"Anagnorisis" (2021)


 anagnorisis, (Greek: “recognition”), in a literary work, the startling discovery that produces a change from ignorance to knowledge. 


"Anagnorisis" is an evening length, multi disciplinary performance that premiered June 2021 at JUMP Center in Boise, ID and served as a vehicle for the collaborators collective emotional responses to sociological experiences during in the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Directed by Sean Dahlman and Meaghan Novoa

Performed by dancers
Gemze Cloudt
Caitlin Cullen
Meaghan Novoa
Lemuel Reagan
Annette Marta Taylor

Choreographed by Meaghan Novoa in collaboration with the dancers


with original music composed and performed by Sean Dahlman, Seth Graham, and Anthony Parry

Video art projection by Sean Dahlman, 

paintings by Sean Ahern,

 and spoken word by Davina Hart, performed by Michelle Appel


"Anagnorisis" was created with supported provided by grants from Boise City Department of Arts & History and Idaho Commission On The Arts. 


Photos by Gregg Mizuta

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