Re | Build | Construct (Part 1)

Loosely referencing the “Allegory of the Cave” from Book 7 of Plato’s Republic, Rena Butler’s Re | Build | Construct examines how our realities are shaped by personal and shared environments. When our surroundings shift, our perspective, and reality, may change. The piece grapples with the effects of changing environments by evaluating the continuous reconfiguration of one’s sense of self in both individual and collective spaces.

Choreographer: Rena Butler

Company: Gibney Company

Original set and lighting design: Tsubasa Kamei, 

Sound Design: Darryl J. Hoffman

Costume Design: Hogan McLaughlin.

Dancers: Alicia Delgadillo, Zui Gomez, Jesse Obremski, Kevin Pajarillaga, Jie-hung Connie Shiau, Jake Tribus