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Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance: down here: 10th Anniversary Revival Performance

  • Pittman Studio in back of Pittman Technical Annex 35 Pine Street Petersburg, VA, 23803 United States (map)

Shannon Hummel’s brutally beautiful duet down here, called “a rare gem” by The New York Times, is a dance of fierce attachments existing because of, despite, and within the compromises we make to remain together. down here makes visible, with the help of hundreds of tiny silver dolls, the scars we leave on one another in our pursuit of control.

Ross Honaker and Ammara Shafqat in Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance’s 2025 Revival of down here. Photo and poster by Shannon Hummel. Click the image above for a sneak peek.

Originally performed in 2015 by Calia Marshall and Katie Dean at NYC's Brooklyn Academy of Music, this special 2025 Revival features SH/CD dancers, Ross Honaker and Ammara Shafqat, marking the work’s 10th Anniversary and inauguration of Appomattox Regional Governor’s School’s Pittman Studio* into a new performance space. A reception and talkback between artists and audience follow the performance.

Tickets are $25 or PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN and are available at the door or by clicking here.

*Appomattox Regional Governor’s School’s Pittman Studio is located in the back of the Pittman Technical Annex, in the rear of 35 Pine Street (parking lot entrance off of Wythe Street) on the campus of Appomattox Regional Governor’s School. For more detailed information on down here, click here.