Ghost in the Black Jacket

Ghost in the Black Jacket is a modern ballet performance work that addresses a shifting sense of personal identity and mental health. This extended performance work explores how situations and experiences affect our sense of identity through a movement language that pushes at the boundaries of ballet performance. Inside situational vignettes that look at how we may be divided or different, this dance work will also examine how we relate in our shared humanness. Movement has been form out of explorations that speak to personal experiences of each performing artists in a sharing of truth and vulnerability. Theatrical elements including, scenic design of lighting and space, costuming, and makeup are designed to place the audience in an immersive, up-close experience that allows them to be part of the atmosphere of the piece.