Celebrated as one of the most original artists of her generation, Faye Driscoll has become widely known for creating new forms of theatrical works that provoke feeling, stimulate the senses, and activate the mind. She’ll make her return to the ADF stage with You’re Me (2012), a startling evening-length duet with veteran ADF faculty member, Jesse Zarritt. The evocative work probes the inescapable nature of relationships and contemplates the ways in which we are made up and undone by one another. Driscoll and Zarritt fight a sweaty, disturbing, and deeply funny battle as they attempt to simultaneously control and destroy the frame through which they are seen. It is with great imagination, wit, and undeniable humor that Driscoll invites the audience to witness the “trying” that ensues as relationships and self-definition unfold.  

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About Faye Driscoll

As a Bessie-award winning choreographer and director, Faye Driscoll’s work has been seen throughout the United States and Europe. She was a member of Doug Varone and Dancers, touring nationally and internationally with the company. She has received numerous commissions including from HERE Arts Center, Dance Theater Workshop, the ADF, the Wexner Center for the Arts and the Kitchen. Her company, the Faye Driscoll Group is an experimental dance company based in New York that works to investigate new forms of theatrical dance experiences.

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Dressing Up and Discovering What’s in the Toy Box
The New York Times

‘You’re Me’ review: Faye Driscoll’s tour de force
by Allan Ulrich, San Francisco Chronicle