication, a remembrance, a memorial. We come from, take from and return to the earth. We all live on the same earth, breath the same air. We are all physical matter and conscious compost for future evolution. Let us practice the art of being together.

Choreographed by Alito Alessi in collaboration with Jana Meszaros and Toni Alvarez

About the Artist:

Alito Alessi is the Artistic Director of DanceAbility® International and co-founder of DanceAbility®. Alessi has been involved with the evolution of contemporary dance for the past 30 years, and is internationally known as a pioneering teacher, choreographer, and mentor. Although his work spans the field of dance, he specializes in working with diverse populations, utilizing tools from the study of improvisation and contact improvisation, the latter of which he was present during its development.

Alessi was selected for a Guggenheim Fellowship (2005), an Ashoka Fellowship, and is a Fulbright Senior Specialist (2007). In 2017, he was selected as a keynote speaker for International Dance Day in Shanghai, China and he has been a US Arts Envoy in several countries.