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Enter Race

A duet with Cynthia McLaughlin, created on a Local Dance Commission from the Kennedy Center, set to an original score by composer Jeffrey Mumford.

Boris Willis and Cynthia McLaughlin glancing back over their shoulders
Year 2003Disciplines Dance, PerformancePhotography Todd Clark

Enter Race is a duet for myself and Cynthia McLaughlin, commissioned through the Kennedy Center's Local Dance Commission Project and set to an original score by Jeffrey Mumford. The work moves between charged closeness and confinement — hands, faces, and a wire cylinder that holds and separates the two dancers.

Enter Race — Boris Willis and Cynthia McLaughlin
Enter Race — Boris Willis and Cynthia McLaughlin
Enter Race — Boris Willis and Cynthia McLaughlin
Enter Race — Boris Willis and Cynthia McLaughlin
Enter Race — Boris Willis and Cynthia McLaughlin
Enter Race — Boris Willis and Cynthia McLaughlin