Michael Figueroa / You Should Feel Bad
“asbestos you can” by Michael Figueroa features dancers in Tyvek suits, moving in unison before unzipping to reveal unexpected elements—sometimes playful, sometimes dark. Set in a bar, the work transforms the space into a lab, exploring the tension between collective identity, individuality, and surprise.
POLLY PANIC:
Polly Panic (iconic cello rock duo) is Laura Palmer, in cahoots with Vada Kalah performers (esoteric improv dancers) who summon the spririts of Lynchian archetypes. See the gang get together again to perform in fringe before Laura Palmer ties the knot, set to the mesmerizing and intense cello art rock theatre of Polly Panic. The strangest of journeys awaits....
Comedy, Performance art, Theatre, Dance
Absurdist, Alternative Comedy, Artist(s) of Color, Contemporary, Experimental, LGBTQIA+, Neurodiversity-led
MICHAEL FIGUEROA (Asheville)
Michael Figueroa (he/him) is a performer, director of Ruckus Dance, and dance teacher in Asheville, NC. His dances navigate rule-breaking, rote and body memory, anecdotes, occasional audience participation, and improvised situations. His work has been commissioned by SPACE Gallery (ME), Dance Now Boston, Outside the Box Festival, Mobius Artists Group (MA), and The Dance Complex. He has worked collaboratively with Jimena Bermejo, Sonia Santvoord, Alexander Davis, and Sarah Mae Gibbons; and performed works by Mark Dendy, Margot Gelber & Dancers, Alternative Dance Nation, and Laila Franklin. Michael performed ways of rendering a man blind in the 2024 Asheville Fringe Festival.
POLLY PANIC:
Polly Panic is a cello art rock duo fronted by creator jenette Mackie and drummer Chris Medrano with 3 full length studio albums and years of touring the country and reviewed all over the world, Polly Panic brings an intense and unique journey for all to behold with Vada Kalah dancers bringing about the physical maifestations in costumed and improvised dance.
"References abound, P J Harvey’s bleak and angsty soundscapes, Tori Amos dark dreaming, Apocalyptica’s classical-rock attitudes, Tom Waits belligerence, but whilst you catch fleeting sights of those past glories, Polly Panic creates something totally her own, something wonderfully unique, where classical grunge meets baroque ’n’roll!" (Dave Franklin, Dancing About Architecture, on Losing Form)
Sensitive Content: Audience Participation
Wheelchair Access Accessible Toilet true
