In 2014 PEAK Performances co-commissioned Stardust, choreographed, written, and directed by David Roussève. The piece follows an African American gay urban teenager who- never seen onstage- is present only by the emotion laden tweets and text messages he sends. Stardust explores the evolving nature of intimacy in our technology-driven, furiously-paced world. In this conversation David revisits this piece in relation to the overwhelming virtuality of life in Coronavirus lockdown, the importance of telling stories of the disfranchised, but asking himself what else to do in this moment of deep personal and social interrogation.

Learn more in https://www.davidrousseve.com/stardust

PODCAST: THE TALKING CURE, conversations with Jedediah Wheeler.

Produced by Peak Performances and the Office of Arts + Cultural Programming at Montclair State University

Executive Director, Jedediah Wheeler

Producer and Editor, Natalie Marx

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Recorded remotely on June 25, 2020