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SLEEPWALKER
by Andy Russ
JANUARY 8 - 10, 2026
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They say that your entire life flashes before you when you die. But then what? The newest dance theatre performance from Wilbury Group resident artist Andy Russ, SLEEPWALKER grapples with the possibly impossible task of imagining what it will feel like to no longer exist. A multimedia meditation on nothing - or perhaps rather the absence of something - the piece features songs about life, conversations about death, and dances about the before and the after and the in-between.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Andy Russ is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, producer, and educator, based in Providence, RI. For over 35 years, Andy has been professionally making and helping others make art. Originally from North Carolina, with degrees in music and dance from Oberlin College, he spent 10 years in New York City, surfing the downtown dance scene, while acting as Music Supervisor for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. In 2005, he relocated to Rhode Island to take on the role of Artistic Coordinator for cellist Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, with whom he produced the Grammy nominated album Off the Map. As a designer, he has created soundscores, lighting, and projections for over 100 dance, theatre, film, and radio productions, including work with Hal Hartley, David Neumann, Lionel Popkin, Jordan Fuchs, Clever and Vainglorious Kings and the Wilbury Theatre Group. He is a founding co-director of Motion State Arts, alongside Ali Kenner Brodsky and Lila Hurwitz, and a Visiting Lecturer in Dance at Harvard University. Since 2014, his home for personal invention is Passive Aggressive Novelty Company.
