It is the difference between memories and a record of what happened day by day.
Set in Hawaii and Las Vegas, Sonia's saga alternates between memories of her unhappy past and the slings and arrows of her present predicament.
The heroine of this first novel is torn between memories of her lush homeland in the Dominican Republic and concern for her impoverished family, which is losing its strength and identity in Brooklyn.
The program also includes "Average Tragedy," which concerns the link between memories of the past and fears of the future, and "Symbolic Logic," which combines steps adapted from Asian dance with tight formal structures.
Bits of couscous, a kind of nourishment, coat a small ladder that is part of "In Between Memories," a strung-out piece that also includes a mooring rope, an iron cleat and a pile of photographs.
His work explores the liminal space between interior and exterior worlds by stringing up a cat's cradle of language in which his characters swing between memories, dreams, and reflections — an act in which the audience colludes.
