As I continued to work from home about a year into the covid-19 pandemic (which I felt very lucky to be able to do), I realized I hated my old work commute. With the incredible amount of sacrifice involved in keeping myself and those I care about safe and healthy, there was at least that one thing I was very grateful to no longer have in my life. It's absence, among an entire landscape of pandemic-fueled absence, was actually a good thing. Created in collaboration with Amanda Almeida, Zullyvette Muniz, Mariah Castillo, and Jayleen Maldonado, On Mute is a piece about absence. I think absence is a relatively neutral term. It just depends on the thing that's absent.

On Mute was presented as part of CUNY Lehman College’s (Bronx, NY) Dance and Dialog from October 4–5, 2021.
Choreography by gorno (Glenn Potter-Takata)
Performed by Amanda Almeida, Zullyvette Muniz, Mariah Castillo, and Jayleen Maldonado

Lighting by Miriam Crowe
Costumes by Tony Toney
Set by Christopher Higgins
Sound by gorno
Wardrobe Supervision by Anthony Paul-Cavaretta
Stage Managed by Fatou Krubally
Production Managed by Amira Mustapha
Photography by Mia Isabella

Special thanks to Amy Larimer, MX Oops, and Felix Otero.