Courtney Drasner image by Janessa Clark 2018

Courtney Drasner image by Janessa Clark 2018

I Shall Ride this Storm into the Ocean (2019)

I Shall Ride this Storm into the Ocean is a solo work for one woman. Journeying deep into themes of feminism, identity, gender roles, agency, subjugation, and perseverance one dancer will enter into the ring embodying and articulating a banner for the new age.

Choreographer: Janessa Clark

Performer: Courtney Drasner

Music: Gustav Mahler, David Shane Smith, and Peaches

I Shall Ride this Storm into the Ocean was developed through the support of a 2018 Residency at THE CHURCH Residency of Mt. Vision, NY and through a 2018-19 Choreographic Residency at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning in Queens, NY.