Leah Aron

Heel on Earth, 2020

The Franklin Furnace Loft, Virtual Event
Duration: 13 1/2 minutes

In this piece, I let viewers into the dance practice I have adopted during Covid. Having worked as a stripper in a bygone pre-Giuliani New York City, I hadn’t danced in years when the pandemic hit. But in the privacy of isolation, I eschewed pandemic sourdough baking in favor of reclaiming my own body, hiring female dance teachers and learning routines in my Brooklyn apartment. At once a long durational performance for one, a refutation of an objectifying gaze, and a study in discipline and muscle memory, Heel on Earth invites its audience to witness the rebirth of a dancer, an anti-cam girl for the lockdown age.