A call and response performance by Nicholas O'Brien and Kari Treadwell.

For this performance, Kari and I gave ourselves a very simple instruction set: follow the sound and motion of Kari's tap dancing with my hands. We resolved to dress as similar as possible to avoid any external visual influence. In order to get the most out of the volume of our movements, we decided to both perform on wood planks. Not only was this decision motivated by sound, but it also points towards a traditional history of tap dancing that we both felt was a strong part of the performance. Although we haven't explicitly planned any future performance, we have discussed how our own personal ancestries play a significant role in how we want to explore our bodies, our voices, and our actions. We felt that the location for this performance was well suited for the sound we wanted to create; a rhythmic and cacophonous space where initiator and performer (ie Kari and I respectively) would blend into one sound as the performance developed.