photos by- Derrick Dean

I See You is the culminating performance of a community arts choreographic commission by The Fathering Circle. It was a multiyear process with fathers and their children in movement sessions, playdates, conversations and rehearsals. I see you was performed as a site specific performance for 10 families, at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Assembled exhibit.

I see you opens up individual and collective experiences of letting go of the need to control. The performers journey by observing, listening and matching each other as a way into seeing themselves and holding a safe place where children and fathers alike inspire trust through their touch and movement communication. It emerges from hours of sharing movement improvisation, games, and stories, during our weekly movement sessions of the Fathering Circle. I was inspired by the collaborative quality of the process and the fathers’ willingness to be present, to be vulnerable, to listen to their children’s expressions, change states, and to allow their bodies and creativity to support their parenting practices. 

​- The Fathering Circle is directed by Billy Yalowitz, Eric Marsh and Les Rivera

- Performance dates- November 11th and 12th, 10:30am, 2017 at the galleries of the Philadelphia Assembled exhibit, Philadelphia Museum of Art