Baby Lady and the Ham is a new duet by performers Saharla Vetsch and Helen Wicks that uses a counterweight pulley system designed by Dave Freitag to explore interdependence, mutual support, and power in vertical space. Baby Lady and the Ham brings together individual performers’ intersectionalities while characters grapple with a desire for individual power. Together, the two characters work and fight to build a pluralistic world. Baby Lady and the Ham questions how to invert power using the dependent nature of the counterweight system. How will the two characters react in a world where when one rises, the other has no option but to fall? While we navigate a current political world in which narratives continue to divide, this aerial dance brings visual representation to the inevitable interconnectedness and ripple effect of choices and actions. Baby Lady and the Ham is rooted in a desire to shift individual power towards a shared, mutually supportive, and abundant collective humanity.
Thanks to all who supported our show Power Plays! We had a blast with two sold out shows at the end of July.
Glamputee premieres a new number, Lost at Sea
Helen performs Suspended in Laughter
Erin Yen performs Run On with audience participant
Helen Wicks performs a new solo Radio Vision
Power Plays photos by Robbie Sweeny Lighting design by Benjy Young Rigging by Dave Freitag
Audience testimonials:
"This show was medicine!"
"Healing to my soul."
"Way better than seeing Lady Gaga or Taylor Swift would have been!"
