In Embodied, four performers convey multiple layers of embodiment as they share the accounts of fifty-five interviewees all responding to a single prompt: “Describe a time you were acutely aware of your race.” Responses range widely– tense, awkward, vulnerable, insightful, defensive, comforting, and absurd– and are expressed through movement, verbatim performance, live sound manipulation, interactive projections, and live feed cameras.

Embodied explores how we perceive messages when they’re being delivered by people with different race and gender identities and how individuals experience race in America– a survey of reflections, desires, insecurities, fears, and defenses as people analyze their perception of self and others.