Conceived in response to the Bay Area's scarce and expensive rehearsal and performance space, Theater-Irrelevant proposes that work can be created with complexity and rigor and can be accessible to audiences as a moving and startling art experience outside of the formal theater and in often-unpredictable spaces. By combining informal performances in bars, outdoors, in public transportation and on the street with well-publicized conventional performances, each time presenting a version of the same piece adapted to its new venue, Ketley and Stuck hope to stimulate critical artistic discussion and bridge the gap that often exists between audience and artist and shed the perceived expectation that professional dance exists only on the stage and only for a specific audience. Works in progress showings, as well as a final presentation which will include video documentation of past performances at the diverse venues, will be presented at Headlands Center for the Arts historic campus.

This project has been generously supported by one of six Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Choreographer Collaboration Grants.

Theater-Irrelevant is also supported by Headlands Center for the Arts and the Maggie Allessee National Center for Choreography (MANCC).

Details regarding the development of the piece and performances will be on this website by fall.

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