Fri 3/24/23 7:00pm
Sun 3/26/23 6:00pm
DOUBLE FEATURE
Beneath the Weight of Eternity
by And So We Weep
This composition explores creation and destruction. The transience of the good things we experience is contrasted against the fact that they end. This juxtaposition creates pain, yet makes the wonderful times sweeter. These elements are explored as melodies begin to overlap and clash creating a cacophony that resolves in peace.
Seed Stories
by Melissa Wilhoit
The stories of our mothers, grandmothers and sisters, for better or worse, inform and inspire who we are and who we become. Their words are the seeds that sprout compassion, confidence, disdain and insecurity into our DNA. Enter our greenhouse, hear our stories, witness our growth.
And So We Weep
Inspired by early NYC no-wave And So We Weep creates instrumental guitar compositions using a single guitar and an army of guitar pedals. Layering loops create lush noise soundscapes where beauty and dissonance combine.
Melissa Wilhoit
Melissa Wilhoit loves playing with time, space and musicality, and investigating the myriad ways movement inherently communicates ideas. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance from George Mason University and completed the Professional Studies Program with the José Limón Dance Company additionally interning with the company and performing Limón, Sokolow, and Weidman repertory. Melissa also danced with Crossroads Dance Project in Washington, D.C. as well as for Diane Yates Biggs and Deborah Jinza Thayer and with Buglisi Dance Theatre for the ‘Table of Silence’ project in NYC. Melissa now dances with Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre. Melissa’s choreography has been performed by Crossroads Dance Project, Horizons Dance Company, Breath of Heaven Gospel Theatre, Hendersonville Ballet Company, and Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre, and has been presented in New York City, the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and along the southern eastern coast. Melissa's first dance film, Spastic Promenade, was presented in the 2021 Asheville Fringe Festival. Her solo Breathe was part of a collection of solos selected for the 2021 Toronto International Dance Festival. For Asheville Fringe Festival's 2022 season Melissa's Ooleelunas was presented as part of the Dance Showcase.
