“Matters of Facts” is a dance performance and discussion event that combines movement with images, video, interviews and interactive animation to depict prisoner of war camps that existed throughout the United States during World War II. Very few living Americans are aware that these prisoner of war camps existed on the home front, despite the large impact they had on the surrounding communities. While quality of life for prisoners was held to a standard by Geneva Convention law, treatment within the United States exceeded that level. Captured soldiers described the camps fondly; it was a place where they were free to study, play sports, create music and theater clubs, and eat decent food. Small communities surrounding the POW camps experienced an economic boom.
This project intends to be more than a performance – it is a multimedia dance experience. It will move audiences to do more than merely observe, immersing them in Camp Aliceville and engaging them to walk around and through the performance space as the dancers move. “Matters of Facts” is a dance work that teaches, entertains and challenges modern day audiences to confront the present in light of a little-known piece of America’s past
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
