Laila J. Franklin: "BABYBABYBABY"
Schedule
Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
The Wilbury Theatre Group | Providence, RI
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A dance about dances about love.Interested in the human impulse for connection, Boston-based choreographer Laila J. Franklin’s BABYBABYBABY (2024) taps into feelings of budding romance, when falling in love is silly and fast and sexy and devastating and you are brilliant and stupid and spellbound. Referencing everything from early aughts romantic comedies and So You Think You Can Dance duets, to archival footage of live performances by Roberta Flack and Nina Simone, to obstacle course TV game shows and clowning, the work stumbles through silliness, irrationality, passion, and grief, questioning the role of sincerity, earnestness, and truthfulness in performance, and the power of physical states.
BABYBABYBABY explores how we contend with the precarity of trust, impulsivity, and continuity via malleable agreements and disagreements, in its physical acts and in its overarching theme—exploring the ways we give and receive care in companionship and partnership.
The stellar cast includes Michael Figueroa, Laila J. Franklin, Jenna Gross, Andrea Muñiz, Marissa Molinar, Sarah Pacheco, Sasha Peterson and Marcel Santiago Marcelino, with contributions from Alexander Davis.
Motion State Arts is thrilled to present the only Rhode Island performance of this piece.
And join us Saturday and Sunday, November 8 and 9, for classes with the cast!
Info/Tix: https://motionstatearts.org/laila-j-franklin-babybabybaby
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Where is it happening?
The Wilbury Theatre Group, 12 Eagle St, Providence, RI 02908-5657, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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