@CPR | Eury German & Spenser Stroud: Cyclic

A split-bill evening of dance that fuses two distinct yet interwoven choreographic works that explore the self through temporal and social dimensions. At their core, both pieces reflect on the fluidity of identity, the passage of time, and the complexity of human connection.
The first work, moment(o)moment by Eury German, draws from Nietzsche’s concept of the eternal return, exploring the cyclical nature of existence, where time loops endlessly, and every action reverberates with the weight of infinite return. Through the language of movement, this concept becomes a canvas for examining both personal and collective transformations. The choreography reflects how the body moves through time—not merely as a passive vessel, but as an active force that affirms and reaffirms itself with each cycle. As the dancer navigates these repeating moments, their movements question the metaphysical experience of time—how does the body return to itself, and how does it transform with every repetition? This work challenges the boundaries between personal identity and universal experience, making the cycle of time not only a philosophical reflection but also a visceral, embodied journey.

The second work, intero by Spenser Stroud, examines how choreographic structures influence emotional perception and social processing through somatosensory activation. In collaboration with Dr. Meletaki at the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, the work explores how anger and happiness manifest kinesthetically. Utilizing a sequential emotional discriminatory task, emotionally valent musical score initiated movement scores, which were mirrored and transmitted between dancers, serving as a metric for socio-emotional synergy. Additionally, the cardio-synchrony alignment task measured the dancers’ BPM through rhythmic intention cross referenced with radial pulse check-ins. Grounded in neurochoreographic principles, the piece merges improvisation with structured composition to balance raw authenticity and precision. intero ultimately challenges rigid emotional categorization, expanding the expressive depth of movement.

CREDITS

Eury German: moment(o)moment
Created & Performed by Eury German

Spenser Stroud: intero

Created by Spenser Stroud in collaboration with artists
Performed by Kiara Benn, Demetris Charalambous, and Eury German
Set Design: Ro Miller
Music Score: Zach Salem

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Eury German (he/him) is a dancer, choreographer, and dance professor based in NYC. A brown, queer, and immigrant artist born in the Dominican Republic, Eury's creative projects focus on the immigrant community, identity, being, and existence. Eury has a BA in Dance and Biology from Wesleyan University and a Master of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Pedagogy from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He has danced with various NYC companies and choreographers including, but not limited to, Abdul Latif - D2D/T, Jennifer Muller The Works, Nimbus Dance Works, Ballet Hispanico, inDance | Toronto, James Swell Ballet, and more. His choreographic projects have been featured at Wesleyan University, the Alicia Alonso Institute of Dance at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, and in various small NYC community dance festivals. Eury has taught at multiple universities and training programs in the United States and in Spain, where he completed a Fulbright research arts project from 2022-2023. v/sopao, Eury’s first international, evening length, self-produced work, premiered in Madrid, Spain in June of 2023. @eurygerm
Throughout Spenser Stroud’s (he/him) career as a young creative, his studies and work have centered on the intersection of applied neuroscience and performance art. Spenser began his studies by completing a certificate in contemporary dance at The Ailey School in NYC. He then obtained a B.A. degree in both Dance and Neuroscience from Wesleyan University, followed by an M.A. degree in Performance Studies from New York University. Spenser’s ongoing focus has been concurrent research in human cognition and contemporary choreography while seeking and exploring intersections of these realms. This dual focus has led him to a diverse array of professional appointments, ranging from researcher at The Center for Developmental Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital to lead choreographer for Katie Pearl’s Slabber and artistic consultant at the Center for International Dance UNESCO. His novel creative approach, through the curation of choreographic aesthetics gleaned from empirical research techniques, has allotted him a range of abilities to tailor performance aimed at arousing the human psyche and to pair his art with complementary scientific analysis.

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