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For something quite different in tone and aesthetic, Alex and Joy Davis danced for mock audition tapes in For Industry Only. They introduced themselves for their tapes with their names and that they’re “non-union”. They began moving with size and speed: turning, extending limbs, grounding deep with spines directing energy skyward — all with postmodern release and kinesthetic honesty.
It all oozed the earnestness and devotion of performing artists, whatever challenges the industry throws their way — whatever challenges they may also sweep under the rug (or at least attempt to do so). I wanted to hug them both and every artist struggling to keep doing what they love — what they need to do, really — in this pandemic-plagued world.
I could see some viewers experiencing the work as a bit “meta”, a bit “inside baseball” to the performing arts world. Yet, to me, that earnestness and devotion is something that any person can appreciate.