Dismal Swamp

A solo made in response to Radcliffe Bailey's installation The Great Dismal Swamp — on ancestry, family, and perseverance.

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Boris Willis crouched beside a bust sculpture in the gallery, looking up at a Radcliffe Bailey work

Year 2017Disciplines Choreography, Performance

Dismal Swamp is my creative response to Radcliffe Bailey's exhibit The Great Dismal Swamp. Moving through the gallery among his work, I followed three threads — ancestry, family, and perseverance.

Performed at the Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Virginia.

Choreographer, performer & writer, Boris Willis

Boris Willis walking through the gallery beside a pile of branches