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Mio Sakamoto, an East Asian woman in her mid 20s with long hair, wears a huge sheet of transparent plastic material like a dress. The material extends behind Mio like a train and extends all the way up to the top of the wall behind her. Mio lifts the edge of the plastic that is gathered around her body above her head with both hands..

TouchX Company and Community Dancers. The performers are divers in age, ethnicity, and gender, and they all stand close together and perform different gestures simultaneously.

Shadowy figures are completely submerged under a giant sheet of transparent plastic. A figure with long hair sits on a clear inflatable chair and leans back with their arms extended over their head.

Brayden Cairns, a tan skinned person with short dark brown curly hair, a beard, and a moustache, lies curled up on a large sheet of plastic on the ground. Legs and feet of several community dancers can be seen around Brayden.

Brayden Cairns and Jessica Germano, a white woman with long, curly red hair and bangs, both have their hands reaching forward with elbows bent. Jessica leans back towards Brayden.

Irma Villafuerte, a brown, Central American woman with black hair, has a long piece of plastic wrapped around her arms and shoulders that almost looks like wings. She raises both arms overhead and looks up, screaming intensely.

Several Community Dancers stand on a large sheet of clear plastic, making various gestures. A few community dancers can be seen amongst them lying on the floor.

Mio Sakamoto raises on arm over head and looks down with a serious expression. Behind her several community dancers make various gestures.

David Norsworthy, a mixed race Asian/White man with short dark hair, and Michael Caldwell, a cis mixed race, Southeast Asian man with short black hair stand shirtless facing each other. Each leans to one side and back away from the other. David has one arm extended overhead.

Several shadowy figures are completely submerged under a giant sheet of transparent plastic. A few sits on a clear inflatable chairs and lean back; others stand with arms extended in different directions.

David Norsworthy stands on one leg with the other leg raised. Both arms are extended in front of his body. Jessica Germano can be seen kneeling on the floor in the background.

Michael Caldwel, is curled around Jessica Germano with one leg in the air; the dancers reach out in opposite directions.

Nickeshia Garrick stands with their back to the camera on top of a giant sheet of transparent plastic material. The plastic curls up in front of and over top of Nickeshia like a giant wave, engulfing her.

Irma Villafuerte, a brown, Central American woman with black hair, has a long piece of plastic wrapped around her arms and shoulders. She stands in a lunge and raises both arms overhead, screaming intensely and moving her arms in a circular motion so quickly that the plastic blurs and almost looks like wings.

Several performers stand in a straight line behind a large sheet of translucent plastic material. Their faces aren’t visible and they appear as blurred silouhettes.

Michael Caldwell stands in front of a large sheet of transparent plastic material. He holds the edge of the plastic in front of himself, pulling it down so it covers his head.

A closeup on the faces and torsos of three performers standing in a line with a large sheet of transparent plastic material hanging behind them. The dancers’ faces are in shadow.

Rows of Community Dancers stand in the side balconies above the stage while several Company Dancers move across the stage, stepping over long, thin strips of clear plastic material.

Nickeshia Garrick has both hands near one side of their neck, one hand enfolding the other in a fist. She looks up with her eyes closed. There is something stuffed inside one leg of Nickeshia’s grey pants.

Mio Sakamoto and a large group of community dancers stand spread in rows across the stage. They hold both hands out together in front of them as if to receive something.

The full cast of Company and Community Dancers stand onstage on top of a large sheet of clear plastic material. They are diverse in age, gender, and ethnicity. They all face in different direction with their hands by their sides.

Mio Sakamoto emerges from a large sheet of translucent plastic material. She leans back and to one side and uses one hand to push the plastic away from her. The plastic ripples around Mio like a wave of water.

Mio Sakamoto wears a huge sheet of transparent plastic material like a dress. She convulses with both arms extended downwards in front of her. Her mouth is open and her hair flies in different directions around her head.

A group of Company and Community Dancers stand together and lean down and to one side.

Mio Sakamoto lays on a sheet of mylar with one foot on the ground and her leg bent. A sheet of clear plastic material is between Mio and the camera and blue lights shining on the plastic creates an ice-like effect.

Two hands, one old and one young, reach out to hold each other. In the background other dancers can be seen holding hands.

Nickeshia Garrick grabs their right breast with both hands, pulling it as if they can remove it from their body. They look down at their hands with a surprised expression. There is something stuffed inside the left leg of her grey pants.