Encased in a world painted metallic gold, Could be nice….is a trio set to an original score by Justin Jones with performances by Lawrence Cassella, Mindy Nelson, and Katie Workum. Ready yourself for a bizarre journey into a world inhabited by denizens who dine on clementines and sip pheromone martinis. Sniffing someone’s cheek or tasting exposed limbs, in this all-too intimate world, are the heights of romance. Could be nice…., takes mating rituals back to the flesh and discards human niceties. Performers inhabit dramatic physical archetypes that invoke images of Adonis and Sophia Loren, while exposing the vulnerable under belly of beauty. Accompanied by a score of French dialogues, Ravel, and dark lullabies, Could be nice…. invites you to explore your own sensual inhibitions.

Choreography Ivy Baldwin
Performed by Lawrence Cassella, Mindy Nelson and Katie Workum
Music Composition Justin Jones
Lighting Design Carrie Wood
Costume Design Mindy Nelson
Set Design Ivy Baldwin

Premiere La MaMa ETC, 2008

“Ivy Baldwin is a choreographer with a taste for humor inherent in strangeness and oddity … wildly, darkly imaginative.”
– The New York Times

“Baldwin’s wide ranging imagination and affinity for the surreal lead her down a different path for each new work.”
– The New Yorker

“Young Choreographer to Watch”
– BalletTanz Magazine, Yearbook

Could be nice… is a 2007 Mondo Cane! Commission from Dixon Place with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Peg Santvoord Foundation, Jerome Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and was performed as a work in progress in November 2007. Additional support was provided by the Karen & William Tell Foundation, IBD Commissioning Circle member Olivier Rustat, and creative residencies at Dragon’s Egg.