COMPRESSION - a performance series featuring collaborations between movement and sound artists is back!

Full show lineup to be announced.

Hannah Rice & Casey Adams are a performance duo located in Columbus, OH with roots in Seattle, Washington. Centered on the question, does sound move the body, or body move sound? - they use sound and choreography performance structures to create site-specific work that is grounded in environmental resonance and exploration. In performance they believe that sound, space and the presence of both audience and performer, are part of an embodied participation in place- one that confronts ideas of presence/absence, silence/noise and the eternal/external experiences of being.

Merging their creative backgrounds, Hannah as a dancer and Casey as a sound maker, they play in the liminal space between sound and body. This creative approach has led to performance opportunities that traverse music, dance, theater and installation. Their work has been shown at the Frye Art Museum, Bainbridge Island Art Museum, The Orange Light in Victoria, BC and 8East in Vancouver, BC. They were selected performers at Ground Hum 2025 at Washington Hall, Spring Shot 2024 at 18th and Union, and residency recipients for the 2024 season of Being Mode at The Shed.

In addition to their extensive performance work in the Pacific Northwest, they have presented work in the Midwest and rural Appalachia. They were recent recipients of a grant from the Ohio State University to tour their work in the Eastern United States. They continue to seek opportunities to research, perform and collaborate in the liminal and third places across this country and abroad. They currently reside in Columbus, OH.