Cloud Gate

In western dance there is a preconceived view of the dancers’ role on stage. On stage we often see male dancers with female dancers. Also there are set roles and certain movements for female and male performers. In Moon Water you see neutrality in gender. In Moon Water a dancer is just that, a dancer. Moon Water breaks free from the very restricting aspect of how we perceive the roles of the male and female dancers.
In Adair’s Women and Dance, Adair states, “as the body is central to dance training and practice, recognition that that which is socially constructed can be deconstructed offers a challenge to traditional practices.” Throughout Moon Water, the female and the male body is not central. All of the dancers are wearing white pants. The female dancers have flesh toned tops on making it very difficult to tell which dancers are female or male. Because of this neutrality between the male and female dancers, the audience is able to focus on more important aspects ...