Dance at the Modern: Gazes

Gazes is a new work by choreographer Alexandra Light, created in collaboration with Texas Ballet Theater as part of her ongoing Dance at the Modern series. Inspired by Jenny Saville’s exhibition The Anatomy of Painting, the piece asks how bodies are looked at, represented, and transformed across art history.

Set to music by LEYA (Marilu Donovan, harp, and Adam Markiewicz, violin/voice), Gazes blends classical ballet and contemporary movement to create a dialogue between painting, architecture, and performance. The choreography highlights both the intimacy of individual gesture and the collective force of the ensemble, considering how the act of looking shapes our experience of one another.