Ligia Lewis: study now steady

We’re pleased to announce that this Fall we will be hosting the first solo exhibition of artist and choreographer Ligia Lewis (b. 1983, Santo Domingo; lives and works in Berlin). Titled study now steady, the exhibition will be on view September 30, 2023 through February 4, 2024, presenting a series of live rehearsal/performances as well as newly commissioned video work.

In study now steady time loops and bends, creating a space of intention outside of linearity where performers and spectators must attend to the body as both a troubled archive and polyphonic chorus. Without simple narrative resolution, Lewis’ performances reject the politics of representation, touted as “progress” by colonial systems that use the rhetoric of inclusion as a means of maintaining ultimate power. Lewis’ practice probes questions of revenge and repair in search of that which has not yet been destroyed.

Dance, in Lewis’ practice, is a mode of embodied and collaborative study, building from histories housed in flesh. There is wisdom stored and transmitted in the process of shared movement—learned through lineage and experimentation.

Stay tuned for more information about study now steady, including details about the show’s September 30th opening!