Echo Mine (December 2019)
Choreography: Robyn Mimeko Williams
Music: Califone

Echo Mine was inspired by and created alongside Williams’ longtime mentor, founding Hubbard Street dancer Claire Bataille, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer one month after their first rehearsal in October 2017. “The five-minute solo for Claire that we made together serves as the source material, the heartbeat, of Echo Mine,” says Mineko Williams. Before her untimely death in 2018, Bataille encouraged the work’s completion. “Only with the guidance and deeply thoughtful contributions of my collaborators was I able to finish,” adds the choreographer. “Their brilliance and intuition bring Echo Mine to life in ways I could never have imagined.” The resulting work is a dreamlike memoir and meditation on themes of lineage, legacy, loss and hope.