Expansive in scope and imaginative in scale, Circle of Apathy brings together soul-funk collective Family Junket with the House of DOV dancers in a kinetic exploration of the cycles of growth and destruction intrinsic in nature. Over two-acts, the ensemble works together in real time to build physical structures which increase in precarity as the group strives toward expansion.

Family Junket’s five musicians blare dense soul with moments of ambience: voices wail, altered by a vocal pedal; saxophone, flute and violin harmonize over precomposed loops; djembe, drum kit and percussion punctuate echoing acoustic piano. House of DOV’s seven dancers push against seemingly immovable forces, find new hand and footholds, and creep forward like a vine up a brick wall. A woman walks through an increasingly dense wood until the brush closes around her entirely. When all paths disappear from sight, a figure steps blindly forward, trusting that there will be a stepping stone beneath their foot.