Evie Ladin presented the world premiere of Water in the Kettle, a full-evening debut from body music moving choir MoToR/dance February 3-4, leading to the International Day of Body Music February 5. After the three sold out performances and rave reviews following 5-plus years of development, Evie is in conversation to restage the performance, as well as offering a limited release of an edited film of the performance. Water in the Kettle illuminates the maddeningly recurrent struggles of modern women, and the country, through the reference of putting water on to boil, with intention, humor, and connective rhythm. Overtly reconnecting Appalachian and related songs with African-diaspora rhythms, the all-female multigenerational ensemble harmonizes over polyrhythmic body music, asking “What you gonna do with the baby-O? You tell me cause I don’t know.” Put some water on to boil, we have a lot to discuss.
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Class of 1991