STAND BY — an allegory | April 16-17
by Corningworks / THE GLUE FACTORY PROJECTS
About
STAND BY — an allegory is a multi-disciplinary dancetheater production created in collaboration with renowned puppeteer TOM LEE (engaging the centuries-old style of Japanese Kuruma Ningy/Cart Puppetry). A whimsical glimpse at human’s inability to recognize our mortality… not so much about death or grief, or even loss, as about the mysterious & magical continuity of life.
Corningworks is a vehicle for the multi-disciplinary dancetheater productions by Beth Corning and her award-winning series, THE GLUE FACTORY PROJECTS — original full evening works created on internationally & nationally renowned performers over 40 that combine sophistication, clarity of theatrical concepts, visceral choreography and dynamic musicality. Humour co-exists with serious examination of such issues as race, gender, aging, death, inequality, politics, human rights, art and myth. www.corningworks.org
Artist Credits
TOM LEE
puppeteer
BETH CORNING
artistic director/choreographer/ performer
IAIN COURT
lighting & technical director
STEPHANIE MAYER STALEY
set coordinator
CHEZNEY DOUGLAS
performer
EVAN FISK
performer
KIMANI FOWLIN
performer
ALBERTO DEL SAZ
performer
La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival 2026
La MaMa Moves! 2026, the 21st season of La MaMa’s annual dance festival, brings together
dance artists at all stages of their careers to experiment, collaborate, and share new work.
Curated by Nicky Paraiso, the festival will take place over five weeks in April and May of 2026
and will include twelve productions across La MaMa’s four venues, and up to four in-person
community workshops and public discussions. This year’s festival line-up features dancemakers Donald Byrd, Beth Corning with guest puppeteer Tom Lee, Vangeline, Patricia Hoffbauer, Dancers Unlimited, Sun Kim Dance Theatre, Green Cow, Iver Findlay, BamBam Frost & Ori Flomin, Pioneers Go East Collective, and ms. z tye & Mina Nishimura in a shared evening curated by La MaMa Curatorial Residents Martita Abril & Blaze Ferrer.
La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival continues to support La MaMa’s commitment to presenting diverse performance styles that challenge audience’s perception of dance by featuring performance/installations, experimental film screenings & public symposiums which address dance artists’ engagement with the current political climate, as well as honoring diasporic histories and legacy, ancestral inspirations and inter-generational dialogue.
