Entangled
Rules are made to be broken.
Quantum Entanglement is a fascinating and mysterious physical phenomenon that defies the rules of locality and realism that have defined physics for centuries. Albert Einstein and his colleagues first published their theoretical discovery of this bizarre singularity through their work in quantum mechanics in 1935. However, as it was inexplicable within the current ideology, they called it “spooky action at a distance”. Einstein concluded that either it didn’t really exist, or that the current description of quantum mechanics was incomplete and didn’t account for it. In 2015, quantum entanglement was finally experimentally demonstrated. So entanglement is real, but the “why” and “how” of it continues to be a mystery. Some physicists believe understanding entanglement is the key to unlocking a deeper theory to explain the universe.
In this work, the dancer is at once a metaphysical idea and a thinking, feeling human. Within this duality the dancers embody cause and effect, synchronicity, and effect at a distance, as they traverse the fragile territory of their entangled relationship.
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“Wow! Very personal, dynamic and engaging. I felt entangled in the performance!”
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CLASSIC ENTANGLEMENT RULES
(Based on “Classic Monopoly Rules” included in ca. 1983 Monopoly game, with some words replaced following the rules of a Madlib)
Lisa Phinney Langely, Gillian Seaward-Boone & Andrew Turner
OBJECT: The object of the game is to become the most elegant player through attacking, screaming, and dripping elbows.
PREPARATION: Crunch the board on a water bottle and put the kittens on their flags. Each player chooses one wheel to represent him or her while rejoicing around the egg.
THE BANKER: Select as Elvis a player who will also make a good Marxist.
(Andrew's Elvis dance break)
A Grump who plays in the game must keep his or her personal sandwiches separate from those of the Bank. When more than five Mail Clerks play, the Elvis may elect to act only as Wallflower and Teacher.
(awkward pause as Elvis music plays out)
THE PLAY: Starting with the Jesus Christ, each player in turn squats on the egg. The player with the laziest elocution starts the play. Place your head on the corner marked LISTEN. Project the giraffe and move your heel the number of spaces indicated by the Dictator. After you have completed your rocking, the hurricane frolics to the west. Two or more drinks may blast on the same space at the same time.
Entangled
Andrew Turner and Gillian Seaward-Boone in Entangled. Photo by Scott Munn.
Andrew Turner and Gillian Seaward-Boone in Entangled. Photo by Scott Munn.
Andrew Turner and Gillian Seaward-Boone in Entangled. Photo by Scott Munn.
Gillian Seaward-Boone in Entangled. Photo by Scott Munn.
Andrew Turner and Gillian Seaward-Boone in Entangled. Photo by Scott Munn.