Lionel Popkin: There Is An Elephant In This Dance

Set around an enormous elephant costume, There Is An Elephant In This Dance invites a closer look at how seemingly-trivial, self-imposed constraints reveal the shifting states between discipline and freedom. Lionel Popkin’s dances are characterized by his sly blend of precision, wit, subtlety, sensuality, and raw physical power. His work comes from an unabashed kinesthetic curiosity that places individuals within an imaginative landscape propelling his audiences to have a highly visceral and physical experience.