Lists of Promise
The scene with Adam and Eve establishes the structure for the show, with each of the ensuing vignettes being conducted in a call-and-response format. The second explores a list of rules established during the Victorian Era. In this set, the aerial performers represent a young girl just coming of age and two older, more established women. The aerial characters make the call with the response coming from different members of the Grounded Women, each expanding on the list of comments being made by the aerialists. The set ends with the Contemporary Woman bringing together some of the ideas presented in the call and response, presenting the state of a woman's status in society as the result of the list of rules. [more]
