Dance Figure: For the Marriage in Cana of Galilee

A feverish vision of the Marriage in Cana of Galilee (John 2), Dance Figure takes the form of a love poem written to the bride Nathat-Ikanaie: “Tree-at-the-river.”

The song casts its subject in paradoxical lights: tree and woman, free and rooted, stumbling and dancing in broken rhythm.

Performed April 25th, 2022
Paul Hall, NYC
Tenor: Michael McDermott
Piano: Ben Sellick