Ceres
- Classification
- Dwarf Planet / Asteroid
- Distance
- 2.77 AU
- Diameter
- 946 km (27% of Moon)
- Moons
- 0
On May 6th, the creative collective Rabble & Twine presents The Mesoplanets, a multimedia dance journey to Pluto and beyond. In a series of vignettes, Rabble & Twine combine movement, video projection, sound, and text to explore the varied environments and moving myths of the outer reaches of our solar system.
It’s been over ten years since Pluto lost its planet status. Its reclassification to mere “dwarf planet” still elicits strong reactions from children and adults alike who have grown fond of this tiny member of our solar system. What’s lost in the controversy is the host of similarly-sized “mesoplanets” that share Pluto’s cold, distant neighborhood. Rabble & Twine take their stories--mythological and scientific--as a jumping off point for their first evening-length performance, presented as part of the Durham Independent Dance Artist's 2016-2017 season
“Space is the ultimate escapism. It’s where we tell stories of gods and monsters, and dream of life on other worlds” — videographer and Rabble & Twine co-founder Luke Selden
“It’s an interesting challenge as artists to translate scientific concepts into movement. How can we relate the massive scale of space to our own human experience?” — choreographer and co-founder Anna Seagrave
Selden and Seagrave have drawn inspiration from the large-scale collaborative experiments of mid-century collectives like Fluxus and the Black Mountain College in organizing their first evening-length work. Joining them in The Mesoplanets are Allen and Ellis Anderson, Aijia Nicole Bryant, Denver Carlstrom, Jody Cassell, Carley McCready, Lindsey Perry, and Kate Seethaler, a multi-generational cast whose artistic approaches range from tap dance to improvised movement, from narrative storytelling to modular synths.