Contaminated

Contaminated depicts the journey of unwelcomed incarceration we have all endured as the Coronavirus shut our country and the world down, and the hope that we may wash this trauma away in time. This site-specific video dance is a collaboration among three artists: Baumgarten, who conceived, directed and choreographed the piece; first time musical collaborator Steffen Zeichner who composed and performed the original score; and Salterini who, as the video editor, transformed the choreography, videotaped at home by each of the four male dancers of Dance NOW!, into a cohesive video piece.

This piece was chosen as an official selection of the Rogue Dancer Film Festival.