Photos by Francesca Chudnoff and Tom Hsu

Artifice and intimacy are woven together in Sweet Ephemera, an eerily sinister and poignant double bill presented by DanceWorks. The list of content warnings gives you a solid sense of the potential discomfiture in store, depending on your hangups: violence, abuse, bodily fluids, intimacy, scents, loud sounds, bright lights and mature subject matter. The bodily fluids are not as extreme as you might fear, though the incense that wafted through the audience during intermission is certainly a more intense scent than the company has considered. I happen to enjoy incense, but those with respiratory issues or severe sensitivities may have appreciated a more specific warning here. Continue Reading