Jan. 25 and Jan. 26:
Dance and sound emerge from a cardboard shelter, blossoming into a landscape of quilts in Shell, choreographed by Ellen Smith Ahern. Known for combining nature, storytelling and movement to create a lush, dream-expanding sensory experience, Ahern partners with local artists to explore what it means to listen and communicate through diverse bodies and voices for this work-in-progress. A conversation with the dancers follows.