"Isn't it imperative / to cross the sea / to cross the street / this time around / to go straight to the wound / and do not touch."

The multiethnic, multilingual cast of The Commons Choir sets humanity’s troubles and highest aspirations to complex musical harmonies and choreographic movement that honors the individuality of each performer. The company’s new work, mayday heyday parfait, explores the human capacity for empathy across difference—from the violent colonial history that brought us to where we are now, to a way forward where individuals follow their own paths yet maintain their connection to others. Combining song, dance, and poetry, mayday heyday parfait illuminates how our stories and histories are irrevocably interdependent.  (bricartsmedia.org)

Co-director and choreographer: Dara Fain
Co-director and librettist: Robert Kocik

Performers: Martita Abril, Massimiliano Balduzzi, Ilona Bito, Yoon Sun Choi, Lydia Chrisman, Ichi Go, Alvaro Gonzales Dupuy, Antigona Gonzalez, Michael Ingle, Aram Jibilian, Anais Maviel, Jean Carla Rodea, Saul Ulerio, Drew Devero, Cecilia Woolfolk, Laura Colomban, Fay Victor
And The Improbable Choir - a group of community members gathered together through BRIC.

Collaborators: Tuçe Yusak (light design), Anais Maviel (composer + musical director), Ashaka Givens (costume design), Eternal Polk (video design), Dov Tiefenback (sound design), Saul Ulerio (assistant choreographer)

Premiered Nov 12 2017 at BRIC Arts Media
Later performed at Center for Performance Research Jan 7- 8th 2019