Phase Tracing  I  was developed in 1979-80 with four MWDCCo dancers.  Brook Andrews created a phrase in Phase Tracing that became the “bedrock” material for Catching Butterflies and Other Things That Move.  For Butterflies, dancers moving horizontally across and through the space were embellished to be interrupted by another dancer blocking and then releasing the movement for the dancer to continue.  Entering and exiting became essential to the choreography.  These moves became the dance, Catching Butterflies and Other things that Move where dancers wore original costumes each hand painted  by John Bailey, dancer and visual artist, based on one butterly for each costume.

Maida Withers, Don Zuckerman, Diane Floyd

Don Zuckerman, Maida Withers, Diane Floyd