Bunk Beds (2025)
Drawing inspiration from Andie Nordgren’s manifesto for relationship anarchy, Bunk Beds (2025) reiterates and expands choreographic material and creative inquiries from There's Only One Bed (2023) and There's More Than One Bed (2024) with a film installation and performance that ruptures and refracts into something uniquely new. Seeking to reframe and transcend conventional narratives of Cunningham and Cage’s collaborations, which often diminish their queer romance and radicalism, Bunk Beds catalyzes the ways in which LGBTQ+ artistic legacies are preserved, embodied, and reimagined. Some material in this work directly references rehearsal sketches from Cunningham’s Pictures and scores from Cage’s Song Books. Bunk Beds premiered at Cove Street Arts in April 11-12, 2025.​
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Directed by Tristan Koepke
Performers: James Barrett, Emilia Bruno, Tristan Koepke, Daniel Miramontes, Benny Olk, Curtis Thomas
Dramaturgy: Rebecca Steinberg
Lighting Design: Audrey Kastner
Sound Design: Tristan Koepke
Music Composed and Performed by: Ethan Philbrick
This work is supported by the McGinty Fund for the Humanities and the Roger C. Schmutz Fund for Faculty Research (Bates College). We are very grateful for support from Bill Schierl & Sarena Melotte, Ben Olk & Kris Berggren, Karl Rogers, Mardell & Duane Brenegan, Lisa & Dave Johnson, Nancy & Paul Lewis, Brigitte Koepke Smith, Beverly West, George & Jane Dierberger, Kim O’Flaherty, Patty Schmitz & Alex Dietz, Sara Juli, Heidi Henderson, Nerissa Nelson, Amy Beversdorf, Leslie DeBauche, and TJ & Angie Conley, without whom the creation of this work would not have been possible.
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Run Time: 70 minutes.
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