PZOD

PZOD (2023)

Ohio University School of Dance Winter Concert, February 17-18, 2023

Choreography by Amy Miller in collaboration with the performers

Performance by Emily Bryan, Abby Bowman, Brooke Boynar, Chloe Bray, Madison Cather, Micaiah Clouse, Lydia Gehr, Kendall Hayes, Kenyatta Jones, Jackson Jordan, Maralee Joyner, Emma Kate Kawaja, Christina Larocca, Brittany Nanda, Nicole Peterman, Quinn Rudy, Chloe Stocksett, Chey Williford, and, Peggy Yamoah

Music by Peter Jones

Lighting by John Bohuslawsky

“PZOD” was co-created by Amy Miller, the director of learning and leadership at Gibney Dance. Miller’s residency was part of an ongoing partnership between Ohio University and Gibney, an arts and social justice organization based in NYC. This work was created alongside 20 dance artists from the School of Dance and explores the generative tension between individual and collective thriving and was largely influenced by the emerging leadership concept of "the productive zone of disequilibrium."  This PZOD is a "flow state" we reach when there is just enough structure and just enough freedom in order to create conditions where we thrive, take risks and move further into our potential. Miller has also encouraged through discussion and embodiment, a greater awareness of how we as groups also move toward a collective PZOD to reveal the collaborative power of "finding flow" in groups - how each of us have a responsibility to work toward co-creating, both tangible and intangible, experiences we just couldn't create on our own.