Slumber

This is a story we know, kind of, with princes and magic and good vs evil and epic battles with ugly dragons. But it’s also something we kind of made up. And are still making up. A story we are telling right now. Even if it scares us. A story about waiting. Even if we don’t know what comes next. Or if it will be worth it. Even if waiting becomes “the thing” instead of the thing we are waiting for.

Suppose we tell it anyway. Suppose we tell it together.

2nd Best Dance Company’s Slumber is an evening-length work that reimagines the ultimate story about waiting: Sleeping Beauty. Slumber counters the perception that waiting is a passive state, wonders how we make meaning, and questions what is valued in live performance and, subsequently, what is valued in life itself. Slumber uses story, humor, and movement as an attempt at reconciling fears, indulging in magic, and begging to be noticed. This is a love letter to performing.