The UI Stanley Museum of Art invites you to experience a unique live performance in the museum lobby as part of Interwoven Worlds: A Dance Journey Between Three Cities in Iowa.
This collaborative project blends dance, visual art, and film inspired by works from three Iowa art museums: the Figge (Davenport), the Des Moines Art Center, and the Stanley Museum in Iowa City. At the Stanley the performance brings Elizabeth Catlett’s artwork Which Way? to life through an original dance work, the second of a three-part movement.
Interwoven Worlds was created during a 2025 Iowa Arts Council Fellowship. The project explores connections between movement, image, and place across three Iowa communities, translating three select artwork's visual language into motion while honoring the artist’s voice.
Designed by Eloy Barragan, associate professor of dance at the University of Iowa and generously supported by the Iowa Arts Council Fellowship Award (2025-2026).
Movement I
Inspired by Woman Ironing (Isis) by Vik Muniz
Figge Art Museum
Movement II
Inspired by Which Way? by Elizabeth Catlett
Stanley Museum of Art
Movement III
Inspired by Manos (Hands) by José Clemente Orozco
Des Moines Art Center
Collaborators include:
Choreography: Eloy Barragán
Original Music: Colin DeJong
Costume Design: Juliana Waechter
Video Design: Mariana Tejeda
Dancers: Victoria Adams, Brenna Labus, Natalie Prill, Declan Ryan
Musicians:
Piano: Colin DeJong
Clarinet: Jorge Montilla Moreno
Violin: Renee Santos
Cello: Sarah Arnone
Audio Engineer: Shu-Min Alice Chang