- December 4, 2025
The Southeast Museum of Photography will present its first live dance showcase, titled "Timeless Gestures – A Celebration of the Visual and Performing Arts", on Saturday, July 26, at 2 and 4 p.m. in the second-floor gallery.
The free public performance features original choreography by Aria Reiter and Luciano Olivieri, dance students at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. Their piece "Foundations," explores the connective threads between the visual and performing arts, according to a press release, and the performers draw inspiration from the collaboration between photographer Barbara Morgan and dancer-choreographer Martha Graham.
Presented in conjunction with "Collected: Connecting Past, Present & Future Acquisitions," the museum’s current main exhibition, Foundations serves as an interpretive study of Morgan and Graham’s artistic relationship.
"This intimate routine integrates dance performance within the exhibition space, allowing visitors to directly engage as the performers’ explore the tension between stillness and sustained movement," the press release states. "Their bodies become a medium through which artistic object, human subject and the audience can connect."
“Timeless Gestures underscores the efficacy of Morgan and Graham’s partnership,” said Christina Katsolis, with the Southeast Museum of Photography. “Using contemporary dance as a creative framework, it broadens our audience’s understanding of the photographic record. Both mediums transcend boundaries, using visual storytelling to encapsulate the complexities of the human condition.”
Foundations will be performed in two sessions — at 2 p.m. and again at 4 p.m. Each performance will take place inside the museum gallery, with limited seating available. Following the performance, guests are invited to view the exhibition and speak with the dancers.
The event is free and open to the public. Tickets may be reserved in advance, and a limited number of standing-room spots will be available for those without reservations. Attendees are strongly encouraged to arrive at least 15 minutes before each performance.
Light refreshments will be served in the adjoining gallery prior to each session.
