Still. Moving: Zonal Harmonic 170,000 and Zonal Harmonic 220,000 as interpreted by Rainbow Dance Co./Arts Together

Created in dialogue with Zonal Harmonic 170,000 and Zonal Harmonic 220,000, this original work by Rainbow Dance Co./Arts Together explores the unseen architectures that shape how we move, gather, and belong. Inspired by Tomás Saraceno’s vision of airborne networks and interspecies connection, the choreography considers the body not as an isolated figure but as part of a larger, vibrating system—held in tension, resonance, and relation.

Approaching the work as a living web, the choreographic language traces lines of pull, suspension, and release. Dancers respond to invisible forces—gravity, breath, proximity—building a shared field where individual motion ripples outward into collective form. Like Saraceno’s sculptural environments, the dance piece asks: What holds us up, and what holds us together?

This work is being interpreted by Rainbow Dance Co., Director of Dance Kathryn Auman. A brief talkback with Auman and the dancers follows the performance. 

About Rainbow Dance Co.
Rainbow Dance Co. is Arts Together’s multiage modern dance company where creativity and technique go hand in hand. Founded by Lemma Mackie in 1980 and led since 2005 by longtime Arts Together alum and director of dance Kathryn Auman, Rainbow brings together dancers ages 10 to 70+ in a collaborative, inclusive environment.

About Still. Moving
This performance dance series explores the timeless works of the People’s Collection and loaned works through the lens of movement. Each object becomes a partner in a visual and physical dialogue as dancers interpret form, story, and silence with their bodies. Still. Moving reimagines the gallery as a stage where past and present meet and where the boundaries between objects and experience dissolve. 

Support for Still. Moving is provided by Dawn F. Lipson.

Images: Tomás Saraceno, Zonal Harmonic 170,000, 2022, carbon fiber, polyester rope, monofilament, H. 34 5/8 × W. 56 5/16 × D. 46 7/16 in., Gift of Richard DeWid and Helen Murray with additional funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest); Tomás Saraceno, Zonal Harmonic 220,000, 2022, carbon fiber, polyester rope, monofilament, H. 73 5/8 × W. 103 15/16 × D. 102 3/8 in., Gift of Richard DeWid and Helen Murray with additional funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest); Rainbow Dance Co.: Courtesy of the company