Poems Pondering Pools (2025)

This piece plays with the imagery of pools of many definitions, learning into atmospheric nostalgia, being in nature, and evoking splashes of halcyon days, finally venturing into the physicality and absurdism of synchronized swimming. The sound score includes field recordings from the Philippines, water drums, and electronic music.

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Choreography: Alexa Capareda

Performance: Venese Alcantar, Cellise Brown, Celeste Camfield, Taryn Lavery, Jordan Miller, Sarah Annie Navarrete, Melissa Sanderson, Lisa Schreck, TeeDee Simons, Camille Wiltz

Costumes: Alexa Capareda

Music:

Outdoor Photos: Joi Conti

Stage Photos: Matt Bradford / HanknTank