Standing in doorframes
Standing in doorframes is a darkly funny dance theater work by Jonathan Royse Windham featuring Clinton Edward and Griffin Massey. It explores themes of self discovery, reemergence, grief and love through humor, theatricality and a wide variety of dynamic movement.
Premiered in June 2025 at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
curated by Robin Cantrell.
Performers: Jonathan Royse Windham, Clinton Edward and Griffin Massey
Lighting design: Ashley Vellano
Music: Ólafur Arnals, Bonobo, Elaine Stritch, Teebs, Yael Naim, Hauschka, Colleen
Runtime: Approx. 45 min
Photos - Bjorn Bolinder
Standing in doorframes is a darkly funny and physically-charged dance theater work that explores movement across thresholds of place, time, and life. Each potential step forward, saturated with both hesitation and hope, battles the past behind while confronting the future ahead.
With concept and choreography by Jonathan Royse Windham, and joined in performance by Clinton Edward and Griffin Massey, the piece unfolds through sharp shifts in energy, awkward encounters, and quiet vulnerability. Grief lingers beneath a surface of humor, curiosity, and dynamic physicality. The dancers draw the audience into a world where movement and flow are offered and interrupted, where tension builds in what’s expressed and withheld.
In this new full-length work, originally developed from two shorter pieces commissioned by TanzOrtNord in Lübeck, Germany, the artists invite audiences to lean in, feel the friction and recognize themselves and each other in this intimate and abstract narrative.
Special thanks to: Amy Ruggiero, Dylan Pearce, Caroline Fermin, Rob Rodems, Annah Scully, Colin Meiring, Rolena Richardson, Clair Bidez, Dan Walczak, Abby Geartner, Woody Brook, Anne Powell, Kyleigh Sackandy, Dara Kaye.