I Take Myself Back, choreographed and performed by Anchondo, is a deeply moving solo work based on a poem by Native American author, Joy Harjo. Harjo gave permission and blessings to Anchondo to use the poem, I Give You Back for a sound score and for public performance. Anchondo and sound designer, Glen Nagy, created collages from excerpts of the text using multiple women’s voices and translations into other languages.
The dance and the sound score poignantly capture an experience known to far too many women, tribes and cultures: the experience of
oppression and the struggle to survive. I Take Myself Back bravely forges forward until the dancer finds the power of forgiveness, releases
imposed burdens and eventually stands strong, empowered, and with great dignity.
I Take Myself Back will be performed on HSU’s spring dance concert: Between Floor and Flight April 9-11 and 16-18, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Van Duzer Theatre.
The Northwest Conference of the ACDFA was hosted at Utah Valley University March 18-22.
Nineteen dancers from the Interdisciplinary Studies: Dance program and the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance attended the conference.