Dismal Swamp

A solo made in response to Radcliffe Bailey's installation The Great Dismal Swamp — on ancestry, family, and perseverance.

Boris Willis crouched beside a bust sculpture in the gallery, looking up at a Radcliffe Bailey work — Dismal Swamp — a response to Radcliffe Bailey at the Greater Reston Arts Center.

Year 2017Disciplines Choreography, Performance

Dismal Swamp is my creative response to Radcliffe Bailey's exhibit The Great Dismal Swamp. Moving through the gallery among his work, I followed three threads — ancestry, family, and perseverance.

Performed at the Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Virginia.

Choreographer, performer & writer, Boris Willis

Boris Willis walking through the gallery beside a pile of branches — Moving through the exhibition.