2026 - SHIFTING TIME (restaged)

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March 20-21, 2026 - 7:30pm

The Grandel - St. Louis, MO 63103

 

 

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SHIFTING TIME  is an evening-length work of dance-theater exploring thoughts, perceptions, and experiences of human and environmental time. Conceived and choreographed by artistic director, Dawn Karlovsky, and guest collaborator Megan Nicely, director of Megan Nicely | Dance (SF Bay Area), the work will be restaged after its St. Louis and SF Bay Area premieres in 2019. SHIFTING TIME returns in 2026, reimagined with fresh depth and perspective.

 

​This work features original choreography by Karlovsky and Nicely, and original sound scores by St. Louis musicians Tory Starbuck and Kalo Hoyle. SHIFTING TIME offers new perspectives on dance through the incorporation of post-modern and Japanese butoh influences, creating striking theatrical images that awaken memories and pose questions for our future.  

 

 

 

 

 

For more information, contact: info@karlovskydance.org

 

Support for this event is made possible in part by the Missouri Arts Council - a state agency, Regional Arts Commission, Kranzberg Arts Foundation, and private donors.

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2019

The Grandel Theatre - St. Louis, MO

Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Oakland, California

 

Concept:                   Dawn Karlovsky (Karlovsky & Company Dance) in                                                        collaboration with Megan Nicely(Megan Nicely/Dance)

Choreography:         Dawn Karlovsky and Megan Nicely

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SHIFTING TIME is an evening-length dance-theater work exploring thoughts, perceptions, and experiences of human and environmental time.  SHIFTING TIME integrates contemporary dance, Japanese butoh influences, theater, live music, and spoken word into a moving landscape inspired by concepts and perceptions of time. The work is inspired by the book, “Why Time Flies” by Alan Burdick, other researched works, and personal life experiences. Running time: 1h 15min…

 

Time…this elusive, non-tangible thing that regulates life

Time…this something, that’s really nothing, that we can hold

Time…this illusion marked only by something else

Time…this game that tricks the mind and the senses

Time…this something, that’s really nothing, but all of life exists within it.

 ~ (Poem excerpt by Dawn Karlovsky for SHIFTING TIME)