RAD dancers Lucas Melfi, Nicole Lawson, Rachel Mehaffey and Allie Pfeffer in boneGlow, choreographed by Renay Aumiller in conjunction with them. Photo: Jen Guy Metcalf.

Warning: when artist you admire makes an admirable experiment that does not entirely succeed, the reviewing process may be painful to all involved.

The talented choreographer Renay Aumiller, inspired by her pregnancy and the birth of twin boys, has been thinking about change. Good change, bad change, and how difficult change can be, even if you’ve courted it. And if you’ve resisted a certain change, how can you alter your thinking to fit new conditions not of your choosing? As a dancer, Aumiller came at the problem kinetically, asking herself: If I change how I move, and how I make dances, will it change how I think?

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A dynamic moment from RAD’s boneGlow in rehearsal. Photo: Jen Guy Metcalf.