Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) is pleased to present Nancy Bannon's The Pod Project, a performance/installation consisting of 13 private, one-on-one performances housed within 13 sculpted spaces.

In The Pod Project, the viewer actually enters each performance environment and experiences a one-on-one exchange in unconventional proximity. The interiors of the cylindrical sculptures/ pods are personalized. Crossing the threshold, we pop into: a dentist's office, a mountaintop ski-lift, a cocoon, a snowglobe, a shower, etc. The scene content, ranging from highly interactive to resolvedly voyeuristic, is original and diverse. Opening the door to a chamber you may find: a man with his back to you listing what he doesn't want you to know; a sleeping man, a tiny door in the wall and through the tiny door, a hillside of glistening white sheep; a waitress playing "Die Valkyrie" on water glasses; a man in a ski-lift hovering silently off the ground; a woman behind a table of wigs asking you which one you'd like to see her wear first; or a bespectacled man in a melting caterpillar suit talking about how he needs something to look forward to. The lights fade and each viewer is guided to his next destination. It is an exciting evening of suspense and unusual encounters.