Alumni Share Experiences with Forklift Danceworks; Prepare for ‘WesWorks’
![Rivera and Porquillo worked together, wiping down tables and vacuuming floors. They began with just introducing themselves](https://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/files/2021/08/jobshadow.jpg)
This October, Wesleyan will present a multidisciplinary dance project titled “WesWorks” that transforms the ordinary, mundane, and skillful movements of facilities and custodial employees into a performance accompanied by live, original music and stories told in the workers’ voices.
Led by Allison Orr, the choreographer and artistic director of Forklift Danceworks, a distinguished fellow in the College of Environment, “WesWorks” will teach students techniques of community art practice through performance.
In these Q&As, we speak with Forklift Danceworks employees and Wesleyan alumnae Gretchen LaMotte ’18 (click to read), choreographer and programs manager and Penny Snyder ’16 (click to read), communications manager for Forklift.
![Penny Snyder '16](https://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/files/2021/08/HEADSHOT-penny-snyder-200x300.jpeg)
“There’s nothing in the world like going to a Forklift show. It feels almost utopian … It’s really an emotional experience to me because there is a throughline of trust that flows between the choreographers, the performers, and the audience,” Snyder said.
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