Small Boobs (2018)

is a performance solo offered out of curiosity around the intertwined follies of gender and relationship.

Photo by Naomi Ishisaka.

Photo by Naomi Ishisaka.

Using levity as a Trojan horse for heartache, Small Boobs unweaves and retangles tall tales and embodied blueprints of childhood, transhood, a donut shop, and beyond, using personal history, a mini synthesizer, extended metaphor, and more. Small Boobs builds a world and invites you in.

Created, directed, and performed by Nora Sharp

Tech & Sound Support: Brett Swinney
Documentation & Support: Aaron Greer
Lighting Design: Giau Minh Truong
Creative Support: Udita Upadhyaya & Bryan Saner
Small Boobs was developed with the support of residencies at Links Hall and VOLTA Performing Arts in Chicago. Running time is approximately 1 hour. This piece is available for touring and resetting locally in Chicago.

Project History:

  • March 2019: Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival (RAD Fest), Kalamazoo, MI

  • November 2018: Fall Series, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley, CA

  • October 2018: Solo: A Festival of Dance, On the Boards, Seattle, WA

  • May/June 2018: Co-MISSIONS Festival of New Works, Links Hall, Chicago, IL (premiere)

See and read more

  • Trailer by Aaron Greer (5min)

  • Review from the Midwest RAD Fest Long Works program

  • Preview and review of the Berkeley premiere at Life as a Modern Dancer

  • Preview of the Chicago premiere at the Windy City Times

  • Preview trailer from the Chicago premiere weekend by filmmaker Aaron Greer, who documented the final month of the residency at Links Hall (1.5min)

photo by Matthew Gregory Hollis

photo by Matthew Gregory Hollis

Photo by Matthew Gregory Hollis.

Photo by Matthew Gregory Hollis.

Film still by Aaron Greer.

Film still by Aaron Greer.