Dancers in technicolored jumpsuits and bewildering hairstyles jumped, cartwheeled, and rolled across the floor, converting the stage into a playground for unrestricted movement. With wide, youthful grins smeared across their faces, dancers partnered with one another to play a variation of pattycake that became more and more complex as it continued, eventually mutating into a duet of contact-based partnering between two dancers.

Grappling with the immense changes of the past couple of years and the self-reflection that has come with them, many professional artists have been pushed to change direction or even exit the artistic workforce. Within the dance industry, many feel that careers are destined to burn to the end of their wicks as dancers age.