“The performers are putting their personal, familiar and ethnic selves in relationship to the material,” said Wilson, whose Fist and Heel Performance Ensemble performs in Capitol Theater on Tuesday. “Whether people are conscious about it or not, that’s what the audience is also doing.
“Individual audience members bring their own baggage. That baggage is made up of specifics, like how much dance have they actually seen? What types of dance have they seen? Are they used to going to the ballet? Did you grow up dancing in your living room?”
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