Entitled “Watermelon,” this piece was a remount of a dance originally performed in the 1980s. As scenic lead, I referred to archive images from the performance, and updated the design to fit the current directors needs.

The watermelon itself was a large inflatable exercise ball with a canvas cover, painted while dangling from the ceiling of the scene shop. Imagine Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel laying his back, except its me and everything is green.

Photos by Sally Asher