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The space was technically wheelchair accessible but would not qualify as wheelchair friendly, as there were no cut-outs in the theatre (despite being built within the last three years) and wheelchair users and their companions had only the front row as a seating option. The audience was then invited to transition into the theatre of the ICA for the main course of the evening. Costumed in meshy black material, the two performers maintained a visibly erotic and intense connection throughout the work.

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The sound score consisted of a violin and the musician, Stan Strickland, doing a series of increasingly rapid breathing exercises, which gave the sequence a nerve-wracking feel.

Crawford seemed to do the majority of the supporting choreography but there was a good deal of mutuality as well, with both dancers assisting the other for various movements. It seemed as if Crawford's legs got in the way from time to time, as they were painfully swept against the ground while he was traveling through the air, while Bricker was immune to this problem, since she does not have lower limbs. At one point, Bricker and Crawford were nestled inside the fabric, as if it were a seed pod, with only one arm emerging. They began to play with the fabric, performing acrobatic moves with the red sleeve. Two aerial performers, Jennifer Bricker and Nathan Crawford, began the section by lounging on steel poles that were part of a triangular structure with a long stretch of red fabric suspended from the top point of the triangle. The prologue took place outside of the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) on the museum's porch, open to both ticket-holders and anyone else who came along. The production of Gimp that I saw in Boston on April 24, 2009, featured eight dancers and one musician.

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to turn, vacillate, tremble ecstatically.' The second definition was operating in full force during Gimp, with the performers delivering a dynamic and vital experience. The program notes open with five dictionary definitions of the word gimp, '1. Gimp, which premiered in Albuquerque in November 2008, was choreographed by Heidi Latsky for a mixed abilities group of dancers.

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