Ligia Lewis, "Sensation 1/This Interior," a High Line Performance

For the High Line, Lewis expands her solo work “Sensation 1” into an hour-long performance for six dancers, scored by Twin Shadow. The figure of a vocalist who holds her concluding note forms the basis for “Sensation 1/This Interior.” Lewis stretches this climactic moment into a sustained articulation of feeling and affect across multiple bodies. An ecstatic choreographed form emerges, dissolving the singular gesture of the iconic pop diva into a collective experience.

“Sensation 1/This Interior” was performed by Ligia Lewis, George Lewis, Trinity Bobo, Emma Cohen, Rebecca Gual, Miguel Angel Guzmán, Stephanie Peña, and Jumatatu M. Poe July 23, 24, and 25, 2019.