With set pieces of giant inflatable pods, Printz Dance Project explores the concept of relationships and intimacy, through the filters or barriers of our chosen devices:

the "glass" of the GLASSlands in which we now live.

Printz Dance Project touring shows

GLASSLANDS HOVER SPACE SOUL+MATES CRASH DANCE

STACEY PRINTZ, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

SEAN RILEY, SET DESIGNER WOLFGANG WACHLOVSKY, LIGHTING DESIGNER

GLASSlands is a dance exploration of proximity, visibility, technology and connection in a culture of ever increasing emotional and intimate distances.

Stacey Printz’s renowned eclectic, multi-genre dance style and her stellar group of contemporary and jazz based dancers offer a palpable, thoughtful look at relationships, sociological patterns, and love.

As human, face-to-face interaction is dismantled and technology-driven encounters become more pervasive, GLASSlands explores how our ability to communicate and connect is impacted.

“If communication is continuously filtered through a screen, and feelings are transmitted on two separate sides of glass encased devices,” asks Printz, “what affect does that have on emotion and on our ability to both listen and be heard? How do we create true intimacy and make personal imprints on one another if there is always a swath of plastic between us?”

Outreach Tech Highlights - Extensive community/educational residency offerings. Master classes, community outreach, stage craft lecture/demonstrations for students.

After each performance, cast and crew join the audience for a Question/Answer session from stage.

Photos by Jeff Zender

Tech Highlights - Artist travels with Tech/Lighting Director.

1 day for load in and tech prior to performance preferred.

Set pieces - inflatable set pieces are shipped to presenter and installed on stage by Artists. Additional set pieces are dead hung from battens. Lighting includes LED and traditional stage lighting.