Tapping Into a New Era By Christine Byrd
In his dance,
“Waiting for Amazon,” Carl “Dougie” Sanders, M.F.A. ’21, moves in his living room, expressing the exhausting boredom of being stuck at home, and the angsty anticipation before a parcel delivery. We may not move quite like Sanders, but we know exactly what he’s feeling. It’s not just the subject of the dance, but the very medium through which we view it — us watching on our computer 26 28
screens or smartphones as he dances at home — that reflects our reality in the pandemic era. “You think, boom, did he just do that? Saunter, saunter, pause, and zap, he philosophizes!” says Jennifer Fisher, professor of dance. “It’s like watching Image: Carl “Dougie” Sanders dances at the Claire Trevor Society inaugural event reception on a portable tap floor. Photo: Jeanine Hill
