Ekphrasis is the literary term for art made in response to a work of art. That’s the core of our work: we dance in response to literature. And while we are offstage for the time being, we are still making art in response on our webseries, Ekphrasis, where we’ve invited guest artists from across the country to make solo works inspired by literature and talk about their processes with us.
All of Season One is available on YouTube!
Jacqueline Boxx & Sailor St. Claire discuss the Gothic tradition and disability theory in our final episode of Season One.
Bee Bee Sanchez and Trixie Paprika talk about the extended canon of the Welcome to Nightvale novels and The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home.
Maggie McMuffin and Sailor St. Claire talk about Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar.
Chaos X. Machina and Polly Wood discuss bugs, bodies, and Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis.”
Tootsie Spangles and Trixie Paprika talk witchcraft and Madeline Miller’s Circe in our sixth episode of Ekphrasis.
Dorian Bae and Onyx Asili discuss gender in The Sandman comics.
Violet Tendencies and Cheeky Diamondz discuss The Lord of the Rings.
Nox Falls and Cheeky Diamondz discuss the bitter beauty of Stephen Crane's "In the Desert" our fifth episode of Ekphrasis.
Mx. Pucks A’Plenty and Cheeky Diamondz talk lesbian poetics over $20 worth of figs in our fourth episode of Ekphrasis.
Bazuka Joe of The Vertical Side Show joins Fosse Jack to discuss experimental literary adaptations and this eerily timely work by Edgar Allen Poe in our third episode of Ekphrasis.
Scarlett Folds & Onyx Asili talk about Sherlock Holmes and female rage in our second episode of Ekphrasis!
