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questioning 2 – death by thrOwn rocks
The stoning of St. Stephen, from Dante's Inferno by Gustav Doré 'Lapidation,' or stoning to death, is one of those words like 'defenestration' (throwing someone out a window) that cloaks a nasty action [...]
costuming – ThrOwn
Swaths of earthy tones seem to swirl where the dancers will move. Dark zigzags slash wide spaces. A heavy diagonal 'sky' weighs down the scene currently being created by painter/sculptor Steve Jensen, with the able [...]
questioning 1 – death penalty
Hoards of questions cluster, like the ghosts of those put to death. As with any complex issue, the arguments both pro and con are multi-layered and capable of arousing strong emotions. So to start with, [...]
painting – ThrOwn sets
This is a Whim W'Him first! An entire set (backdrop, floor, and four "legs" on each side) created expressly for ThrOwn, which is the centerpiece, choreographed by Artistic Director Olivier Wevers, of the next company [...]
dancing – Tory Peil
Tory Peil, the newest of Whim W'Him's dancers, has an animated face. She speaks articulately and is capable of great variation of expression in her body as well, perfect for the fluidity of roles she [...]
out on a whim – Jared Rue
Branches, water, light, calm. The paintings, quintessentially Northwestern, of Jared Rue are quiet and yet full of movement. There is a way in which they rather remind me of Philip Glass music: slight differences, nuanced [...]
out on a whim – Jesse Edwards
Jesse Edwards is as big a bundle of contradictions as you could find in a day’s travel, on foot, in a boat or by air. He relishes squalor, bad language, and contrary behavior, paints canvasses [...]
About the writer
Victoria Farr Brown is a former historian, a writer, now mostly of fiction, and a long-time lover of dance. She has written about Whim W’Him from its first steps in 2009.