IN FICTION

(50mins)

Blurring the lines between what is real and what is imagined, "In Fiction" is based on the fact and fiction surrounding caul births, the extremely rare phenomenon where a baby is born cloaked in the amniotic sack.

Performance History:

The Scotiabank Dance Centre Sept 2018, On the Boards Seattle, WA Oct 2018, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts February 2019, Kinetic Halifax, NS March 2019.

“Amid eerie, alien-whistles and a nonchalant shuffle-beat, Goodman’s movement expands and transforms into fast-twitch sequences that move rapidly (almost too quickly to register) from shape to shape, often finishing with a suspension. She hits positions like a kickboxer, and stretches herself like taffy […] What makes In Fiction so pleasurable and palatable is the sophisticated way in which it directs the viewer’s gaze, creating striking images that imprint themselves on the memory. (A final image of Goodman clothed and hooded in an outline of puffy athletic wear, arms outstretched, a silhouette in the haze as the female voice repeats “the caul is seen as an omen of supernatural armour”).

The other major success is in Goodman’s durational choices. I never feel as though a scene or an image takes too long, and yet the performer is in no rush. She is careful, methodical, yet at times pushes herself to full physical extension, while staying totally committed to each moment.”

Rachel Maddock Blog -Feb 10th 2019