Elizabeth Shea Dance is a chamber ensemble who seek new ways to tell human stories. The company has performed across the US and abroad, most recently at the X Theatre in Adelaide, Australia, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and the Ailey Citigroup Theater in NYC. Working extensively in new media and film, the ensemble collaborated with lighting designer Allen Hahn for the Breath|Light|Stone, which has been screened as an official selection at international film festivals across the globe, and won several awards, including Best Dance Film, Best Choreography for the Lens, and Best Ensemble. The company’s latest work, Sentient Beings, is both a reimagining of the role of the fairies in Shakespeare’s A MidsummerNight’s Dream, and a deep dive into the realm of consciousness. Embodying sentience encourages an inclusive understanding of the human condition, and bereft of narrative, a sense of otherness, even loneliness, emerges.