The Slowest Wave

Vangeline Theater –The Slowest Wave

60 minutes with no intermission

Choreographed by Vangeline for the Vangeline Theater

Music by Ray Sweeten

Originally a pioneering project combining butoh and neuroscience supported by a 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Dance Award, The Slowest Wave by Vangeline explores the thematic of waves as a symbol of femininity and female sensuality. This piece was developed in 2022 and 2023 in collaboration with neuroscientists Sadye Paez, Constantina Theofanopoulou, Jose ‘Pepe’ Contreras-Vidal, and composer Ray Sweeten. During a Gibney Dance Artist residency, Vangeline choreographed a 60-minute ensemble butoh piece uniquely informed by the protocol being established for a scientific pilot study researching the impact of butoh on brain activity.

The Slowest Wave was recently featured in the New York Times.

Lrean more about this science project at https://www.vangeline.com/research