Mechanics of the Dance Machine (2013) Choreography: Karole Armitage Music: Gabriel Prokofiev Costumes: Alba Clemente and Deanna Berg MacLean Lighting: Clifton Taylor Mechanics of the Dance Machine alternates between electrically fierce dance and metaphors of intimacy and its unfinished business. The audience follows pathways created in red light that move in and around the dancers.

NY-based Fashion and backstage photographer Eli Schmidt (His backstage work has been featured most recently in T Magazine, the New York Times Style Magazine) followed legendary choreographer Karole Armitage (Madonna's "Vogue," plus ballets for Baryshnikov, Cirque du Soliel, Broadway, and the Bolshoi aren't bad) as she created her world premiere "Mechanics of the Dance Machine."