ODC TheaterDeepe Darknesse (pronounced dee-pee dark-ness-ay) is a
physically maximal, experimental dance-theater work by
choreographers/theater makers Lisa Fagan and Lena Engelstein. In a
transmogrification regiment of their own design, the performers push
past their physical limits and press the edges of the playing space in
a frenetic, oddball, unrelentingly theatrical Rube Goldberg machine of
“curiositas improspera” or unhappy curiosity. The attempt to
become something “better” (a bird?) backfires: the shows’ three
worlds tangle into a gordian knot and their climactic moment is
overshadowed by the glamourous entrance of underrated 1960s Italian
songstress Cocki Mazzetti. Lisa Fagan and Lena Engelstein are
NYC-based experimental dance makers and performers whose work has been
dubbed “The High Weird” by critics. They are current Live Feed
artists in residence at New York Live Arts where they premiered their
most recent work Friday Night Rat Catchers in Spring 2025. They are
recipients of a 2025 Foundation for Contemporary Arts’ Artists Grant
in dance. They have performed at Baryshnikov Arts Center, The
Collapsable Hole, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in DC,
Exponential Festival, Prelude Festival, CATCH, and many other stages
across NYC and beyond. Disclaimer: Please double check event
information with the event organizer as events can be canceled,
details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do
occur.
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