co -

co - has unfurled from my continuing pursuit to bring to light and challenge my existentiality. This work is centralized around researching the questions of “how does human connection define our existence surrounding each other; why is this needed and what arises after establishing connection?” co - dives into a chaotic dissociation of solitary existence, which gradually unravels to reveal a collective rooted connectivity. By the realization from the “I” to the “nous,” the work explores through the importance of touch, knotting, nuzzling, and linkage, how we come together as humans.

Photos by Julia Pilkus and Ian Douglas

Created by Ashley Tillman in collaboration with Barnel Anderson, Olivia Bohrer, Neva Guido, Kiera McMahon, & Katie Payne

Presented at the University of the Arts Festival of Senior Dance Works at the Gershman Dance Hall Y Gym, December 2018