SECT, inc. is a choreography startup co-directed by Josie Bettman and Lavinia Eloise Bruce. Their works incubate hybridity between dance and performance in order to access speculative modes of self-determination.
Their debut ensemble performance, titled
Group work
-a
-ie
-lla
-inia
-iana
was performed by Iliana Penichet-Ramírez, Ella Dawn W-S, Isa Spector, Lavinia Eloise Bruce, and Josie Bettman at Pageant, March 23rd and 24th, 2023.
Flier by Val Franco
Performance documentation by Zhi Wei
Boléro (Club Edit)
boléro procedures II: lec/dem/fan/fic
choreography via SECT, inc.
text/performance: Josie Bettman
sound: Lavinia Eloise Bruce
boléro procedures II: lec/dem/fan/fic is a conceptual duet created for "A Night of Duets" organized by Juli Brandano at ing performance space in October 2021. The piece frames an encounter between a solo performer and the memory of her currently unavailable dance partner against a backdrop of projected text.